Out on DVD in the UK
Recently read a positive review of it in Uncut magazine.
shareYou can also find it in Germany under the title DER GROSSE COUP from e-m-s in the Meisterwerke der Filmgeschichte-Collection (Masterworks of Cinema History). It is in original aspect ratio 1,85:1 anamorphic widescreen. Great picture quality.
The DVD contains German and English language tracks, trailers (including the stylish American trailer) a photo gallery and a booklet in German. Check out amazon.de.
I keep trying to put out this fire.
The "original" format -what's on the physical film that shows up at the theaters- is 1.37. We'd use a brass mask to cut down the original image to make it "wide screen" in the house. If you compare images from the American DVD and the Laserdisk or European versions, you'll see that you've actually lost image at the top and bottom, not gained any to the sides.
What I had in mind was boxing the compass.share
Good luck trying to explain this to those that can not or will not understand. Anyway as you obviously know, you can watch this DVD on any widescreen TV in 1:85 format by simply changing the format setting on the TV.
"Ya never know what ya don't know, ya know?"