Uncropped OAR Movies: Post your sightings here. - Page 40

A Bug's Life was in OAR 2.35:1 on ABC Family back on January 9th.

G.I. JOE, CARRIERS, and SHUTTER ISLAND are a few. All should be widescreen but...

Days of Thunder in OAR on Spike HD and Letterboxed OAR on Spike SD.

Hmm...I've only had this channel for 2 weeks but the stuff I'm seeing on there appears to be OAR. Kick Ass was definitely OAR.

Titanic in OAR on ABC family. Even the SD channel is full scope letterboxed.

I think The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King is OAR on TCM SD right now.

AMC HD showing Terminator 2: Judgement Day in original 2.20:1 on the HD channel, not sure about the SD feed.

Timecop was in OAR on G4-HD yesterday. I forgot to check the SD channel.

It looks like this may be changing because I watched "Kick Ass" at the beginning of the month and it was OAR.

Edit: Just realized that "Kick Ass" was distributed by lionsgate in the US. Oh well, it's still a valid OAR sighting.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in OAR on USA HD. Surprising.

Killers is OAR on Epix HD,but it is a Lionsgate title.
The big test for Epix will be next Sunday with IronMan 2.

IM1 was cropped, I suspect no difference for IM2. All new movies on Epix are cropped with exception of Lionsgate titles.

Trek was OAR.
Fame is OAR EVEN on the SD feed.

The more accurate way to put it would be that all the new movies besides the Paramount ones are OAR. The Lionsgate, MGM, and the little indies they show are correct. I actually e-mailed them about the Paramounts and got a personal response back, where they acknowledged they've got a lot more feedback than they anticipated about it, and are looking at some options. We'll see if it ever pans out.

I predict OAR for IM2.

Saw it on the On Demand title so I checked . 16:9 but they did admit it was reformatted from the original 2.35:1.
I now get Epix FREE as part of the triple play.

HDTV Notes
'Labyrinth,' 'The Dark Crystal' to Be Relaunched in HD
By Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter's 'Live Feed' Blog - April 21st, 2011

On Memorial Day, Mark Cuban’s HDNet will air a double-feature of Jim Henson films, The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.

The films, which will air for their first time in HD, will run for one night only on Monday, May 30 beginning at 8 p.m. It will mark the first time that the pairing has hit the small screen in more than 10 years.

“We have initiated a company-wide effort to relaunch these titles across both targeted and broad distribution platforms including all forms of television, digital, publishing and consumer products, making these much-loved titles easily available to the loyal fans who continue to support them,” said Lisa Henson, CEO of The Jim Henson Company.

The move comes as Crystal, a fantasy flick directed by Henson and Frank Oz, is coming up on its 30th anniversary in 2012; Labyrinth, a Henson-directed, George Lucas production, is celebrating its 25th this year.

"As one the last independent networks, HDNet tries to find content that embodies that independent spirit. No movies are more unique and independent in mind and spirit than Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth,” Cuban told The Hollywood Reporter.

Earlier this week, Cuban put his art house movie theater group Landmark Theatres and independent film distributor Magnolia Pictures on the auction block to explore a possible sale.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...aunched-180692

Good news and bad news. I certainly hope he doesn't sell the theaters and studio. It's one of the elements that sets HDNet Movies apart!

Manhattan (1975) in OAR on HBO Signature.

Is there a thread like this, but for open matte movies?

I hate the disgusting cropping to 2.35:1 that OAR snobs insist upon. They're as bad as those DVD creepers with their full screen cropping.

ENCORE recently had the extended versions of LORD OF THE RINGS in 2.35 OAR. And Starz has RETURN OF THE KING in OAR.

I don't watch Fox Movie Channel ever, but tonight I flipped over to catch X-Men and saw something I have never seen before. The antithesis of OAR.

The channel is not HD so the live area is obviously 4:3 with black sidebars, but within that 4:3 area is a 16:9 area (which I've seen before) and within that area they are showing the movie in 4:3!

WTF? It's like watching a postage stamp.

Epix has aired the Star Trek movies in OAR!

HBO and EVEN showtime have cropped versions.

Fox Movie Channel, like all News Corporation networks, has a HD feed and this HD feed is then downconverted and letterboxed SD broadcast.

Only TWC and Bright House carry the HD feed of FMC.

Star Trek's FX presentation was 16:9 cropped.

What irks me is when an HD channel either OTA or cable premium/standard shows a movie in 4:3 when there is a 16:9 version anyway... FX seems to be the worst, and even recently Xmen3 was on my local FOX [nyc-5] network on a weekend afternoon and I was like-- c'mon really 4:3? ....
Is it cheaper to show them in 4:3 or sumthin' ??

It's probably laziness at the station to make sure the broadcast is being sent out correctly.

Yep -- I think it's just laziness. They grab the 4:3 version for the SD broadcast and don't bother to also get the 16:9 version of the HD broadcast...

Friends with Benefits is OAR on starz! which I found surprising.

ZOOKEEPER and COLUMBIANA are also OAR on STARZ. Does this mark a start of a change in policy? Sure hope so!

Noticed 30 Minutes or Less was during the free preview recently, too. Don't subscribe, but get most of them thru Dish/Blockbuster on demand, so may have to check others out.