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 Post subject: Japanese release of movie 1984 - Widescreen?
PostPosted: 16 Dec 2017, 11:49 
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The LASERDISC DATABASE states that the Japanese release of the movie 1984 (1984) [L098-5012] is formatted in WIDESCREEN, yet the images I received from a Japanese seller show no English notion of WIDESCREEN. The laserdisc database code numbers match at L098-5012. Does anyone have definitive information on the aspect ratio of this Japanese release of 1984? The price is a bit too steep to guess. Thanks.
  
 
 Post subject: Re: Japanese release of movie 1984 - Widescreen?
PostPosted: 16 Dec 2017, 23:51 
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Could you show us an image of the back of the jacket? Usually it says "vista size" (or "scope size" for Cinemascope) in katakana to indicate widescreen.
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PostPosted: 17 Dec 2017, 08:30 
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This disk was put on sale in February 1986, at that time large screen televisions were not popular, so they never specified widescreen.
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A lot of Japanese releases from this time are “kinda” wide. A very mild letterbox.
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