At 23:03 08/05/2000 -0400, you wrote:



>"GalaxyQuest" is in about a 1.85 aspect ratio for the first 20 or so

>minutes before changing to a full widescreen ratio.  Can anybody think of

>other films that also mixed ratios?



Yes - THE HORSE WHISPERER (1998).  It starts with a 1:1.85 picture within a

'scope matte and the picture changes to full-gate scope on the reel 2 - 3

change.  It was a real pain because you always had to remember to be there

to press the masking open button about 40 minutes into the film.  If I

remember correctly, the change to 'scope happened on a shot of a car

driving over a suspension bridge.



Also THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES (1968) begins with a

sequence of silent aviation footage shown as 1:1.38 with the image of an

Edwardian stage and screen mask covering the rest of the 70mm frame.  As

the Ronald Searle animated title sequence starts, the moving image expands

to fill the entire frame.



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