As I recall, Douglas Trumbull's "Brainstorm" shifted to "full widescreen"
to represent the first-person perspective of characters using the VR
technology speculated upon in the film.

At 11:03 PM 5/8/00 -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?  Not counting ones where it's motivated
>by something like a video monitor.
>
>(If you didn't see "GalaxyQuest" theatrically then you'll miss this since
>the studio decided it would be too confusing for home viewing so the tape
>and DVD are both one ratio throughout.)
>
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