Remember, my response was specifically limited to "most North American movies" (as I stated in my original note) because the original query related to the soft matte process, which is most prevalent in this region. It seemed pointless to introduce more international examples. As for your list... I dare say that the compositional care given to the visuals of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai is not quite in the same league as The Wild Bunch, Lawrence of Arabia, 2001 and good many other 60s and 70s Hollywood examples. If so, we might as well as add the widescreen anamorphic, 2.35:1 aspect ratio of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite