Right, can somebody ease my brain with this one. I love this film, and despite it only being 4:3, got it. Now, the reason i got this was because DVDcompare said it was 'open matte', which means it is the original print just with the black bars removed. Now, if i look at it, i'm undecided. the reasons i think it's ok is there's no telltale signs of pan and scan at all in the picture, and also other things such as various production flubs like squib charge cords at the bottom of the screen, and the 'goof' of the helicopter shadow in the chase scene. If i'm right, zooming this on TV gives roughly 1.78:1 , and accounting for black bars after this, makes 2.35:1, which hides gaffes. This would mean this contains the full screen width. Apparently, the german dvd is 2.35:1, so does anybody have it? If they do, is the copter shadow seen? Then maybe i can finally get some sleep... !