From: Carl_Horn@library.tmc.edu
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Subject: _Prince_of_Sun_ IS 2.35:1 Widescreen (some checks)
Date: 22 Jul 92 19:45:00 GMT
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Tzung-I: when you speak of the name in the opening credits in the upper
right corner, do you mean Yasuo Ohtsuka?

Thanks,
Carl Horn


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Someone posted a question asking whether _Prince_of_Sun_ is widescreen
or not.  He had watched it on a TBS dubbed version which was not widescreen.

Hence I checked the widescreen copy that I have, and I believe
the followings are some proof or some things that you might check to see
regarding whether PoS is widescreen or not.  Oh, BTW, my copy has
about 2.28:1 ratio, if counting the overscan of my TV, it should be
close to 2.35:1 widescreen.

1. When the film is at around 2 minutes 30 seconds, we see the boy
   lost his weapon and was surrounded by a group of wolf, he leaned
   back against a rock, facing left of the screen toward the wolfpack.
   In this scene, the widescreen has a huge rock on the leftmost screen,
   with wolf groups in the center of the screen and the boy and the rock he
	leaned on on the right most of the screen.

   If you see the whole picture on your 1.33:1 copy of PoS, especially
   the huge rock on the left screen, then my copy is probably a matted
   presentation.  If not, then the dubbed version that was broadcast
   on TBS was Pan&Scanned.

2. 4 minutes into the movie, when the boy is at the ground talking
   to the giant Rockman.  The rockman complain that his shoulder
   is not feeling too well (due to the sword that stuck in his shoulder)
   and use his left hand holding his right shoulder.  At this scene,
   my copy has Rockman's head (or face) showing on the left most
   area of the screen, with his left hand and shoulder in the center,
   and the boy is at far back ground on the right most of the screen.

   Same argument as 1.

3. 5 minutes 45 seconds into the movie, the giant rockman told the boy
   that if he gets the sword sharp and shine again, it will be the time
   that rockman will come to him.
   We saw the roclman reach out his hands on the screen, if your 1.33:1
   copy can see from his left hand to his right hand, then mine
   is a matted one, if you only see partial parts of the rockman,
   then the TBS copy is definitely a P&S one.

4. The title of Japanese Prince of Sun occupy the whole screen with
   no space left on four sides with a Toho logo showing on the lower
   right corner.

5. The opening credits have two showing area, one at leftmost screen
   and one at the rightmost screen.  On one scene, we see Miyazaki's
   name on lower left corner and some other people's name (the director
   of Lupin III: Plot of Fuma Clan) showing on the upper right corner
   SIMULTANEOUSLY.  So if my copy is matted, the TBS copy should have
   all these and much more picture area on top and bottom of
   these guys' names.  If not, then TBS is a P&S.

Please let us know what your copy is compared to the above statements.

Tzung-I
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