Complex sentence: Lonesome Dove was filmed in a soft matte 1.78:1 (16:9) aspect ratio, allowing it to be cropped from the 4:3 negative, it was then released on Blu-ray Disc on August 5,2008 just months before the film's 20th anniversary.
Split into simpler sentences: Lonesome Dove was filmed in a soft matte 1.78:1 (16:9) aspect ratio, allowing it to be cropped from the 4:3 negative. It was then released on Blu-ray Disc on August 5,2008 just months before the film's 20th anniversary.