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Author Topic: James and The Giant Peach Bluray Help Needed Mitchell Robinson Film Handler Posts: 10 From: Hebburn,Tyne and Wear ,UK Registered: Jan 2015 posted 02-08-2015 06:22 AM                     I am Screening James and The Giant Peach on Blu-ray through as we could not get DCP whats the best aspect ratio to show the film on Blu-ray  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 02-08-2015 09:02 AM                     Well, as far as I remember (it's been quite a while), this movie was in flat on 35mm. But some Blu-Ray releases are cropped to fit flat to the 1.77 native FullHD aspect ratio. So, I guess you need to check your Blu-Ray and see what you got?  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Robinson Film Handler Posts: 10 From: Hebburn,Tyne and Wear ,UK Registered: Jan 2015 posted 02-08-2015 09:39 AM                     ok Thanks  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 02-08-2015 11:40 AM                     Well, just to make things more confusing for you - - - I ran a 35mm print of this several years ago at the All Fruit Film Festival (don't ask) and was told it was 1:66, and that's how I ran it. IMDB has it listed as 1:66 too, but I always take IDBB's aspect info 'with a grain of salt' I just did a quick search & found it listed as both 1:66 AND 1:85, depending on which website I was looking at. However, THIS website which reviewed the original disk release sez the following: "James and the Giant Peach is presented in its original widescreen aspect ratio, 1.66:1. Though it has not been enhanced for 16x9 televisions" So, if you can't decide, toss a coin. . .  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-08-2015 11:53 AM                     Well there you have it. 1.78 fits nicely between 1.85 and 1.66! But as others have noted, how it is encoded on the disc will greatly affect how you "should" present it.  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Robinson Film Handler Posts: 10 From: Hebburn,Tyne and Wear ,UK Registered: Jan 2015 posted 02-08-2015 12:05 PM                     I will Play it through the Digital Cinema Projector then I will see what it comes out like on screen Then I will Post Back what resolution I have chosen  |  IP: Logged Michael Kurtzke Film Handler Posts: 45 From: Ashburn, VA, USA Registered: Feb 2013 posted 02-08-2015 01:07 PM                     My US version of the Blu-Ray is 1.66. I'm 99% sure that the region B version is also 1.66 Here is an in depth review of the Blu-Ray.  |  IP: Logged

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