I wasn't even aware that this film's original ratio was in a scope format -- I always believed it to be the 1.85:1 as seen on HBO/Rysher's DVD. That's very interesting.
I was thinking of upgrading to Kino's 4K version, but we only watch it around the holidays...
Indeed, they did a pretty good job with an older master of this 1989 gem. Looked pretty clean all the way through, with a nice somewhat reserved execution of an HDR pass; I thought the DTS-HD MA 5.1 mix could have been much better, however.
Yeah, Weller's character was a bit "off" in this (I...