Reply #22: SOME films are made using the anamorphic techniques you described

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OTHER 35mm films are matted on the top and bottom of the frame to generate a widescreen image, as described by mrfrapp. This is standard practice, and there's nothing wrong with any widescreen DVD prepared in such a manner.

As I posted below, all the widescreen DVDs I've seen from the list appear to be OK. Until I see an example of a widescreen MGM DVD that's badly cropped on all four sides, I'm going to assume that this lawsuit is purely about the incorrect labeling of the full-frame versions and not about the framing or content of the widescreen DVDs.