Dune DVD Comparison

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This page compares the aspect ratios of the DVDs in the Dune: Extended Edition (American).

Frames where saved as bmps with DGMPGDec, and then cropped, resized and saved out as jpgs (75-80% quality) with Macromedia Fireworks MX.

Theatrical Version (2.35:1)

Extended (Smithee) Version (2.35:1)

Extended (Smithee) Version Prologue (2.35:1)

Here I have overlaid (and stretched to fit) the US DVD over the prologue from the French DVD.
The American image is sharper, and a bit more image to the left, but has been heavily cropped top/bottom.
The Prologue is in 2.35:1 ratio too, not 4:3, or even 1.85:1 but Anamorphic 2.35:1.