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John Neff (studio manager and MD sound designer) on the film's aspect ratio
The picture was shot in a 16×9 format for high def television and for later DVD release. So the theatrical release is a 1:85 ratio. Which is perhaps’ I think it might be just a hair skinnier on the sides. But not much. I think we took from one side. Instead of optically reducing it to make it fit 1:85, which was two generations away from the image. We experimented with it, and David hated it. What we ended up doing was just matting the 16×9 for 1:85 and averaging the field of exposure for the best framing for the overall picture. So the picture itself is incredibly sharp and rich in color because it didn’t have to go through another two generations of optical printing.