Updates and corrections for entries in the main scope filmography:
The copyright year for Swedish film BLOOD RUNS COLD has been changed from 2011 to 2010, based on my own viewing of the UK DVD version.
I've added a note to the entry for MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE (Tai - 1976) which reads: "Contemporary US ad-mats* contain the following dubious claim: 'Special visual effects presented entirely in Super-Cine Vision®'. No, I've never heard of it, either..."
Correspondent Anthony wrote to query the inclusion of NOTHING IN COMMON (USA - 1986), listed in most places (including the not-so-reliable IMDb and the slightly-more-reliable Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide) as having been shot in Super 35. However, not all Super 35 movies are framed and released at 2.39:1, and Anthony could find no evidence this film has ever been released on home video framed at anything wider than 1.85:1 or 1.78:1. An online scan of reviews for international DVD versions confirmed Anthony's findings, including a recent US Blu-ray edition framed at around 1.85:1. The evidence is circumstantial, since the film could still have been released theatrically at 2.39:1, but the absence of a scope version on home video anywhere in the world strongly suggests otherwise. Until someone can prove things categorically one way or the other, I'll go with the evidence and drop this title from the filmog altogether.
For reasons best known to themselves, UK distributors of the German film URBAN EXPLORER have opted to release the film as URBAN EXPLORERS, which now becomes an AKA for this particular entry (however, the original title does appear in the closing credits of the UK print!). Also, the copyright year is changed from 2011 to 2010, based on my own personal viewing of the film.
* Movie poster found at Grindhouse Posters.
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