Never Tape Yourself Being Stupid

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It was most certainly not just a coincidence. When Warner released the special edition of Willy Wonka a few years back it was only available in pan & scan (or "fullscreen"), and they made it very clear that they had no plans on releasing it in widescreen format. They talked about how families "hate those black bars" and that was that. Soon afterwards an internet petition started up and 12,000 signatures later Warner announced that they were going to release a widescreen version of the film to please DVD connoisseurs (the people who buy lots and lots of DVDs).