I think the summer of 2003 will go down in DVD history as the season of widescreen re-release announcements. MGM will release Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as a (16x9) 2-Disc SE on November 25th. This is the DVD that I and many others have been waiting for since the debut of the format, but we refused to purchase the butchered version. Now we can finally add it to our collections!

Warner will also release a 2-Disc SE of A Christmas Story on October 7th. The set will include both 16x9 widescreen and full screen transfers.

Also, I forgot to mention that Warner has announced they will re-release National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, and Vegas Vacation with 16x9 transfers on October 7th.

That makes 7 re-release announcements this month! It seems that the studios are finally listening to us. I am dancing with joy over these announcements! Can’t wait to hear of more pan & scan DVD’s being re-released in widescreen.