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The Matrix (1999) Fullscreen

by: Joel Silver

Publication date: 1999

Topics: The Matrix, 1999, Fullscreen, full screen, open matte, VCD, VHS, RIP, TV, ICTV, Wachowski, Joel Silver, Keanu Reeves, rare, 4:3, 1.33, aspect ratio

Publisher: Silver Pictures

Language: English

Standard Versions of Sci-fi American movie called The Matrix (1999) directed by The Wachowski Brothers (brothers back then, sisters today).

Standard Version is often open matte version of a film to fit old 4:3 screen TV set. Not all 2.35 aspect ratio movies are shot with anamorphical lense like Indiana Jones, Mars Attacks... and The Matrix was shot with spherical lense which means they had to hid the squared image to "crop" it into widescreen to fit the theater's silverscreen. Strangely enough both sequels of that movie are still widely available on DVD in both format (fullscreen or widescreen), the first movie had a widescreen presentation excluively.

So here are one 1200x900p version of an 720p AI upscaled TVrip from an Ukrainian channel called ICTV (TV spot from their YouTube Channel) found here on Internet Archive before it was removed.
It has been modified a little to match more the other version which is from the Thai VCD* release *Video CD obviously in SD (Standard Definition).
Since those versions are extremely rare, they're here for preservation purposes only.

I own many copies of the trilogy on iTunes, DVD, VHS... widescreen, fullscreen etc, but I couldn't find the full screen copy of the first 1999 movie except on the US VHS.
An official fullscreen DVD from Hong Kong allegedly exist or a Thai VCD but I couldn't find them. Yet, I found a digital copy of the Thai dubbed VCD. It was in 2 parts as VCD movies are split on 2 Compact Discs (not DVDs [4.7GB] but CDs [700MB]) so I had to merge them into one and I tried to match the English Audio I had the best I could which wasn't easy because of the video bitrate's difference. It might not be perfect (specially the second half) because to my surprise it slowed down my computer so much and it took me for ever to export this file (at least 14 hours !).