According to The Digital Bits, Lionsgate's DVD release of the Andrew Niccol arms dealing movie, Lord of War was meant to be “released with anamorphic widescreen video” at the aspect ratio of 1.78:1.

The interesting thing is that when the movie came out theatrically it was in the 2.40:1 aspect ratio. After contacting Lionsgate, The Digital Bits was informed that the choice of aspect ratio was in fact chosen by “the film's production company.” The site also stated that it was not clear whether the director was part of the decision to release the movie in this way.

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Lord of War was released September 16th, 2005 and stars Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Shake Tukhmanyan, Jean-Pierre Nshanian, Jared Burke, Eric Uys, David Shumbris. The film is directed by Andrew Niccol.