juliancarter wrote:
I don't understand. The only movies Disney have made in VERY WIDE Widescreen are:
1) The Lady and the Tramp (1956) CinemaScope
2) Sleeping Beauty (1959) Super Technirama 70
3) The Black Cauldron (1985) (Super Technirama 70?)
4) Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) (I don't know!)
Don't forget Brother Bear!
Disney has made many more (live action) movies in cinemascope and similar formats, but I guess you're thinking only of the classical animated features.
Just as Poppins#1 says, today it's mainly an artistic choice. There were other considerations in the 1950's, though, when widescreen formats were new. Some studios had committed to their own formats. Paramount had VistaVision, Fox had Cinemascope etc. If you're interested in the history and development of widescreen cinema, I suggest you take a look at this excellent site that explains it all (or most of it) :
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/