Truth in advertising?
Retromedia's DVD proudly proclaims this is the widescreen version of the film. WRONG!!! It's a badly cropped pan & scan image, chopping off chunks of the film's actual title.
shareI must respectfully disagree.
I have the same DVD and it shows no signs of being Pan & Scan.
The anomalies you mention are (most likely) the result of your own TV or video monitor "overscanning" the image -a frequent occurrence.
Another possibility is that the original source material may have been over-cropped in the original printing process, since it does appear "pinched" on my screen, though by no means having "chunks chopped off."
"If you don't know the answer -change the question."