To get best MPEG2 compression?

I've got to master out a 90 minute film tonight. It was produced in DV NTSC Anamorphic. Does anyone know if I can get a better MPEG2 compression (with Compressor) going from the DV NTSC Anamorphic timeline - or from an 8 bit 'uncompressed' timeline? Would the end result look any different?
I recently mastered a show from an HDV timeline out to MPEG2 (Compressor) and got not so happy results. I seem to remember getting better results from this combo with earlier versions of Compressor.
Any suggestions would be most appreciated,
Ben

RESULTS:
Put the DV NTSC anamorphic onto an 8 bit uncompressed timeline (all I changed was the compression format in the sequences settings box).
Output through Compressor to best 90 min, tweaking the bit rate up: average 6.6, maximum 7.8.
The results were mind-boggling. This DV NTSC looked as good as the Hollywood rental DVD's ... given the whole show was built using graphics and stills, not live-action.
I played the mv2 (MPEG2) with the MPEG Streamclip player ... which may have made a bit of a difference.
I was 100% thrilled. I'm going back to last week's HDV project, and re-author the DVD, trying this technique with HDV.

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