Showing posts with label David Lean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Lean. Show all posts

Monday 13 April 2015

A Passage to India (1984)

Directed by David Lean and starring Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis, James Fox, Alec Guinness, 
Nigel Havers and Victor Banerjee.


DVD bought in 2003
164mins







Theatrical Trailer

Wednesday 11 March 2015

Ryan's Daughter (1970)

Directed by David Lean and starring Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Trevor Howard, John Mills and Christopher Jones.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006
197mins







Audio commentary with Lady Sandra Lean, actress Sarah Miles, Petrine Day Mitchum (Robert Mitchum's daughter), assistant director Michael Stevenson, second unit director Roy Stevens, art director Roy Walker, assistant editor Tony Lawson, location manager Eddie Fowlie, stuntman Vic Armstrong, biographer Stephen M. Silverman, film critic Richard Schickel, and directors John Boorman, and Hugh Hudson
The Making of Ryan's Daughter (63mins):
Ryan's Daughter: Rising Storm (28mins)
Ryan's Daughter: Storm Chaser (21mins)
Ryan's Daughter: The Eye of the Storm (14mins)
We're the Last of the Travelling Circuses" 1970 featurette (20mins)
Ryan's Daughter: A Story of Love" 1970 featurette (6mins)

Monday 2 March 2015

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Directed by David Lean and starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Rod Steiger, Geraldine Chaplin, 
Alec Guinness, Ralph Richardson and Tom Courtenay.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2002

2-disc 45th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2010
200mins






 Blu-ray






Blu-ray extras - 

Audio commentary with Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger, and Lady Sandra Lean
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration (40mins)
Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic (60mins)
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago
Moscow in Madrid
Pasternak
New York Press Interviews
Geraldine Chaplin's Screen Test
Theatrical Trailer

Tuesday 24 February 2015

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Directed by David Lean and starring Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Jose Ferrer and Omar Sharif.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2001

2-disc 50th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2012
227mins





 DVD







Blu-ray extras - 

Secrets of Arabia: A Picture-in-Graphic Track
Peter O'Toole Revisits Lawrence of Arabia (21mins)
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia (62mins)
A Conversation with Steven Spielberg
Maan, Jordan: The Camels Are Cast" vintage featurette
In Search of Lawrence" vintage featurette
Romance of Arabia" vintage featurette
New York Premiere
Advertising Campaigns

Wednesday 18 February 2015

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Directed by David Lean and starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, James Donald and Sessue Hayakawa.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2001

Blu-ray bought in 2011
161m 28s





 DVD






Blu-ray extras - 

"Crossing the Bridge" picture-in-picture track
The Making of the Bridge on the River Kwai (53mins)
The Steve Allen Show with William Holden and Alec Guiness
The Bridge on the River Kwai Premiere narrated by William Holden
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant" featurette
USC Short Film introduced by William Holden
An Appreciation by filmmaker John Milius
Photo Gallery Montage
Theatrical Trailers