The Alamo (1960)

Directed by John Wayne and starring John Wayne, Richard Widmark and Laurence Harvey.

DVD bought in 2004

155mins

John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (40mins)

Theatrical Trailer

Spartacus (1960)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin and Tony Curtis.

2-disc Criterion Edition DVD bought in 2003

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005

50th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2011

196m 37s

 DVD

 DVD

Criterion DVD extras -

Audio commentary by Kirk Douglas, Peter Ustinov, Howard Fast, Edward Lewis, Robert A. Harris and Saul Bass
Scene-by-Scene Audio Analysis
Study of the Score
Narrated Restoration Demonstration
Deleted Scenes
Alternate Ending
Vintage news reel footage
Interviews
Behind the scenes at Gladiator School
Breaking the Blacklist
A letter from the MPAA
Promotional Material
Storyboards by Saul Bass
Sketches by Stanley Kubrick
Theatrical Trailer

Blu-ray extras -

Deleted Scenes
Archival Interviews
Behind the Scenes Footage
Vintage Newsreels
Theatrical Trailer
Image Galleries

Ben-Hur (1959)

Directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffee, Finlay Currie and Frank Thring.

4-disc Collectors Edition DVD bought in 2005

3-disc 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Blu-ray bought in 2013

222m 26s

 DVD

Both DVD and Blu-ray sets contain the bonus movie - Ben-Hur (1925) directed by Fred Niblo and starring Ramon Novarro and Francis X Bushman. 143mins

Audio commentary by actor Charlton Heston and film historian T. Gene Hatcher
Isolated music score by Miklos Rozsa
Charlton Heston & Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey (78mins)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (58mins)
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic" documentary (59mins)
Ben-Hur: A Journey Through Pictures
Screen Tests (29mins)
Vintage Newsreels (10mins)
Highlights from the 1960 Academy Awards Ceremony
Theatrical Trailers

Solomon and Sheba (1959)

Directed by King Vidor and starring Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, Marisa Pavan, David Farrar, Harry Andrews and George Sanders.

DVD bought in 2004

135m 30s

Theatrical Trailer

Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)

Directed by John Sturges and starring Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones and Earl Holliman.

DVD bought in 2007

90m 27s

No extras

Rio Bravo (1959)

Directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson and Walter Brennan.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2007

135m 16s

Audio commentary with filmmaker John Carpenter and film historian Richard Schickel
Commemoration: Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo (33mins)
The Men Who Made Movies: Howard Hawks (55mins)
Old Tucson: Where Legends Walked (9mins)
Theatrical trailer

North by Northwest (1959)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jesse Royce Landis and Martin Landau.

DVD bought in 2000

50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray bought in 2009

Steelbook Blu-ray bought in 2014

136m 25s

 Blu-ray

 Steelbook Blu-ray

Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary by Writer Ernest Lehman
Music Only Audio Track
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style (58mins)
Cary Grant: A Class Apart (87mins)
North by Northwest: One for the Ages (26mins)
Destination Hitchcock: the Making of North by Northwest (40mins)
Stills Gallery
A Guided Tour with Alfred Hitchcock Trailer
Theatrical Trailer