Tuesday 24 February 2015

Cape Fear (1962)

Directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Martin Balsam and Telly Savalas.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
105mins






No extras

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Victor Buono.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006
128m 12s






Audio Commentary with Charles Busch and John Epperson
Behind the Scenes with 'Baby Jane" vintage featurette
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition (30mins)
All About Bette (48mins)
Film Profile: Joan Crawford (29mins)
Excerpt from The Andy Williams Show (1962)
Theatrical Trailer (2:16)

Tales of Terror (1962)

Directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone and Debra Paget.


DVD bought in 2004
89mins






Theatrical Trailer

Monday 23 February 2015

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

Directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price, Barbara Steele and John Kerr.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
80m 32s








Audio commentary with director Roger Corman
Audio commentary with Tim Lucas
Isolated Score and Effects Track
The Story Behind the Swinging Blade (43mins)
An Evening of Edgar Allen Poe" 1970 special (53mins)
Added Television Sequence From 1968
Theatrical Trailer
Booklet featuring new writing on the film
Reversible sleeve


The Innocents (1961)

Directed by Jack Clayton and starring Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin and Peter Wyngarde.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
100mins







Audio commentary by Christopher Frayling
The Bespoke Overcoat" short by director Jack Clayton (38mins)
Naples is a Battlefield" documentary by director Jack Clayton (14mins)
Filmed Introduction (26mins)
Designed by Motley (14mins)
Theatrical trailer

Akira Kurosawa Samurai Collection


5-film 4-disc Blu-ray Collection, bought in 2014








Films included in the set - 

Seven Samurai (1955)
Throne of Blood (1957)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Yojimbo (1961)
Sanjuro (1962)

Audio commentary on Throne of Blood by Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck
Audio commentary on Yojimbo by film critic Philip Kemp
The Art of Akira Kurosawa (49mins)
Interview with filmmaker George Lucas
Interview with filmmaker Alex Cox

Theatrical Trailers
Booklet

The Hustler (1961)

Directed by Robert Rossen and starring Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie and George C. Scott.


Special Edition DVD bought in 2007
129m 14s






Audio commentary by Paul Newman, Richard Schickel and various members of the cast and crew
The Hustler: The Inside Story (24mins)
How To Make The Shot:
Trick Shot Analysis - Picture-in-Picture track
Behind-The-Scenes" still gallery
Theatrical trailer