Movies on DVD and Blu-ray

Monday, 23 March 2015

The Towering Inferno (1974)

Directed by John Guillermin and starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden,
Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Jennifer Jones, Richard Chamberlain, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner,
Robert Vaughn and OJ. Simpson.

DVD bought in 2003

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006

Blu-ray bought in 2012

164m 52s

DVD

2-disc DVD

Commentary by Film Historian F.X. Feeney
Inside the Tower: We Remember
Innovating Tower: The SPFX of an Inferno
The Art of Towering
Irwin Allen: The Great Producer
Directing the Inferno
Putting Out Fire
Running on Fire
Still the World's Tallest Building
The Writer: Stirling Silliphant
Vintage Promotional Material
Extended and Deleted Scenes
Theatrical Trailer

Earthquake (1974)

Directed by Mark Robson and starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy,
Lorne Greene, Genevieve Bujold and Richard Roundtree.

DVD bought in 2003

Blu-ray bought in 2015

122mins

DVD

Theatrical Trailer

The Man With the Golden Gun (1974)

Directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams and Herve Villechaize.

Special Edition DVD bought in 2000

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006

Blu-ray bought in 2012
Part of the 'James Bond Collection'
125m 13s

DVD

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Audio commentary by director Guy Hamilton, actors Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams and Soon-Talk Oh, production designer Peter Murton, cinematographer Oswald Morris and continuity supervisor Elaine Schreyeck, moderated by David Naylor
Audio commentary by actor Roger Moore
Declassified: MI6 Vault
On Location With 'The Man With The Golden Gun
007 Mission Control
Exotic Locations
Inside The Man With the Golden Gun (31mins)
Double-O Stuntmen (29mins)
Ministry of Propaganda
Image Database
Theatrical Trailers

Chinatown (1974)

Directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston.

DVD bought in 2005

125mins

Retrospective interviews with Roman Polański, writer Robert Towne, and producer Robert Evans
Theatrical trailer

The Longest Yard (1974)

Also known as - The Mean Machine.

Directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter and Michael Conrad

Special Edition DVD bought in 2007

116m 12s

Commentary by Burt Reynolds and writer/producer Albert S. Ruddy
Doing Time on The Longest Yard
Unleashing The Mean Machine
Original Theatrical Trailer