Sunday 19 April 2015

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong 
and Victor Wong.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2001

Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2014
99m 48s









 DVD







Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary with director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell
Isolated score
Return to Little China with John Carpenter (12mins)
Being Jack Burton with Kurt Russell (21mins)
Carpenter and I with cinematographer Dean Cundey (16mins)
Producer Larry Franco (15mins)
Stunt coordinator Jeff Imada (13mins)
Visual effects producer Richard Edlund (13mins)
Vintage making-of featurette (7mins)
Extended ending
Deleted scenes
Big Trouble in Little China - music video by The Coupe De Villes
Gallery of behind-the-scenes images
Theatrical Trailers
40-page booklet
Reversible Sleeve

The Golden Child (1986)

Directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, Charlotte Lewis 
and J.L. Reate.


DVD bought in 2003
94mins






Theatrical Trailer

Labyrinth (1986)

Directed by Jim Henson, starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly.


DVD bought in 2003

Blu-ray bought in 2012
101mins






 Blu-ray






Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary by Conceptual Designer Brian Froud
The Storytellers - Picture-in-Picture Track
Inside the Labyrinth - Vintage Documentary (56mins)
Journey Through the Labyrinth: Kingdom of Characters (28mins)
Journey Through the Labyrinth: The Quest for Goblin City (30mins)

Saturday 18 April 2015

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Directed by Frank Oz and starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, 
Bill Murray and Levi Stubbs.


DVD bought in 2003
Special Edition Director's Cut Blu-ray bought in 2013
94mins (103mins)





 Blu-ray







Blu-ray extras -

Includes both Theatrical and Director's Cut versions of the film
Audio Commentary with director Frank Oz (Theatrical Version only)
Frank Oz and Little Shop of Horrors: The Director’s Cut (11mins)
The Story of Little Shop of Horrors (23mins)
Outtakes/Deleted Scenes
Director’s Cut Ending (22mins)
Theatrical Trailers
36 page digibook

An American Tail I & II (1986-1991)

An American Tail (1986) Directed by Don Bluth and starring Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise, Nehemiah Persoff, Madeline Kahn and Christopher Plummer. 80mins

An American Tail 2: Fievel Goes West (1991) Directed by Phil Nibbelink & Simon Wells and starring Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise, James Stewart, John Cleese and Amy Irving. 74mins


Double Feature DVD bought in 2007







Sing-Along: "Way Out West"
Theatrical trailer

The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

Also known as Basil, The Great Mouse Detective.

Directed by Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, Dave Michener & John Musker and starring the voices of Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham and Val Bettin.


DVD bought in 2004
71m 14s






The Making Of The Great Mouse Detective
Clock Cleaners - Disney cartoon
Donald's Crime - Disney cartoon
The World's Greatest Criminals - sing-along song
Scrapbook: The Great Mouse Detective - picture gallery

Castle in the Sky (1986)

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki and starring Anna Paquin, James Van Der Beek, Cloris Leachman 
and Mark Hamill (dubbed version).



DVD bought in 2003

2-disc Blu-ray bought in 2014
124m 31s





 DVD



 

Blu-ray extras -

Storyboards - picture-in-picture
Promotional Video
Behind the Microphone
The World of Laputa
Creating Castle in the Sky
Character Sketches
Producer’s Perspective: Meeting Miyazaki
Textless opening and closing
Japanese trailers