Wednesday 10 June 2015

The Matrix (1999)

Directed by The Wachowskis and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, 
Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano.


10-disc 4-film Ultimate DVD Collection bought in 2004
Blu-ray bought in 2009
136m 17s





 10-disc DVD Collection























Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by philosophers Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilder
Audio commentary by critics Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson
Audio commentary by cast and crew Carrie-Anne Moss, Zach Staenberg and John Gaeta
Musical audio commentary by composer Don Davis
Written introduction by The Wachowski Brothers
The Matrix Revisited (123mins)
Behind the Matrix featurettes (43mins)
Follow the White Rabbit featurettes (23mins)
What is Bullet Time? (6mins)
What is the Concept? (11mins)
The Music Revisited  music excerpts
Rock is Dead - music video by Marilyn Manson
Theatrical Trailers

Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

Directed by George Lucas and starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Ahmed Best, Ray Park, Brian Blessed, Terence Stamp and Samuel L. Jackson.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2001
9-disc Complete Saga Blu-ray box set bought in 2011
136m 10s









DVD extras -

Audio Commentary with George Lucas, producer Rick McCallum, co-editor and sound designer Ben Burtt, visual effects supervisors Scott Squires, John Knoll and Dennis Muren, and animation supervisor Rob Coleman
Duel of the Fates - music video
7 Deleted Scenes
The Beginning, Making Episode I (66mins)
12 "Web" featurettes:
Visual effects (9mins)
Costumes (8mins)
Design (7mins)
Fights (8mins)
Story (8mins)
Animatics and Still Galleries
Production photo gallery
Print Campaign picture gallery
Poster Gallery
Star Wars: Starfighter: The Making of The Game
Theatrical Trailers

Wing Commander (1999)

Directed by Chris Roberts and starring Freddie Prinze Jr, Saffron Burrows, Matthew Lillard, 
Tcheky Karyo, David Suchet, Jurgen Prochnow and David Warner.


DVD bought in 2002
100mins







Theatrical Trailer

Existenz (1999)

Directed by David Cronenberg and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm, 
Christopher Eccleston and Willem Dafoe.


DVD bought in 2003
97mins






Audio commentary by director David Cronenberg
Audio commentary by cinematographer Peter Suschitzky
Audio commentary by visual effects supervisor Jim Isaac
The Invisible Art of Carol Spier - FX documentary (54mins)
Theatrical Trailer

The World is Not Enough (1999)

Directed by Michael Apted and starring Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, 
Denise Richards, Robbie Coltrane, John Cleese and Judi Dench.


Special Edition DVD bought in 1999

2-disc Ultimate Edition DVD bought in 2006

Blu-ray bought in 2012
Part of the 'James Bond Collection'
128m 20s






 2-disc DVD







Blu-ray extras - 

Audio commentary by director Michael Apted
Audio commentary by production designer Peter Lamont, second unit director Vic Armstrong and composer David Arnold
Deleted and extended scenes (13mins)
James Bond Down River (25mins)
Creating an Icon: Making the Teaser Trailer
Hong Kong Press Conference
007 movie excerpts and textless opening
Exotic Locations
Making of The World is Not Enough (15mins)
Bond Cocktail (23mins)
Tribute to Desmond Llewellyn
The World is Not Enough - music video by Garbage
The Secrets of 007: Alternative Video Options (23mins)
Image Database - picture slideshows:
Theatrical Trailers

Wild Wild West (1999)

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, M. Emmett Walsh, Bai Ling and Ted Levine.


DVD bought in 2000
106mins







Audio commentary by director Barry Sonnenfeld
HBO First Look: It's a Whole New West (14mins)
The Gadgets
Dress For the West
Hardly Loveless
Outtakes
Music Video -Wild Wild West by Will Smith
Music Video - Bailamos by Enrique Iglesias
Music Video Newswrap
Stills Gallery
Theatrical Trailer

Galaxy Quest (1999)

Directed by Dean Parisot and starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, Enrico Colantoni, Robin Sachs, Missi Pyle and Justin Long.


DVD bought in 2000
Blu-ray bought in 2011
102m 08s





DVD






Blu-ray extras -

Galactopedia - Interactive Feature
Historical Documents: The Story of Galaxy Quest (18mins)
Never Give Up, Never Surrender: The Intrepid Crew of the NSEA Protector (23mins)
By Grabthar’s Hammer, What Amazing Effects (7mins)
Alien School: Creating the Thermian Race (5mins)
Sigourney Weaver Raps
Deleted Scenes
Screenwriter Bob Gordon
Thermian Audio Track
Theatrical Trailer