Monday, 16 February 2015

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas and Peter Lorre.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2003
127mins







Audio commentary by Richard Fleischer and Rudy Behlmer.
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (88 mins)
Jules Verne and Walt Disney: Explorers of the Imagination
The Humboldt Squid: A Real Sea Monster
Production Gallery
The Musical Legacy of Paul Smith
Touring the Nautilus
Storyboard-to-Scene Comparison
Monsters of the Deep
Unused animation
Donald Duck cartoon: Grand Canyonscope
Theatrical Trailer

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

Directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson and Fred MacMurray.


Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2014
124m 35s






Audio Commentary by Richard Peña and Ken Bowser.
Documentary: Behind The Caine Mutiny
Theatrical Trailers

Saturday, 14 February 2015

Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)

Directed by Delmer Daves and starring Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, William Marshall, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Egan and Jay Robinson as Caligula.



3-disc 3-film DVD Collection bought in 2004
101mins






Theatrical Trailer.

The Robe (1953)

Directed by Henry Koster and starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie and Jay Robinson as Caligula.


Special Edition DVD bought in 2009

Blu-ray bought in 2014
133m 31s





Blu-ray





Introduction by filmmaker Martin Scorsese 
Audio Commentary with David Newman, Jon Burlingame, Julie Kirgo, and Nick Redman
“The Music of The Robe: Alfred Newman’s Score” isolated music track
“The Making of The Robe” documentary (32mins)
"The CinemaScope Story" featurette (19mins)
"From Scripture to Script: The Bible and Hollywood" featurette (25mins)
1969 Audio Interview With Screenwriter Philip Dunne
"BonusView" picture-in-picture mode:
-"The Robe Times Two: A Comparison of Widescreen and Standard Versions"
-"A Seamless Faith: The Real-Life Search for The Robe"
Advertising The Robe:
"Movietone News"
Theatrical Trailers
Interactive Pressbook
Still Galleries

Knights of the Round Table (1953)

Directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Anne Crawford and Stanley Baker.


DVD bought in 2003
115mins






All-new introduction by Mel Ferrer
Premiere newsreel
Vintage concert hall musical short "Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor"
"King Arthur at the Movies" essay

From Here to Eternity (1953)

Directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra and Ernest Borgnine.


DVD bought in 2007
113m 14s







Audio commentary with Tim Zinnemann (son of the director), and actor Alvin Sargent
"The Making Of From Here To Eternity"
Excerpt from "Fred Zinnemann: As I See It"
Theatrical trailer 

Shane (1953)

Directed by George Stevens and starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon deWilde and Jack Palance.


DVD bought in 2005
118mins






Audio commentary with George Stevens Jr. and associate producer Ivan Moffat
Theatrical trailer