Friday, 20 February 2015

North by Northwest (1959)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jesse Royce Landis and Martin Landau.


DVD bought in 2000

50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray bought in 2009

Steelbook Blu-ray bought in 2014
136m 25s





 Blu-ray




 Steelbook Blu-ray






Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary by Writer Ernest Lehman
Music Only Audio Track
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style (58mins)
Cary Grant: A Class Apart (87mins)
North by Northwest: One for the Ages (26mins)
Destination Hitchcock: the Making of North by Northwest (40mins)
Stills Gallery
A Guided Tour with Alfred Hitchcock Trailer
Theatrical Trailer

Some Like it Hot (1959)

Directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown and Nehemiah Persoff.



Special Edition DVD bought in 2002

Blu-ray bought in 2014
121m 32s






Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary featuring an interview with Tony Curtis, a 1984 interview with actor Jack Lemmon, and additional commentary with Paul Diamond, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mendel
The Making of Some Like It Hot (26mins)
The Legacy of Some Like It Hot (20mins)
Nostalgic Look Back (31mins)
Memories From the Sweet Sues (12mins)
Virtual Hall of Memories (21mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Produced by Walt Disney and directed by Clyde Geronimi, Les Clark, Eric Larson and Wolfgang Reitherman.


Collector's Edition 2-disc DVD and Book bought in 2008

50th Anniversary Platinum Edition Blu-ray bought in 2010
75m 10s










  Blu-ray






Blu-ray Extras -

Audio Commentary with John Lasseter, Andreas Déja, Leonard Maltin
"Cine-Explore" PiP video/audio commentary with John Lasseter, Leonard Maltin and Andreas Deja
"Dragon Encounter" interactive feature
"Grand Canyon" short
Once Upon a Dream" music video by Emily Osment
Disney Song Selection
"Princess Fun Facts" pop-up feature
Games & Activities
Original Disneyland Sleeping Beauty Castle Walktrough Attraction
History of the Sleeping Beauty Walkthrough Attraction" featurette
Picture Perfect: The Making of Sleeping Beauty" documentary (44mins)
Eyvind Earle: The Man and His Art" featurette
"Sequence 8" featurette
Alternate Opening
Deleted Songs:
Storyboard Sequences
Sleeping Beauty Art Galleries
The Sound of Beauty: Restoring a Classic" featurette
Theatrical Trailers
"The Peter Tchaikovski Story" short (49mins)
"Four Artists Paint One Tree" featurette (16mins)

Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)

Directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery and Kieron Moore.


DVD bought in 2004
86m 54s






No extras

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

Directed by Henry Levin and starring James Mason, Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker, Peter Ronson and Thayer David.


DVD bought in 2003
129m 20s






Film Restoration Featurette
Theatrical Trailer

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Christopher Lee, Maria Landi and David Oxley.



DVD bought in 2004
Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2015
86m 35s





Blu-ray







Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary with film historians Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby
Release the Hound! (30mins)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (46mins)
Andre Morell: Best of British (20mins)
Actor's Notebook: Christopher Lee (13mins)
Hound of the Baskervilles - excerpts (21mins)
Theatrical Trailer
Photo Gallery
Collector's booklet
Reversible Sleeve

The Mummy (1959)

Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux and George Pastell.


DVD bought in 2004
88mins
Part of the 'Hammer Horror Collection'






Theatrical Trailer