Monday, 2 March 2015

The Great Race (1965)

Directed by Blake Edwards and starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood and Peter Falk.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
160mins






The Great Race: On the Set (16mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)

Directed by Ken Annakin and starring Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox and Terry-Thomas.


DVD bought in 2004
138mins






Audio commentary by director Ken Annakin
Conversations with Ken Annakin
Still galleries
Theatrical trailer

Mary Poppins (1964)

Directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson and Glynis Johns, Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2004

50th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2013
139m 06s





 DVD







Blu-ray extras - 

Audio Commentary with stars Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, and Karen Dotrice and songwriters Richard B. Sherman and Robert M. Sherman
Becoming Mr. Sherman
Mary-Oke" sing-alongs
Mary Poppins: From Page to Stage (48mins)
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of Mary Poppins (51mins)
The Gala World Premiere
Publicity
Magical Musical Reunion
The Cat That Looked At a King" animated short
Theatrical Trailers

The Sound of Music (1965)

Directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2002

3-disc 45th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2010
174mins






 DVD







Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by actors Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Charmian Carr, choreographer Dee Dee Wood, and Johannes Von Trapp
Audio commentary by director Robert Wise
Your Favorite Things: An Interactive Celebration
Music Machine” musical numbers scene-selection
Musical Stages” interactive feature with featurettes
A City of Song” interactive feature
The Sound of Music’: From Fact to Phenomenon (87mins)
My Favorite Things: Julie Andrews Remembers (63mins)
Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer: A Reminiscence (20mins)
From Liesl to Gretl (34mins)
Salzburg Sight and Sound (13mins)
On Location with the ‘Sound of Music (23mins)
When You Know the Notes to Sing: A Sing-along Phenomenon
Vintage Programs: Rodgers and Hammerstein
Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music (83mins)
Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (97mins)
Vintage Programs: Audio Interviews
Rare Treasures
Screen Tests
Galleries
Publicity
Fox Movietone News: Academy Awards
Theatrical Trailers

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Directed by David Lean and starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Rod Steiger, Geraldine Chaplin, 
Alec Guinness, Ralph Richardson and Tom Courtenay.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2002

2-disc 45th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2010
200mins






 Blu-ray






Blu-ray extras - 

Audio commentary with Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger, and Lady Sandra Lean
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration (40mins)
Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic (60mins)
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago
Moscow in Madrid
Pasternak
New York Press Interviews
Geraldine Chaplin's Screen Test
Theatrical Trailer

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

Directed by George Stevens and starring Max Von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston, Claude Rains, Jose Ferrer and Telly Savalas.


Special Edition DVD bought in 2003

Blu-ray bought in 2014
199m 10s






 Blu-ray






He Walks in Beauty (15mins)
Filmmaker (28mins)
Deleted scene
Theatrical trailer

The War Lord (1965)

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsythe and Guy Stockwell.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
121m 15s








Isolated Score and Audio Effects track
Theatrical Trailer
28 page booklet