Monday, 9 March 2015

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, 
Edmond O' Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006

Blu-ray bought in 2014
145mins





 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras - 

Audio commentary by Nick Redman, Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and David Weddle
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (83mins)
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage (33mins)
A Simple Adventure Story: Sam Peckinpah, Mexico and The Wild Bunch (24mins)
Never-Before-Seen Additional Scenes
Theatrical trailer

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Directed by George Roy Hill and starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Katharine Ross.


2-disc Steelbook DVD bought in 2007

Blu-ray bought in 2014
110m 25s









 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by director George Roy Hill, composer Hal David, associate producer 
Robert Crawford and cinematographer Conrad Hall
Audio commentary by screenwriter William Goldman
All of What Follows it True: The Making of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (35mins)
The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance (25mins)
Deleted scene
Theatrical trailer

Sunday, 8 March 2015

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Directed by Sergio Leone and starring Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards 
and Charles Bronson.


2-disc Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2003

Blu-ray bought in 2011
166mins





 DVD










Blu-ray extras - 
 
Audio Commentary with John Carpenter, John Milius, Alex Cox and Bernardo Bertolucci, film historians Sir Christopher Frayling and Dr. Sheldon Hall, and lead actress Claudia Cardinale
An Opera of Violence (29mins)
The Wages of Sin (20mins)
Something to Do with Death (18mins)
Railroad: Revolutionizing the West
Locations Then & Now
Production Gallery
Theatrical Trailer

The Lion in Winter (1968)

Directed by Anthony Harvey and starring Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, 
John Castle, Nigel Terry and Timothy Dalton.


DVD bought in 2004
134mins






Audio commentary by director Anthony Harvey

Oliver! (1968)

Directed by Carol Reed and starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis,
Mark Lester and Jack Wild.


Blu-ray bought in 2013
153mins






Behind the Scenes" vintage featurette 
Meeting Oliver!" featurette 
Meeting Fagin!" featurette
Theatrical Trailer

Yellow Submarine (1968)

Directed by George Dunning, featuring the music of the Beatles and starring the voices of  
John Clive, Geoff Hughes, Peter Batten and Paul Angelis.


DVD bought in 2000
87mins







Audio commentary by the Film's Animator John Coates, and Designer Heinz Edelmann
The Mod Odyssey behind-the-scenes featurette
Three storyboard sequences - Including two not used in the final film
Original pencil drawings
Behind-the-scenes photos from the making of the film
Interviews with the crew and vocal talents
Music-only track highlighting the film's score
Original theatrical trailer

The Producers (1968)

Directed by Mel Brooks and starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Dick Shawn 
and Lee Meredith.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006
88mins







The Making of The Producers- 5-part documentary (64mins)
Peter Sellers' Statement Read By Paul Mazursky
Playhouse Outtake" alternate ending
Sketch gallery
Theatrical trailer