Friday, 27 March 2015

The Duellists (1977)

Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney, Edward Fox and Cristina Raines.


DVD bought in 2003
100mins






Audio commentary by director Ridley Scott
Audio commentary with an isolated score by composer Howard Blake
Duelling Directors- An interview with Ridley Scott by Kevin Reynolds
Boy and Bicycle - short film by Ridley Scott
Storyboard To Film Comparison
Photo Gallery
Theatrical Trailer

The Gauntlet (1977)

Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle and William Prince.


DVD bought in 2000

Blu-ray bought in 2015
109m 11s





 Blu-ray





No extras

The Deep (1977)

Directed by Peter Yates and starring Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bissett, Nick Nolte, Louis Gossett Jr and Eli Wallach.


DVD bought in 2003
124mins







No extras

Black Sunday (1977)

Directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller and 
Fritz Weaver.


DVD bought in 2003
143mins






No extras

Thursday, 26 March 2015

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, 
Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Kruger, 
Ryan O'Neal, Laurence Olivier, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell and Liv Ullmann.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2004

Blu-ray bought in 2011
176m 12s







 Blu-ray





DVD extras -
Audio commentary by screenwriter William Goldman and the main crew
Heroes from the sky (43mins)
A distant battle - Memories of operation Market Garden (17mins)
Interview with director Richard Attenborough (18mins)
Photo gallery
Theatrical Trailer

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curt Jurgens, Richard Kiel and Caroline Munro.


Special Edition DVD bought in 2000

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006

Blu-ray bought in 2012
Part of the 'James Bond Collection'
125m 40s







 DVD




 


Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by director Lewis Gilbert, production designer Ken Adam and co-writers Christopher Wood and Michael G. Wilson
Audio commentary by actor Roger Moore
007 in Egypt
Roger Moore: My Word Is My Bond
On Location with Ken Adam
007 Stage Dedication
Escape From Atlantis Storyboard Sequence
Inside The Spy Who Loved Me (41mins)
Ken Adam: Designing Bond (22mins)
Exotic Locations
Ministry of Propaganda
Radio Communications
Image Database
Trailers

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, 
Francois Truffaut, Bob Balaban and Cary Guffey.


3-disc 30th Anniversary DVD box set bought in 2007

2-disc Ultimate Edition Blu-ray bought in 2009
137mins (135mins) (132mins)










 Blu-ray






Includes the Original Theatrical, Special Edition and Director's Cut of the Movie.

Blu-ray extras -

"View From Above" Version Comparison Pop-Up Graphics
Steven Spielberg: 30 Years of Close Encounters (21mins)
The Making of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (102mins)
Watch the Skies
Deleted Scenes
Storyboard Comparison
Storyboard Galleries -
Behind the Scenes
Production Team
Portrait Gallery
Poster Concepts
Trading Cards
Filming the Special Edition
Theatrical Trailers