Monday, 30 March 2015

The Superman Collection (1978-1987)

Superman the Movie (1978) Directed by Richard Donner and starring Marlon Brando, 
Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Glenn Ford, Valerie Perrine, 
Jackie Cooper, Susannah York and Trevor Howard. 143mins (151mins)

Superman II (1981) Directed by Richard Lester / Richard Donner and starring Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Susannah York, Ned Beatty, Sarah Douglas, 
Jack O'Halloran and Terence Stamp. 127mins (116mins)

Superman III (1983) Directed by Richard Lester and starring Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson and Jackie Cooper. 125mins

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Christopher Reeve ,Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer, 
Mariel Hemingway, Sam Wanamaker and Mark Pillow. 90mins


9-disc Superman DVD Box Set bought in 2006
























Superman the Movie extras include -

Audio Commentary with executive producer Ilya Salkind and producer Pierre Spengler
Audio Commentary with director Richard Donner and creative consultant Tom Mankiewicz
John Williams Music-Only Track
Taking Flight: The Development Of Superman (30mins)
Making Superman: Filming The Legend (31mins)
The Magic Behind The Cape (24mins)
Screen Tests (22mins)
Restored Scenes (15mins)
The Making Of Superman: The Movie" vintage TV special (58mins)
Superman And The Mole-Men" TV episode (52mins)
9 Fleischer Studios’ Superman cartoons (79mins)


Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, 
Veronica Cartwright and Jeff Goldblum.


2-disc Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2008

Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2014
115m 36s







 Blu-ray







Audio commentary with director Philip Kaufman
Discussing the Pod (52mins)
Dissecting the Pod (17mins)
Writing the Pod (11mins)
Re-Visitors From Outer Space (16mins)
The Man Behind the Scream (13mins)
The Invasion Will be Televised
Practical Magic: The Special Effects Pod
Theatrical Trailer
Collector's booklet
Reversible Sleeve

Jaws 2 (1978)

Directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton.


DVD bought in 2003
116mins






The Making of Jaws 2 (45mins)
Jaws 2: A Portrait By Actor Keith Gordon
John Williams: The Music of Jaws 2
The French Joke Featurette
Deleted Scenes
Storyboards
Production Photographs
Theatrical Trailers

Sunday, 29 March 2015

Halloween (1978)

Directed by John Carpenter and starring Donald Pleasance, Jamie Lee Curtis, Charles Cyphers, Nancy Loomis, P.J. Soles and Nick Castle.


4-disc Definitive Edition DVD bought in 2008
92mins









Extras include -

Halloween: A Cut Above The Rest (87mins)
25 Years of Terror (83mins)
On Location: 25 Years Later (10mins)
Halloween Unmasked 2000
Horror's Hallowed Grounds (18mins)
Halloween Panel Discussons
Celebrity Interviews
Behind the Scenes Gallery
Theatrical Trailers
Halloween Autopsis Comic Book

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Directed by George A. Romero and starring David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger and Gaylen Ross


DVD bought in 2003
Uncut Director's Cut DVD bought in 2004
3-disc Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2010
139m 25s





 DVD





 Blu-ray












Blu-ray extras -

Disc One
Theatrical Version (127mins)
Audio Commentary by George A. Romero, Christine Romero, and Tom Savini
Audio Commentary by producer Richard P. Rubinstein
Document of the Dead- Documentary (84mins)
Document of the Dead- Deleted Scenes
Document of the Dead- The Lost Interview
Fan of the Dead- Documentary (52mins)

Disc Two
Director's Cut (139mins)
The Dead Will Walk- Documentary (75mins)

Disc Three
Dario Argento Cut (119mins)
Tom Savini's Scream Greats- Documentary (56mins)
Theatrical Trailers
16 page booklet