Sunday, 5 April 2015

The Fox and the Hound (1981)

Directed by Ted Berman, Richard Rich and Art Stevens and starring Mickey Rooney. Kurt Russell and Jack Albertson.


DVD bought in 2004
79m 18s






Passing the Baton
The Fox And The Hound- scrapbook
The Best of Friends- sing-along
Cartoon short: "Wonder Dog"
Disney Storytime: New Best Friends- interactive game

Stripes (1981)

Directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles, 
Sean Young and John Candy.


Extended Cut DVD bought in 2005
106mins (126mins)






Audio commentary by director Ivan Reitman and co-writer/producer Dan Goldberg
Stars and Stripes 2-Part Documentary (56mins)

History of the World Part 1 (1981)

Directed by Mel Brooks and starring Mel Brooks, Dom Deluise, Madeline Kahn, Gregory Hines, Harvey Korman and Pamela Stephenson.


DVD bought in 2006
92mins







No extras

The Cannonball Run (1981)

Directed by Hal Needham and starring Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom Deluise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Jackie Chan and Jack Elam.


DVD bought in 2001
91m 42s






Theatrical Trailer

Caveman (1981)

Directed by Carl Gottlieb and starring Ringo Star, Barbara Bach, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long, 
Jack Gilford and John Matuszak.


DVD bought in 2007
91m 46s






Theatrical Trailer

Friday, 3 April 2015

Airplane! (1980)

Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, starring Robert Hays, Julie Haggerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges and Robert Stack.



Special Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2007
84m 08s







Audio Commentary with Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and producer Jon Davison 
Long Haul - branching version of the film, with interviews and deleted scenes (72mins of branching video footage)
Trivia Track
Theatrical Trailer

The Blues Brothers (1980)

The Blues Brothers (1980) Directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, 
Carrie Fisher, John Candy, Henry Gibson and Charles Napier. 133mins (148mins)

Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) Directed by John Landis and starring Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, 
Joe Morton and J. Evan Bonifant. 123mins



2-disc Double Feature DVD bought in 2002

The Blues Brothers Blu-ray bought in 2012





 2-disc DVD







Blu-ray extras - 

Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers (56mins)
Transposing the Music (15mins)
Remembering John (10mins)