Saturday 18 April 2015

Short Circuit (1986)

Directed by John Badham and starring Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, 
Austin Pendleton, G.W. Bailey and Tim Blaney.


DVD bought in 2000
98mins






Audio Commentary by John Badham, Brent Maddox & S.S. Wilson
Isolated Music and Effects Track
Original Theatrical Trailer
The Making of Number Five
Behind the Scenes B-Roll Footage
Cast and Crew Interviews
Galleries
Production Notes

Flight of the Navigator (1986)

Directed by Randal Kleiser and starring Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Cliff DeYoung, 
Veronica Cartwright and Sarah Jessica Parker.


DVD bought in 2003
90mins






No extras

Star Trek IV The Voyage Home (1986)

Directed by Leonard Nimoy and starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, De Forest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Mark Lenard and Catherine Hicks.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2003

6-film 7-disc Star Trek Motion Picture Blu-ray Set bought in 2009
118m 51s









DVD extras - 

Audio commentary by Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner
Text commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
Time Travel: Art of the Possible (11mins)
The Language of the Whales (6mins)
A Vulcan Primer (8mins)
Kirk's Women (8mins)
Future’s Past: A Look Back (27mins)
On Location
Dailies Deconstruction
Below-The-Line: Sound Design (12mins)
From Outer Space to the Ocean (15mins)
The Bird of Prey
Interviews from 1986 promo kit
Roddenberry scrapbook
Featured Artist: Mark Lenard
Production gallery
Storyboards
Theatrical trailer

The Fly I & II (1986-1989)

The Fly (1986) Directed by David Cronenberg and starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis 
and John Getz. 96mins

The Fly II (1989) Directed by Chris Walas and starring Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, Lee Richardson and John Getz. 105mins


The Fly 2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005

The Fly II 2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2007

The Fly Blu-ray bought in 2013







 Blu-ray




DVD







The Fly - Blu-ray extras - 

Audio commentary with director/co-writer David Cronenberg
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly (136mins)
- Play Enhanced - 162 mins
The Brundle Museum of Natural History (12mins)
Deleted Scenes:
George Langelaan’s original short story
Charles Edward Pogue’s original screenplay
David Cronenberg’s rewrite screenplay
Cinefex: "The Fly Papers"
American Cinematographer: "New Buzz on an Old Theme"
American Cinematographer: "More About The Fly"
Film Tests (visual effects)
Photo Galleries
Theatrical Trailers

The Fly II - DVD extras - 

Audio commentary by director Chris Walas and film historian/archivist Bob Burns
The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect (58mins)
Transformations: Looking Back at The Fly II (48mins)
CWI Video Production Journal (15mins)
Composer's Master Class: Christopher Young (13mins)
Storyboard to Film
Deleted scene
Alternate ending
Photo Galleries
Theatrical Trailer

Aliens (1986)

Directed by James Cameron and starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henricksen, Bill Paxton and Jenette Goldstein.


Special Edition DVD bought in 1999
137mins (154mins)
 
9-disc Alien Quadrilogy R1 DVD Box Set bought in 2003
9-disc Alien Quadrilogy R2 DVD Box Set bought in 2008
6-disc Alien Anthology Blu-ray Box Set bought in 2010








Aliens Blu-ray Anthology Extras -

Audio commentary by director James Cameron, producer Gale Ann Hurd, alien effects creator Stan Winston, visual effects supervisors Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak, miniature effects supervisor Pat McClung and actors Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn and Christopher Henn
Isolated music score
Alternate music score
Deleted scenes
"MU-TH-UR Mode" interactive bonus view feature

Invaders from Mars (1986)

Directed by Tobe Hooper and starring Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, 
Laraine Newman, James Karen and Louise Fletcher.


DVD bought in 2003
99m 20s






Original Publicity featurette (8mins)
Sci-Fi Promo featurette (15mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Thursday 16 April 2015

Lifeforce (1985)

Directed by Tobe Hooper and starring Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May and 
Patrick Stewart.


DVD bought in 2000

2-disc Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2013
116m 13s






 Blu-ray










Blu-ray extras -

DISC ONE
Lifeorce - International version
Audio commentary by director Tobe Hooper, moderated by Tim Sullivan
Audio commentary by visual effects artist Douglas Smith, moderated by Howard S. Berger
Audio commentary by make-up effects artist Nick Maley
Isolated music & effects track
Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce (70mins)
Tobe Hooper: Space Vampires in London (10mins)
Steve Railsback: Carlsen’s Curse (7mins)
Mathilda May: Dangerous Beauty (15mins)
Theatrical Trailers

DISC TWO
Lifeforce - Theatrical version
Isolated music & effects track

Reversible Sleeve
28 page collector's booklet