Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Batman (1989)

Directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough and Jack Palance.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005
Blu-ray bought in 2009
126m 19s





 DVD






Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary with director Tim Burton
Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman (41mins)
On the Set with Bob Kane
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight (72mins)
Visualizing Gotham: The Production Design of Batman
Building the Batmobile
Those Wonderful Toys: The Props and Gadgets of Batman
Designing the Batsuit
From Jack to the Joker
Nocturnal Overtures: The Music of Batman
Batman: The Heroes - featurettes
Batman: The Villains - featurettes
Music Videos by Prince:
Batman: The Complete Robin Storyboard Sequence
Theatrical Trailer

The Little Mermaid (1989)

Directed by Ron Clements & John Musker and starring Jodi Benson, Christopher Barnes, Pat Carroll, Samuel E. Wright and Kenneth Mars.


Platinum Edition DVD bought in 2006

Diamond Edition Blu-ray bought in 2013
82mins







 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary by Ron Clements, John Musker, and composer Alan Menken
Deleted Character: Harold the Merman
Under the Scene: The Art of Live-Action Reference
Howard's Lecture
Part of Her World: Jodi Benson's Voyage to New Fantasyland
Carly Rae Jepsen: Part of Your World - music video
Crab-e-oke Sing-Along
Treasures Untold: The Making of The Little Mermaid (46mins)
Storm Warning: The Little Mermaid Special Effects Unit
The Story Behind the Story
The Little Matchgirl (2006) short film
Under the Sea Early Presentation Reel
John & Ron Make Caricatures of Each Other
Clements & Musker Demonstrate The Little Mermaid Handshake
Animators Comment on Their Characters
Kiss the Girl - music video
Disney song selection (with lyrics)
DisneyPedia: Life Under the Sea
Behind the Ride That Almost Was
Under the Sea Adventure: A Virtual Ride
Deleted scenes
Theatrical trailer

Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki and starring Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman and Janeane Garofalo.


DVD bought in 2004
98m 48s






Original Storyboards for the entire movie

Venus Wars (1989)

Directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and starring Ben Fairman, Anna Alba, Denica Fairman 
and Bob Sessions (dubbed version).


DVD bought in 2014
105m 47s






No extras

Legend of the Overfiend (1989-1994)


Urotsikidoji I - Legend of the Overfiend. (1989) 108mins

Urotsikidoji II - Legend of the Demon Womb. (1993) 88mins

Urotsikidoji III - Return of the Overfiend. (1993) 210mins

Urotsikidoji IV - Inferno Road (1994) 135mins

Directed by Hideki Takayama and starring Christopher Courage, Bill Timoney and Rebel Joy (dubbed version)


DVDs bought in 2003















Extras include promotional trailers, graphic novel pages, DVD-Rom content, Urotsukidoi history

Godzilla vs Biollante (1989)

Directed by Kazuki Omori and starring Kunihiko Mitamura, Yoshiko Tanaka and 
Masanobu Takashima.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
104m 51s






Making of Godzilla vs. Biollante (49mins)
Behind the Design (3mins)

Leviathan (1989)

Directed by George P. Cosmatos and starring Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, 
Daniel Stern, Ernie Hudson, Hector Elizondo and Meg Foster.


DVD bought in 2003
98mins







Theatrical Trailer
8 page booklet