Thursday 28 May 2015

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Directed by Tim Burton and starring Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Lukas Haas, 
Natalie Portman, Jim Brown, Pam Grier, Sylvia Sidney, Jack Black and Tom Jones.


DVD bought in 2000
Blu-ray bought in 2012
105m 45s





 Blu-ray





DVD extra -

Isolated Music Score by Danny Elfman

Independence Day (1996)

Directed by Roland Emmerich, starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia and Randy Quaid.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2000
2-disc Definitive Edition Steelbook DVD bought in 2008
Blu-ray bought in 2009
144m 48s (153m 23s)





 2-disc DVD






Steelbook DVD





2-disc DVD extras -

Audio Commentary by Director Roland Emmerich and Producer Dean Devlin
Audio Commentary by Visual Effects Supervisors Volker Engel and Douglas Smith
Original Theatrical Ending
Creating Reality (29mins)
The ID4 Invasion (22mins)
The Making Of ID4 (28mins)
Production Photographs
Conceptual Artwork
Storyboard Sequences
Theatrical Trailer

Star Trek First Contact (1996)

Directed by Jonathan Frakes and starring Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell and Alice Krige.



2-disc Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2004
6-film 7-disc Star Trek Motion Picture Blu-ray Set bought in 2009
110m 44s







2-disc DVD extras - 

Audio Commentary with Jonathan Frakes
Audio Commentary with writers Brannon Braga and Ronald Moore
Text Commentary with Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda
Making 'First Contact' (20mins)
The Art Of 'First Contact' (17mins)
The Story (15mins)
The Missile Silo (14mins)
The Deflector Dish (11mins)
From 'A' to 'E' (7mins)
Jerry Goldsmith: A Tribute (20mins)
The Legacy Of Zefram Cochrane (12mins)
First Contact': The Possibilities (20mins)
The Borg Collective (41mins)
Archives
Storyboards
Photo Gallery
Theatrical Trailers

Escape from L.A. (1996)

Directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Peetr Fonda, George Corraface, Valeria Golino, Pam Grier and Cliff Robertson.


DVD bought in 2009
96m 33s






Theatrical Trailer

Executive Decision (1996)

Directed by Stuart Baird and starring Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, 
David Suchet, Oliver Platt and Joe Morton.


DVD bought in 2004
Blu-ray bought in 2014
132m 41s





 Blu-ray




Theatrical Trailer

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Directed by John Gray and starring Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bob Gunton & Brian Cox


DVD bought in 2004
92mins






Theatrical Trailer

Black Mask (1996)

Directed by Daniel Lee and starring Jet Li, Lau Ching-Wan, Karen Mok and Anthony Wong.


DVD bought in 2003
89m 27s







Production Notes
Music Video
Wu Shu Technique
Wu Shu In Action
Trivia Game
Theatrical Trailer