Saturday, 30 May 2015

Amistad (1997)

Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer and Pete Postlethwaite.


DVD bought in 2007
148m 20s






Behind the Scenes (25mins)
Theatrical Trailer

The Edge (1997)

Directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, 
Harold Perrineau and L.Q. Jones.


DVD bought in 2003
112mins






Featurette
Soundbites with the Cast and Crew
Theatrical Trailer
Cast & Crew Biographies

Volcano (1997)

Directed by Mick Jackson and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffman, 
Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim and Keith David.


DVD bought in 2003
104mins






Theatrical Trailer

Dante's Peak (1997)

Directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton and Charles Hallahan


DVD bought in 2004
109mins






Audio commentary by Roger Donaldson and production designer J. Dennis Washington
Getting Close to the Show - The Making of Dante's Peak (62mins)
Storyboards
Production design gallery
Steeple collapse sequence gallery
Poster design gallery
Shooting script
Theatrical trailer
Production notes

Titanic (1997)

Directed by James Cameron and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bernard Hill, David Warner, Suzy Amis and Bill Paxton.


4-disc Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2005
4-disc Collector's Edition 3D Blu-ray bought in 2012
195mins






 4-disc DVD











Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by James Cameron
Audio commentary by actors Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart, Lewis Abernathy, co-producer Jon Landau and executive producer Rae Sanchini
Audio commentary by historical supervisors of the film, Don Lynch and Don Marchelle
Reflections on Titanic (64mins)
Titanic: The final word with James Cameron (96mins)
Deleted scenes (57mins)
Alternate ending (9mins)
Behind the Scenes featurettes
Construction Time Lapse
Deep Dive Presentation with Narration by James Cameron (15mins)
$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (18mins)
Videomatics
Visual Effects
My Heart Will Go On - music video by Celine Dion
Still Galleries
Storyboard sequences
Production artwork
Photographs
Concept posters and one sheets
MTV's '1998 Movie Awards' skit
Saturday Night Live' skit
Titanic in 30 seconds
Theatrical Trailers

Thursday, 28 May 2015

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Clare Danes, Brian Dennehy, 
John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino and Diane Venora.


Special Edition DVD bought in 2005
Blu-ray bought in 2013
120mins






 Blu-ray



 

Blu-ray extras - 

Audio Commentary by Baz Luhrman, Production Designer Catherine Martin, Director of Photography Donald M. McAlpine and Co-Sreenwriter Craig Pearce
Shaking Up Shakespeare - Picture-in-Picture Mode
From the Bazmark Vault - Featurettes
Romeo + Juliet: The Music Documentary (49mins)
Director's Gallery
Director of Photography Gallery
Interview Gallery
Theatrical Trailer

Hamlet (1996)

Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Billy Crystal, 
Gerard Depardieu, Charlton Heston, Derek Jacobi, Jack Lemmon, Rufus Sewell, Robin Williams, 
Kate Winslet and Brian Blessed.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2009
232m 37s






Audio commentary with Kenneth Branagh and Shakespeare scholar Russel Jackson
Introduction by Kenneth Branagh
To Be On Camera: A History with Hamlet
1996 Cannes Film Festival
Theatrical trailer
Bonus Shakespeare movie trailers -  A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Romeo and Juliet (1936), Julius Caesar (1953), Othello (1965), Hamlet (1990) and Othello (1995)