Saturday, 6 June 2015

Merlin (1998 TV)

Directed by Steve Barron and starring Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Miranda Richardson, Isabella Rossellini, John Gielgud, Rutger Hauer and Martin Short.



DVD bought in 2003
182mins






The Making of Merlin (18mins)

Elizabeth (1998)

Directed by Shekhar Kapur and starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, John Gielgud and Richard Attenborough


DVD bought in 2008
Blu-ray bought in 2014
123m 32s





 DVD





Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary with director Shekhar Kapur
The Making of Elizabeth (25mins)
Elizabeth - featurette (6mins)



Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Directed by John Madden and starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck, Tom Wilkinson and Judi Dench.


DVD bought in 2002
Blu-ray bought in 2014
123m 36s






 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary with director John Madden
Audio Commentary with actors Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Gwyneth Paltrow, Colin Firth, and 
Ben Affleck, producers Donna Gigliotti, David Parfitt, and Marc Norman, screenwriter Tom Stoppard, production designer Martin Childs, costume designer Sandy Powell, and cinematographer Richard Greatrex
Shakespeare in Love and On Film (22mins)
Academy Award Winning Costumes
Deleted Scenes
Shakespeare Historical Notes
Theatrical Trailer

The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

Directed by Randall Wallace and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich,
Gerard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne, Anne Parillaud and Peter Sarsgaard.


DVD bought in 2004
Blu-ray bought in 2015
132m 15s





DVD





Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary by Writer / Director Randall Wallace
Myth and the Musketeers (8mins)
Director's Take (29mins)
Original 1998 Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
Alternate Mask Prototypes
Theatrical Trailers

The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Directed by Martin Campbell, starring Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stuart Wilson and Matt Letscher.


DVD bought in 1999
Blu-ray bought in 2015
137m 38s





 DVD






Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary by Director Martin Campbell
Unmasking Zorro (45mins)
Deleted Scenes
I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You - Music Video by Marc Anthony & Tina Arena
The Legend of Zorro - Behind-the-Scenes Sneak Peek
Exclusive Scene from -The Legend of Zorro

There's Something About Mary (1998)

Directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly, starring Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Chris Elliott and Lee Evans.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005
119mins (130mins)







2-disc DVD includes Theatrical Version and Extended Version
Audio commentary by directors Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly
Audio commentary by writers Ed Dector and John J. Strauss
Alternate Opening
Getting Behind Mary (44mins)
Backstory: There’s Something About Mary (21mins)
Comedy Central: Reel Comedy (22mins)
Best Fight: Ben Stiller and Puffy the Dog
Puffy, Boobs and Balls
Franks and Beans: A Conversation with W. Earl Brown
Exposing Themselves: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, and Chris Elliott
Up a Tree with Jonathan Richman and Tommy Larkins
Touchdown: A Conversation with Brett Favre
Interview Roulette with Harland Williams
Behind the Zipper
Around the World With Mary
Music Video – “Every Day Should be a Holiday”
Marketing Mary - Promotional Material
Outtakes
Theatrical trailer

Wild Things (1998)

Directed by John McNaughton and starring Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, 
Denise Richards, Theresa Russell, Robert Wagner and Bill Murray.


DVD bought in 2000
108mins






Making of featurette
Theatrical trailer