Monday, 8 June 2015

American Beauty (1999)

Directed by Sam Mendes and starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari and Chris Cooper.


DVD bought in 2001
116m 50s







Audio Commentary by Sam Mendes and Screenwriter/Co-Producer Alan Ball
American Beauty: Look Closer... (22mins)
Storyboard Presentation - with Commentary by Sam Mendes and Director Of Photography 
Conrad Hall (61mins)
Theatrical Trailers
4-Page Collector's Booklet

8mm (1999)

Directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, 
Peter Stormare and Anthony Heald.


DVD bought in 2004
123mins







Audio commentary by Joel Schumacher
Making of featurette
Theatrical Trailer

Any Given Sunday (1999)

Directed by Oliver Stone and starring Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, 
Jaime Foxx, LL Cool J, Jim Brown, Aaron Eckhart, Matthew Modine and Charlton Heston.


2-disc Director's Cut DVD bought in 2004
151mins







Audio Commentary by Director Oliver Stone
Audio Commentary by Actor Jamie Foxx
Isolated Music Score
Jamie Foxx Audition Tape And Screen Tests:
Full Contact: The Making Of Any Given Sunday (27mins)
3 Music Videos
14 Deleted/ Extended Scenes (33mins)
Any Given Gag Reel
Football Outtakes Montage
The Art Of Selling - Poster Design Explorations
Stills Gallery
Theatrical Trailer

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

Directed by Luc Besson and starring Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, 
Vincent Cassell and Dustin Hoffman.


DVD bought in 2007
151m 30s






HBO First Look: The Search for the Real Joan of Arc (24mins)
Isolated Music Score by Eric Serra
Theatrical Trailer

The General's Daughter (1999)

Directed by Simon West and starring John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Woods, 
James Cromwell and Timothy Hutton.


DVD bought in 2003
116mins






Audio Commentary by Director Simon West
Behind The Secrets (19mins)
Deleted Scenes / Alternate Ending
Theatrical Trailer

Three Kings (1999)

Directed by David O'Russell and starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Cliff Curtis and Nora Dunn.


DVD bought in 2000
Blu-ray bought in 2014
114m 47s





 DVD






Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary with writer/director David O. Russell
Audio Commentary with producers Charles Roven and Ed McDonnell
Under The Bunker (22mins)
On the Set of 'Three Kings (10mins)
The Cinematography of Three Kings (7mins)
Director David O. Russell's 'Three Kings' Video Journal (14mins)
Deleted Scenes
An Intimate Look Inside The Acting Process with Ice Cube
Theatrical Trailer

Saturday, 6 June 2015

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies and Ted Danson.


2-disc Commemorative Edition DVD bought in 2005
2-disc Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2011
169m 28s





 DVD




 
Blu-ray extras -

An Introduction to the Film
Looking into the Past
Miller and His Platoon
Boot Camp
Making Saving Private Ryan (22mins)
Re-Creating Omaha Beach (18mins)
Music and Sound (16mins)
Parting Thoughts
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan (25mins)
Shooting War (88mins)
Theatrical Trailers