Thursday, 25 June 2015

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

US title - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Directed by Chris Columbus and starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Harris, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, John Hurt, Ian Hart and Julie Walters.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2002
6-film 7-disc Harry Potter Blu-ray Collection bought in 2010
152m 21s






















 2-disc DVD





 

Capturing the Stone (16mins)
Ghosts of Hogwarts
Yearbook Character Clips
Quidditch Lesson
Dragon Egg Lesson
Around the World Multilanguage Clip (9mins)
Deleted Scenes (9mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Osmosis Jones (2001)

Directed by Tom Sito and Piet Kroon and starring Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy Norwood, Williams Shatner, Ron Howard, Chris Elliott and Bill Murray.


DVD bought in 2003
95mins






Audio Commentary by Animation Directors Piet Kroon and Tom Sito, Writer Marc Hyman 
and Producer Zak Penn
Frank's Gross Anatomy - Interactive Adventure:
Under The Microscope: HBO First Look Special (14mins)
Investigating The Vocal Chords (5mins)
Deleted Scenes
Theatrical Trailer

Monsters Inc (2001)

Directed by Pete Docter and starring John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Tilly 
and James Coburn.


2-disc Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2002
2-disc Blu-ray bought in 2010
2-disc 3D Blu-ray bought in 2013
92m 08s






 3D Blu-ray




2-disc DVD








Blu-ray extras - 

Audio Commentary with director Pete Docter, co-director Lee Unkrich, executive producer/screenwriter Andrew Stanton, and executive producer John Lasseter
Video Introduction by director Pete Docter
For the Birds - animated short
Mike's New Car - animated short
Filmmakers' Round Table (22mins)
Building Monstropolis in Japan (8mins)
Roz's 100 Door Challenge" game
Pixar Fun Factory Tour
Deleted scenes
Storyboard to Film Comparison
Art Galleries
Posters
Designing Monstropolis
Monster File
Cast Characters
What Makes a Great Monster?
Opening Title Animation
Progression Demonstration
Music and Sound
Multi-Language Clip Reel
Outtakes and Company Play
If I Didn't Have You - music video by Randy Newman
Behind the Screams: 'On the Job with Mike and Sully
Theatrical Trailers

Shrek (2001)

Directed by Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson, starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and John Lithgow.


DVD bought in 2001
Blu-ray bought in 2010
3-disc 3D Blu-ray bought in 2013
90m 05s






 Blu-ray




 3D Blu-ray




 

Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary by Directors Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson and Producer Aron Warner
The Animators' Corner - Picture-in-Picture Feature
Shrek's Interactive Journey
Secrets of Shrek (4mins)
Spotlight on Donkey (12mins)
Deleted Scenes
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Party
Best Yours of Our Lives - Music Video by Baha Men
I'm a Believer - Music Video by Smash Mouth
Shrek the Musical "What's Up Duloc"

Spirited Away (2001)

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki and starring Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Suzanne Pleshette, 
David Ogden Stiers, Michael Chiklis and Lauren Holly (English dub).


2-disc DVD bought in 2003
2-disc Blu-ray bought in 2014
124m 33s





 DVD







Blu-ray extras -

Complete Storyboards (Picture-in-Picture)
The Making of Spirited Away (48mins)
Introduction by John Lasseter
Behind the Microphone
Meet Hayao Miyazaki
Original Japanese Trailers (18mins)

Metropolis (2001)

Directed by Rintaro and starring Brianne Siddall, Rebecca Forstadt, Tony Pope, Jamieson Price and Michael Reisz (dubbed version).


2-disc DVD bought in 2003
104m 12s







Animax Special: The Making of Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis (33mins)
Multi-angle Animation Comparisons
Filmmaker Interviews
History Of Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis Comic Book
Photo Gallery
Filmographies
Theatrical Trailer

Cowboy Bebop the Movie (2001)

Directed by Shinichirō Watanabe and starring Steven Blum, Beau Billingslea, Wendee Lee, 
Daran Norris, Jennifer Hale and Nicholas Guest. (dubbed version)


DVD bought in 2003
110m 25s




 



Ed: Resident Eccentric
Faye: Intellectual Vixen
From The Small Screen To The Big Screen
International Appeal: What's Not To Like?
Jet: No Ordinary Dad
Spike: A Complex Soul
Ask DNA - music video
Gotta Knock A Little Harder - music video
Conceptual art galleries
Storyboard comparisons
Character profiles
Theatrical trailer