Thursday, 25 June 2015

The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Directed by Peter Jackson and starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggor Mortensen, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Sean Bean, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Liv Tyler, 
Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm and Christopher Lee.


2-disc Limited Edition DVD bought in 2002
4-disc Extended Edition DVD bought in 2002
2-disc Blu-ray bought in 2010
5-disc Blu-ray bought in 2011
178mins (228mins)





Extended  Blu-ray








 DVD




 Extended DVD







Blu-ray Extended Extras -

Audio Commentary by the Director and Writers
Audio Commentary by the Design Team
Audio Commentary by the Production/ Post-Production Team
Audio Commentary by the Cast
Introduction (by Peter Jackson)
J.R.R. Tolkien: Creator of Middle Earth (22mins)
From Book to Script (20mins)
Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words Into Images (13mins)
Designing Middle-Earth (41mins)
Weta Workshop (43mins)
Costume Design (12mins)
Design Galleries (1000s of images)
Map of Middle-Earth
New Zealand as Middle-Earth
Introduction (by Elijah Wood)
The Fellowship of the Cast (35mins)
A Day in the Life of a Hobbit (13mins)
Cameras in Middle-Earth (50mins)
Production Photos
Visual Effects featurettes
Weta Digital (25mins)
Post Production: Putting it All Together
Digital Grading
Sound and Music
The Soundscapes of Middle-Earth (13mins)
Music for Middle-Earth (12mins)
The Road Goes Ever On...
Behind the Scenes (85mins)

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