Troy (2004)

Directed by Wolfgang Peterson and starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom. Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Rose Byrne and Peter O'Toole.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2004

2-disc Director's Cut DVD bought in 2008

Director's Cut Blu-ray bought in 2010

162mins (196mins)

 DVD

 DVD

Blu-ray extras -

Introduction by Wolfgang Petersen
Troy in Focus (23mins)
In the Thick of the Battle (17mins)
From Ruins to Reality (14mins)
Troy: An Effects Odyssey (11mins)
Attacking Troy (15mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Alexander (2004)

Directed by Oliver Stone and starring Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, 
Rosario Dawson, Christopher Plummer and Anthony Hopkins.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005

Director's Cut DVD bought in 2006

2-disc Final Cut DVD bought in 2008

175mins (167mins) (214mins)

Director's Cut DVD

 Final Cut DVD

Special Edition DVD extras -

Audio Commentary by director Oliver Stone and historian Robin Lane Fox
Behind The Scenes of  Alexander (85 min)

Master and Commander (2003)

Full title - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.

Directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd and James D'Arcy.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2004

Blu-ray bought in 2014

138m 20s

 DVD

DVD extras -

The Hundred Days (69mins)
In The Wake Of O'Brian (19mins)
Cinematic Phasmids (30mins)
On Sound Design (18mins)
Interactive Sound Recording Demo
HBO First Look (25mins)
Deleted Scenes
Multi-Camera Shooting
Split-Screen Vignette
Still Galleries

The Last Samurai (2003)

Directed by Edward Zwick and starring Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly and Tony Goldwyn.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2004

Blu-ray bought in 2014

154m 11s

 DVD

Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary with director Edward Zwick
Deleted scenes
Bushido: The Way Of A Warrior
Imperial Army Basic Traning
History Vs Hollywood: The Last Samurai (22mins)
Tom Cruise: A Warrior's Journey (13mins)
Director's video journal (26mins)
A World Of Detail: Production Design With Lilly Kilvert
Silk And Armor: Costume Design With Ngila Dickson
From Soldier To Samurai: The Weapons
Making An Epic: A Conversation With Edward Zwick (18mins)
Japan Premiere Footage
Theatrical trailer

Open Range (2003)

Directed by Kevin Costner and starring Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening 
and Michael Gambon.

DVD bought in 2006

139mins

Audio commentary with director/co-producer/actor Kevin Costner
America's Open Range (20mins)
12 deleted scenes (25mins)
Storyboarding sequence
Broken Wagon -: music video montage

Cold Mountain (2003)

Directed by Anthony Minghella and starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, 
Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman and Donald Sutherland.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2004

148mins

Audio commentary by Anthony Minghella and editor Walter Murch
Climbing Cold Mountain (74mins)
A Journey to Cold Mountain (30mins)
Deleted scenes (21mins)
Words & Music of Cold Mountain - Royce Hall Special Concert (93mins)
Sacred Harp History - musical influences and roots (4mins)
Three scene-to-storyboard comparisons (10mins)

Tears of the Sun (2003)

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser and Tom Skerritt.

Director's Cut DVD bought in 2004

142mins

 

Journey to Safety: The Making of Tears of the Sun (15mins)
Voices of Africa - featurettes (21mins)
Interactive Map of Africa (text)