Wednesday, 19 August 2015

The Assassination of Jesse James (2007)

Full title - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

Directed by Andrew Dominik and starring Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepherd, Jeremy Renner, Mary-Louise Parker, Zooey Deschanel and Sam Rockwell.


2-disc DVD bought in 2009
153m 07s






Death of an Outlaw (32mins)

3:10 to Yuma (2007)

Directed by James Mangold and starring Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Logan Lerman, Ben Foster and Peter Fonda.


DVD bought in 2008
117m 26s






Audio Commentary with director James Mangold
Destination: Yuma (20mins)
Outlaws, Gangs, and Posses (12mins)
An Epic Explored (6mins)
Deleted Scenes

Seraphim Falls (2007)

Directed by David Von Ancken and starring Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Wincott 
and Anjelica Huston.


DVD bought in 2008
106m 51s






Audio commentary with director David Von Ancken, Pierce Brosnan, and production designer 
Michael Z. Hanan
Behind The Scenes Of Seraphim Falls (19mins)

The Kingdom (2007)

Directed by Peter Berg and starring Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman.


DVD bought in 2008
105m 17s







Audio commentary with director Peter Berg
Deleted scenes (11mins)
Character by Character: The Apartment Shootout (14mins)
Constructing the Freeway Sequence (18mins)
Creating The Kingdom (36mins)
History of the Kingdom - interactive timeline

Friday, 14 August 2015

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya and Tsuyoshi Ihara.


5-disc Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2007
Blu-ray bought in 2010
141mins







Blu-ray extras -

Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of Letters from Iwo Jima (21mins)
The Faces of Combat: The Cast of Letters from Iwo Jima (19mins)
Images from the Frontlines: The Photography of Letters from Iwo Jima (3mins)
November 2006 World Premiere at Budo-kan in Tokyo (16mins)
November 2006 Press Conference (24mins)
Theatrical Trailer



 

Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Paul Walker, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Robert Patrick and Neal McDonough.


5-disc Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2007
Blu-ray bought in 2010
131m 53s














 Blu-ray





5-disc DVD extras -
   
An Introduction by Clint Eastwood (5mins)
Words on the Page (17mins)
Six Brave Men (20mins)
The Making of an Epic (30mins)
Raising the Flag (3mins)
Visual Effects (15mins)
Looking Into the Past (9mins)
Theatrical trailer

DVD set also includes -

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) directed by Clint Eastwood (141mins)
Heroes of Iwo Jima (2001) documentary (93mins)
To the Shores of Iwo Jima - news reel (19mins)

Flyboys (2006)

Directed by Tony Bill and starring James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno and Jennifer Decker.


2-disc Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2007
Blu-ray bought in 2014
138m 42s





DVD







DVD extras -

Audio commentary with director Tony Bill and producer Dean Devlin
Real Heroes: the Lafayette Escadrille (27mins)
Taking Flight: The Making of the Aerial Battle Sequences (11mins)
The Diary of a Miniature Stunt Pilot (8mins)
Whiskey and Soda: The Lion Mascots (5mins)
The Flyboys Ride with the Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy Blue Angels (5mins)
Deleted scenes (16mins)
Theatrical trailer