Monday 2 March 2015

Major Dundee (1965)

Directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton 
and James Coburn.


Extended Version DVD bought in 2006
136mins






Audio commentary by Peckinpah historians Nick Redman, Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and 
David Weddle
Passion and Poetry
Riding for a Fall
Knife fight
Major Dundee and Teresa
Outtakes
Promotional stills and poster artwork
Theatrical trailer

For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Gian Maria Volonte.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005

Blu-ray bought in 2011
131m 42s





DVD








Audio Commentary by Professor Sir Christopher Frayling
The Christopher Frayling Archives: For a Few Dollars More (19mins)
A New Standard (20mins)
Back For More
Three Voices
For a Few Dollars More: The Original American Release Version
Location Comparisons
Theatrical Trailer

Thunderball (1965)

Directed by Terence Young and starring Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi and Rik Van Nutter.


Special Edition DVD bought in 2000

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006

Blu-ray bought in 2012
Part of the 'James Bond Collection'
130m 23s
 
 




 2-disc DVD



 




Audio commentary with director Terence Young, with production designer Ken Adam, underwater director Ricou Browning and actress Luciana Paluzzi - moderated by John Cork
Audio commentary by editor Peter Hunt, writer John Hopkins & other cast & crew
De-Classified - MI6 Vault:
Ken Adam's Production Films
The Incredible World Of James Bond (29mins)
The Thunderball Phenomenon (30mins)
The Making Of Thunderball (26mins)
Theatrical trailer archive
Interactive Image Database

Saturday 28 February 2015

Goldfinger (1964)

Directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Frobe, Shirley Eaton and Harold Sakata.



Special Edition DVD bought in 2000

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006

Blu-ray bought in 2012
Part of the 'James Bond Collection'
110mins





2-disc  DVD





Audio commentary by director Guy Hamilton and actors Sean Connery, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Michael Mellinger and Honor Blackman, moderated by author of "The Incredible World of 007" Lee Pfeiffer
Audio commentary by stuntman George Leech, optical effects supervisor Cliff Culley, stuntman and Connery double Alf Joint, draughtsman Peter Lamont, composer John Barry and crew members Joe Fitt and Burt Luxford, moderated by Ian Fleming Foundation's John Cork
Declassified: MI6 Vault
007 Mission Control
Mission Dossier" featurettes
The Making of Goldfinger (26mins)
The Goldfinger Phenomenon (29mins)
Ministry of Propaganda
Theatrical Trailers
Archives
Image Database picture slideshows

Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Directed by Byron Haskin and starring Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin and Adam West.


DVD bought in 2007
109m 50s
Criterion Collection








Audio commentary by screenwriter Ib Melchoir, production designer Al Nozaki film historian Robert Skotak actors Paul Mantee and Victor Lundin and excerpts of an interview with Byron Haskin
Destination: Mars (20mins)
music video by actor Victor Lundin
Theatrical trailer
Under the Surface" still gallery (212 pages)
Script Excerpts in PDF format
12-page booklet featuring Life on Mars" an essay by Michael Lennick

First Men in the Moon (1964)

Directed by Nathan Juran and starring Edward Judd, Martha Hyer and Lionel Jeffries.


DVD bought in 2002
98m 50s






The Harryhausen Chronicles (51mins)
This is Dynamation
Photo gallery
Theatrical trailer

Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

Directed by Ishiro Honda and starring Yosuke Natsuki. Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi 
and Akiko Wakabayashi.



DVD bought in 2007
93mins






Includes both Japanese and US versions of the film.
Audio Commentary by David Kalat
Original Japanese Trailer
Eiji Tsuburaya Biography
Poster Slide Show
Image Gallery