Wednesday 25 March 2015

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

Directed by John Carpenter and starring Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston and Laurie Zimmer.


Special Edition DVD bought in 2005
90m 50s






Audio commentary with director John Carpenter
Isolated music score
"Q&A session" interview with director John Carpenter and actor Austin Stoker, recorded at the American Cinematheque (23mins)
Production gallery
Radio spots
Theatrical trailer

The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

Directed by John Sturges and starring Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, 
Jenny Agutter, Donald Pleasance, Anthony Quayle and Larry Hagman.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2004
135mins








Includes Theatrical and Extended versions of the film.
Restoration Notes
Interviews - Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, John Sturges
Location Reports (from 1976)
Theatrical Trailer

Midway (1976)

Also known as - Battle of Midway.

Directed by Jack Smight and starring Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, Hal Holbrook and Toshiro Mifune.


DVD bought in 2003
131m 20s







The Making Of Midway (39mins)
The Sounds Of Midway
The Score Of Midway
They Were There
Photograph montage

Additional scenes
Theatrical trailer

Silent Movie (1976)

Directed by Mel Brooks and starring Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Liza Minnelli, Anne Bancroft and Paul Newman.


DVD bought in 2006
87mins






No extras

Silver Streak (1976)

Directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty
and Patrick McGoohan.


DVD bought in 2004
114mins






Theatrical Trailer

Rocky - The Movie Collection (1976-2006)

Rocky (1976) Directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers and Burgess Meredith. 119mins

Rocky II (1979) Directed by Sylvester Stallone. 119mins

Rocky III (1982) Directed by Sylvester Stallone, also starring Mr. T and Hulk Hogan. 100mins

Rocky IV (1985) Directed by Sylvester Stallone, also starring Brigitte Nielsen, Dolph Lundgren and Michael Pataki. 90mins

Rocky V (1990) Directed by Sylvester Stallone, also starring Sage Stallone, Richard Gant and Tommy Morrison. 104mins

Rocky Balboa (2007) Directed by Sylvester Stallone, also starring Milo Ventimiglia, Tony Burton and Antonio Tarver. 100mins


5-disc 5-film Anthology DVD Set bought in 2004

7-disc 6-film  Blu-ray Collection bought in 2011









 Blu-ray












Hours of extras including commentaries, documentaries, featurettes, interviews, deleted scenes, bloopers and trailers.

Taxi Driver (1976)

Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, 
Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks and Peter Boyle.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2007

35th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2012
113m 48s






 DVD




 

Blu-ray extras - 

Audio commentary by director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader
Audio commentary by screenwriter Paul Schrader
Audio commentary by professor Robert Kolker
Martin Scorsese on Taxi Driver (17mins)
Producing Taxi Driver (10mins)
God's Lonely Man (22mins)
Influence and Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute (19mins)
Taxi Driver Stories (23mins)
Making Taxi Driver (71mins)
Travis' New York Locations
Intro to Storyboards by Martin Scorsese
Storyboard-to-Film Comparison
Screenplay to Movie
Galleries
Bernard Herrmann Score
On Location
Publicity Materials
Scorsese at Work