Wednesday 8 April 2015

The Osterman Weekend (1983)

Directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Dennis Hopper, Craig T. Nelson, Meg Foster, Chris Sarandon and Burt Lancaster.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006
98m 16s







Audio commentary by Peckinpah historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, David Weddle
and Nick Redman
Sam Peckinpah’s first cut of the film, taken from a Betamax tape believed lost for 20 years.
Alpha to Omega: A Retrospective (78mins)
Photo galleries
Theatrical Trailer

Under Fire (1983)

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Ed Harris and Jean-Luis Trintignant.


DVD bought in 2003
128mins






Theatrical Trailer

Uncommon Valor (1983)

Directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Gene Hackman, Patrick Swayze, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Tim Thomerson and Robert Stack.


DVD bought in 2003
105mins






No extras

Never Say Never Again (1983)

Directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Barbara Carrera, Bernie Casey, Edward Fox and Max Von Sydow.


DVD bought in 2003

Blu-ray bought in 2014
134m 15s





 DVD






Blu-ray extras - 

Audio commentary by Irvin Kershner and Bond historian Steven Jay Rubin
The Big Gamble (16mins)
Sean is Back (8mins)
The Girls of Never Say Never Again (10mins)
Photo slideshow
Theatrical trailer

Octopussy (1983)

Directed by John Glen and starring Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Krisitna Wayborn, Kabir Bedi and Steven Berkoff.


Special Edition DVD bought in 2001

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006

Blu-ray bought in 2012
Part of the 'James Bond Collection'
130m 48s






 2-disc DVD







Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by director John Glen
Audio commentary by actor Roger Moore
Declassified: MI6 Vault
Shooting Stunts
On Location with Peter Lamont
Testing the Limits - The Aerial Team
James Brolin Original Screentests
Inside Octopussy (33mins)
Designing Bond - Peter Lamont (21mins)
All Time High - music video
Storyboard Sequences
Theatrical Archive
Image Database

Sudden Impact (1983)

Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle 
and Bradford Dillman.


Blu-ray bought in 2010
117mins






Audio commentary by film historian Richard Schickel
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood (26mins)
Dirty Harry Trailer Gallery (11mins)

Tuesday 7 April 2015

Firefox (1982)

Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, Warren Clarke, 
Ronald Lacey and Nigel Hawthorne.


DVD bought in 2002

Double Feature Blu-ray bought in 2015
136m 21s





 Blu-ray





Eastwood Directs (30mins)
Theatrical trailer