Movies on DVD and Blu-ray

Sunday 12 April 2015

This is Spinal Tap (1984)

Directed by Rob Reiner and starring Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer
and Rob Reiner.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2003

Up to 11 Edition Blu-ray bought in 2012

83mins

DVD

Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary with Spinal Tap (in character)
Menu Introduction by the band
This Is Spinal Tap: Up To 11 - documentary (43mins)
Sprinkle Some ***in' Fairy Dust On It" interview with Reg Presley of The Troggs
2007 Live Earth" short film and performance
The Return of Spinal Tap (58mins)
Stonehenge interviews with Nigel
Outtakes and Deleted Scenes (68mins)
Music Videos
Creative Meeting and 'Bitch School' Video
Heavy Metal Memories
Cheese Roll Trailer
Flower People Press Conference
Featurettes (21mins)
Theatrical Trailers

Top Secret (1984)

Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, starring Val Kilmer, Lucy Getteridge, Christopher Villiers, Jeremy Kemp, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing and Michael Gough.

DVD bought in 2003

90mins

Audio commentary by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jon Davison & Hunt Lowry
Alternate Scenes
Storyboard sequences
Theatrical Trailer

Police Academy I & II (1984-1985)

Police Academy (1984) Directed by Hugh Wilson and starring Steve Guttenberg, Kim Catrall,
Bubba Smith, Donovan Scott, Michael Winslow, G.W. Bailey and George Gaynes. 96mins

Police Academy 2 (1985) Directed by Jerry Paris and starring Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Colleen Camp, Art Metrano and George Gaynes. 87mins

Double Feature Blu-ray bought in 2014

No extras

Bachelor Party (1984)

Directed by Neal Israel and starring Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen, Adrian Zmed and Michael Dudikoff.

DVD bought in 2004

101m 12s

Behind-the-scenes interviews with cast and crew
Theatrical trailer

Splash (1984)

Directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy and Eugene Levy.

20th Anniversary DVD bought in 2004

111mins

Audio Commentary by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Writers Bobaloo Mandel & Lowell Ganz
Making a Splash (24mins)
The Audition Tapes (25mins)

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki and starring Alison Lohman, Shia LaBeouf, Uma Thurman
and Patrick Stewart (dubbed version).

2-disc DVD bought in 2005

Blu-ray bought in 2014

117mins

Blu-ray

Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary with animator Hideaki Anno and assistant director Kazuyoshi Katayama.
Complete Storyboards (Picture-in-Picture)
Audio Interview with Toshio Suzuki and Hideaki Anno (44mins)
The Birth of Studio Ghibli (28mins)
Behind the Microphone (8mins)
Theatrical Trailers