Thursday 18 June 2015

Memento (2000)

Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano.


3-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2006
113mins









Audio commentary by director Christopher Nolan (3 alternative endings, chosen randomly)
The Film (Chronological Edit)  (109mins)
Interview with director Christopher Nolan (24mins)
Interview with actor Guy Pearce (13mins)
Anatomy of a Scene (25mins)
Shooting Script with Film Inset (109mins)
Short Story (narrated by Jonathan Nolan):
Memento Mori  (34mins)
Production Stills and Sketches
International Poster Art
Concept Art
International Trailer

Almost Famous (2000)

Directed by Cameron Crowe and starring Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Kade Hudson, Jason Lee, Frances McDormand, Zooey Deschanel, Anna Paquin and Philip Seymour Hoffman.


2-disc Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2003
118mins (155mins)









Includes Theatrical and Extended Cut of the movie.
Audio commentary with director Cameron Crowe
Deleted Scenes with Commentary
Stillwater's Cleveland Concert Featuring 6 Original Songs
Small Time Blues - Music Video
Crowe's Original Rolling Stone Article
Lester Bangs Interview on BBC
B-Sides Featurette Including: Cast Auditions, Stillwater's First Show (Rehearsal Footage),
Cast Rehearsal Tapes & Behind The Scenes
Cameron Crowe's Top 10 Albums of 1973
Production Notes
Theatrical Trailer

Unbreakable (2000)

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and Robin Wright.


2-disc Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2003
106mins








Train Station Sequence: Multi-Angle Feature
Behind The Scenes" featurette (14mins)
Deleted Scenes (28mins)
Comic Books And Superheroes (19mins)
Night's First Fight Sequence
Theatrical Trailer

Battle Royale (2000)

Directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto 
and Takeshi Kitano.


2-disc Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2004
3-disc Limited Edition Blu-ray box set bought in 2010
113mins (121mins)







 Blu-ray













Blu-ray box set extras -

Includes the Theatrical and Director's Cut version of the film

The Making of Battle Royale (53mins)
Theatrical Trailer
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra And Masamichi Amano
Shooting the Special Edition (9mins)
Instructional Video: Birthday Version
Tokyo International Film Festival
Interview with actor Takeshi Kitano (12mins)
Premiere Press Conference (12:mins)
Opening Day at the Marunouchi Toei Movie Theatre (14mins)
The Slaughter of 42 High School Students (10mins)
The Correct Way to Fight in Battle Royale
Audition and Rehearsal Footage
Masamichi Amano Conducts Battle Royale (10mins)
Special Effects Comparison
Behind the Scenes (12mins)
Filming ON-Set (11mins)
Theatrical Trailers
Blu-ray box set also contains a 32-page comic, a 36-page booklet containing essays and an interview, a 16-page booklet containing concept artwork and drawings, postcards of stills from the film and a fold-out reversible poster.

Wednesday 17 June 2015

Cast Away (2000)

Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt and "Wilson".


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2002
137m 50s







Audio Commentary by Robert Zemeckis, Cinematographer Don Burgess, Visual Effects Supervisors Ken Ralston & Carey Villegas and Sound Designer Randy Thom
HBO First Look: The Making of Cast Away (28mins)
Interview with Tom Hanks from The Charlie Rose Show (48mins)
S.T.O.P. Surviving As a Cast Away (27mins)
Wilson: Life & Death of a Hollywood Extra (13mins)
On Location: The Island (14mins)
Focus on Technical Effects
Video & Stills Galleries
Storyboard to Film Comparison
Theatrical Trailers

Vertical Limit (2000)

Directed by Martin Campbell and starring Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney, Scott Glenn, Izabella Scorupco, Temuera Morrsion and Stuart Wilson.


DVD bought in 2001
124mins






Audio commentary by director Martin Campbell and producer Lloyd Phillips
Surviving The Limit (24mins)
Search and Rescue Tales - featurettes (31mins)
Quest for K2 (13mins)
Theatrical trailer

The Perfect Storm (2000)

Directed by Wolfgang Peterson, starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John C. Reilly, Karen Allen, William Fichtner and Michael Ironside.


DVD bought in 2000
Blu-ray bought in 2014
129m 48s





 Double Feature Blu-ray






DVD extras -

Audio Commentary by Director Wolfgang Petersen
Audio Commentary by Author Sebastian Junger
HBO Fist-Look Special (20mins)
Witnesses to the Storm
Creating an Emotion
Conceptual Art
Photo Montage
Theatrical Trailer
Storyboard Gallery