Showing posts with label Charlton Heston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charlton Heston. Show all posts

Thursday 28 May 2015

Hamlet (1996)

Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Billy Crystal, 
Gerard Depardieu, Charlton Heston, Derek Jacobi, Jack Lemmon, Rufus Sewell, Robin Williams, 
Kate Winslet and Brian Blessed.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2009
232m 37s






Audio commentary with Kenneth Branagh and Shakespeare scholar Russel Jackson
Introduction by Kenneth Branagh
To Be On Camera: A History with Hamlet
1996 Cannes Film Festival
Theatrical trailer
Bonus Shakespeare movie trailers -  A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Romeo and Juliet (1936), Julius Caesar (1953), Othello (1965), Hamlet (1990) and Othello (1995)

Tuesday 19 May 2015

True Lies (1994)

Directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, 
Bill Paxton, Art Malik, Tia Carrere, Eliza Dushku and Charlton Heston.


DVD bought in 2000
141mins







Theatrical Trailer

Thursday 14 May 2015

Tombstone (1993)

Directed by George P. Cosmatos and starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, Stephen Lang, Dana Delany, Joanna Pacula and Charlton Heston.


2-disc Director's Cut DVD bought in 2003
134mins
Blu-ray bought in 2014
129m 37s







 Blu-ray



 

2-disc DVD extras

Audio Commentary by Director George Cosmatos
The Making Of Tombstone (27mins)
Tombstone Timeline (Interactive Feature)
Director's Original Storyboard: O.K. Corral Sequence
The Tombstone Epitaph Newspaper Article
Theatrical Trailer
10-Page Collector's Booklet
Fold-Out Map Of Tombstone

Wednesday 25 March 2015

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

Monday 23 March 2015

Earthquake (1974)

Directed by Mark Robson and starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, 
Lorne Greene, Genevieve Bujold and Richard Roundtree.


DVD bought in 2003

Blu-ray bought in 2015
122mins





 DVD





Theatrical Trailer

Wednesday 18 March 2015

Soylent Green (1973)

Directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten and Edward G. Robinson.


DVD bought in 2007
96m 47s






Audio commentary with director Richard Fleischer and actress Leigh Taylor-Young
A Look At The World Of Soylent Green
MGM's Tribute To Edward G. Robinson's 101st Film
Theatrical trailer

Sunday 15 March 2015

The Omega Man (1971)

Directed by Boris Sagal and starring Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Paul Koslo 
and Rosalind Cash.


DVD bought in 2003

Blu-ray bought in 2010
98mins





Blu-ray





Introduction by Co-Stars Eric Laneuville and Paul Koslo & Screenwriter Joyce H Karrington
Vintage Featurette: 'Last Man Alive - The Omega Man'
Theatrical Trailer

Wednesday 11 March 2015

Airport Franchise Collection (1970-1979)

Airport (1970) Directed by George Seaton and starring Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin and George Kennedy. 136m 34s

Airport 1975 (1974) Directed by Jack Smight and starring Charlton Heston, Karen Black,
George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr and Dana Andrews. 106mins

Airport '77 (1977) Directed by Jerry Jameson and starring Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland, James Stewart, Christopher Lee and George Kennedy. 113mins

The Concorde - Airport '79 (1979) Directed by David Lowell Rich and starring Alain Delon, 
George Kennedy, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert. 123mins



2-disc 4-film Airport Collection DVD set bought in 2004

Airport (1970) Blu-ray bought in 2013





 DVD






Theatrical Trailer

Saturday 7 March 2015

Planet of the Apes (1968-1973)

Planet of the Apes (1968) Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans and Linda Harrison. 112mins

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) Directed by Ted Post. 95mins.

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) Directed by Don Taylor. 98mins.

Conquest from the Planet of the Apes (1972) Directed by J. Lee Thompson. 88mins

Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) Directed by J. Lee Thompson. 93mins


5-film 6-disc Special Edition DVD Collection bought in 2001
Planet of the Apes (1968) Blu-ray bought in 2010
5-film 5-disc Blu-ray Collection bought in 2011











 DVD







Planet of the Apes (1968) Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary with Roddy McDowell, Natalie Trundy, Kim Hunter and John Chambers
Audio commentary by composer Jerry Goldsmith
Text commentary by Eric Greene, author of "Planet of the Apes as American Myth"
Science of Apes" Bonus View
Beyond the Fobidden Zone Adventure Game" interactive game
Evolution of the Apes" featurette (24mins)
Impact of the Apes
Behind the Planet of the Apes (127mins)
The Archives of the Apes
Original make-up test with Edward G. Robinson (1966)
Roddy McDowell's on-set footage
The Galleries of the Apes
Theatrical trailer