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

Wednesday 4 March 2015

Khartoum (1966)

Directed by Basil Dearden and starring Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, 
Nigel Green and Ralph Richardson.


DVD bought in 2002
136mins






Theatrical Trailer

Monday 2 March 2015

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

Directed by George Stevens and starring Max Von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston, Claude Rains, Jose Ferrer and Telly Savalas.


Special Edition DVD bought in 2003

Blu-ray bought in 2014
199m 10s






 Blu-ray






He Walks in Beauty (15mins)
Filmmaker (28mins)
Deleted scene
Theatrical trailer

The War Lord (1965)

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsythe and Guy Stockwell.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
121m 15s








Isolated Score and Audio Effects track
Theatrical Trailer
28 page booklet

The Agony and the Ecstacy (1965)

Directed by Carol Reed and starring Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento 
and Harry Andrews.


DVD bought in 2005

Blu-ray bought in 2014
139mins





 DVD






Theatrical Trailer

Major Dundee (1965)

Directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton 
and James Coburn.


Extended Version DVD bought in 2006
136mins






Audio commentary by Peckinpah historians Nick Redman, Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and 
David Weddle
Passion and Poetry
Riding for a Fall
Knife fight
Major Dundee and Teresa
Outtakes
Promotional stills and poster artwork
Theatrical trailer

Thursday 26 February 2015

55 Days at Peking (1963)

Directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Leo Genn and Flora Robson.


DVD bought in 2009

Blu-ray bought in 2014
162mins





 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extra -

Restoration Featurette

Monday 23 February 2015

El Cid (1961)

Directed by Anthony Mann and starring Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Genevieve Page, John Fraser, Gary Raymond, Douglas Wilmer and Herbert Lom.


2-disc Limited Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2008

2-disc Deluxe Edition Blu-ray bought in 2011
188mins







 DVD














Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by Bill Bronston and Neal M. Rosendorf
Hollywood Conquers Spain: The Making of 'El Cid'" (24mins)
Samuel Bronston: The Epic Journey of a Dreamer" (52mins)
Behind the Camera: Anthony Mann and 'El Cid' (17mins)
Miklós Rózsa: Maestro of the Movies" featurette (30mins)
1961 Promotional Radio Interviews
Stills Galleries:
Behind the Scenes
Promotional Materials
Theatrical Trailers

Friday 20 February 2015

Ben-Hur (1959)

Directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffee, Finlay Currie and Frank Thring.


4-disc Collectors Edition DVD bought in 2005

3-disc 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Blu-ray bought in 2013
222m 26s












 DVD










Both DVD and Blu-ray sets contain the bonus movie - Ben-Hur (1925) directed by Fred Niblo and starring Ramon Novarro and Francis X Bushman. 143mins

Audio commentary by actor Charlton Heston and film historian T. Gene Hatcher
Isolated music score by Miklos Rozsa
Charlton Heston & Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey (78mins)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (58mins)
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic" documentary (59mins)
Ben-Hur: A Journey Through Pictures
Screen Tests (29mins)
Vintage Newsreels (10mins)
Highlights from the 1960 Academy Awards Ceremony
Theatrical Trailers