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Showing posts with label Historical. Show all posts

Monday 10 August 2015

300 (2006)

Directed by Zack Snyder and starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, Michael Fassbender and Rodrigo Santoro.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2007
The Complete Experience Blu-ray bought in 2009
117mins






 Blu-ray






Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by Zack Snyder, co-writer Kurt Johnstad & director of photography Larry Fong
The 300 - Fact or Fiction (25mins)
Who Were the Spartans? The warriors of 300 (5mins)
Preparing for Battle: The Original Test Footage (7mins)
Frank Miller Tapes (15mins)
Making Of 300 (6mins)
Making 300 In Images
12 Webisodes (38mins)
Deleted scenes
Creating the Legend - interactive bonus view feature
Bringing the Legend to Life - interactive bonus view feature
The History Behind the Myth - interactive bonus view feature
Blue-screen and Finished Version comparison - interactive bonus view feature

Friday 7 August 2015

The Legend of Zorro (2005)

Directed by Martin Campbell and starring Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Adrian Alonso and Rufus Sewell.


DVD bought in 2006
Blu-ray bought in 2015
130m 27s





 DVD





Audio commentary with Martin Campbell and cinematographer Phil Meheux
Making of featurettes (40mins)
Deleted Scenes: (11mins)
Alternate Opening & Closing
Multi-Angle Scenes

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Edward Norton, Marton Csokas, Michael Sheen, Liam Neeson, 
Ghassan Massoud, Alexander Siddig and Iain Glen.


4-disc Director's Cut DVD bought in 2006
Director's Cut Blu-ray bought in 2010
193m 45s





 4-disc DVD









4-disc DVD extras -

Introduction by Ridley Scott
Audio Commentary by Ridley Scott, Writer William Monahan and Actor Orlando Bloom
Audio Commentary by Executive Producer Lisa Ellzey, Visual Effects Supervisor Wesley Sewell and First Assistant Director Adam Somner
Audio Commentary by Film Editor Dody Dorn
The Enginer’s Guide: Technical and Production Reference Track
The Path to Redemption, The Making of Kingdom of Heaven (142mins)
Deleted & Extended Scenes (30mins)
Sound Design Suite
Visual Effects Breakdowns (22mins)
Sins and Absolution (18mins)
Press Junket Walkthrough
World Premiers: London, New York & Tokyo
Special Shoot Gallery (Photos taken for the press)
Poster Explorations
Paradise Found: Creating The Director’s Cut (9mins)
Theatrical Trailers

Tuesday 21 July 2015

King Arthur (2004)

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Mads Mikkelsen, Hugh Dancy, Joel Edgerton, Ray Winstone, Ray Stevenson, Stellan Skarsgard and Stephen Dillane


Director's Cut DVD bought in 2005
Director's Cut Blu-ray bought in 2014
141m 38s





DVD





Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by director Antoine Fuqua
Blood on the Land: Forging King Arthur (18mins)
Cast and Filmmakers Roundtable (15mins)
Alternate Ending
Producer's photo gallery
Knight Vision - trivia track

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

Directed by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern 
and Hristo Shopov.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2007
126mins (122mins)







Two cuts of the film with Enhanced viewing mode and biblical footnotes

Audio commentary by Mel Gibson, editor John Wright, & cinematographer Celab Dechanel
Audio commentary by producer Stephen McEveety, visual effects supervisor/second unit director 
Ted Rae, special make up effects designer Keith Vanderlan
Audio commentary by composer John Debney (on selected scenes)
Audio commentary by Mel Gibson, language consultant and Aramaic/Latin translator 
Father William Fulco, theologians Gerry Matatics and Father John Bartunek

By His Wounds We Are Healed: The Making of The Passion of the Christ (101mins)
Below the Line Panel Discussion (14mins)
Through the Ages (12mins)
Paths of a Journey (9mins)
On Language (13mins)
Crucifixion: Punishment in the Ancient World (17mins)
Anno Domini (10mins)
Deleted Scenes
Stills Galleries
Storyboards
Historical Texts
Art Images
Unit Photography
Theatrical Trailers

Troy (2004)

Directed by Wolfgang Peterson and starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom. Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Rose Byrne and Peter O'Toole.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2004
2-disc Director's Cut DVD bought in 2008
Director's Cut Blu-ray bought in 2010
162mins (196mins)





 DVD






 DVD






Blu-ray extras -

Introduction by Wolfgang Petersen
Troy in Focus (23mins)
In the Thick of the Battle (17mins)
From Ruins to Reality (14mins)
Troy: An Effects Odyssey (11mins)
Attacking Troy (15mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Alexander (2004)

Directed by Oliver Stone and starring Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, 
Rosario Dawson, Christopher Plummer and Anthony Hopkins.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005
Director's Cut DVD bought in 2006
2-disc Final Cut DVD bought in 2008
175mins (167mins) (214mins)






Director's Cut DVD




 Final Cut DVD





Special Edition DVD extras -

Audio Commentary by director Oliver Stone and historian Robin Lane Fox
Behind The Scenes of  Alexander (85 min)