Wednesday 11 March 2015

Rio Lobo (1970)

Directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill, 
Christopher Mitchum and Jack Elam.


DVD bought in 2005
110mins







No extras

Chisum (1970)

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring John Wayne, Forrest Tucker and Ben Johnson 


DVD bought in 2007
111m 14s






Audio commentary by director Andrew V. McLaglen
John Wayne and Chisum" featurette
Theatrical Trailer

Waterloo (1970)

Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and starring Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, 
Jack Hawkins, Virginia McKenna and Dan O'Herlihy.


DVD bought in 2002
128mins







Theatrical Trailer

Kelly's Heroes (1970)

Directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, 
Carroll O' Connor and Donald Sutherland.


DVD bought in 2004

Blu-ray bought in 2015
143m 31s





 DVD





Theatrical Trailer

Patton (1970)

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates and 
Karl Michael Vogler.


2-disc Special DVD bought in 2006

Blu-ray bought in 2013
172mins





 DVD








DVD extras -

Audio commentary with co-writer Francis Ford Coppola
History Through The Lens: Patton - A Rebel Revisited (90mins)
Patton's Ghost Corps (47mins)
The Making of Patton (50mins)
Production stills -Jerry Goldsmith's Complete Musical Score  (36 min)
Behind the scenes - with Audio Essay "The Historical Patton" by historian Charles Province (53mins)
Theatrical trailer

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, E.G. Marshall,
James Whitmore and Jason Robards.



DVD bought in 2004

2-disc DVD bought in 2006

40th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2012
148m 53s





 DVD





 2-disc DVD








 Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary with director Richard Fleischer and film historian Stuart Galbraith IV
Optional Extended Japanese Cut
Day of Infamy (20mins)
History vs. Hollywood – Tora! Tora! Tora! A Giant Awakes (90mins)
AMC Backstory: Tora! Tora! Tora! (22mins)
FOX Movietone Newsreels (40mins)
Theatrical trailer
Behind-the-Scenes Gallery
Production Gallery

Monday 9 March 2015

Battle of Britain (1969)

Directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Harry Andrews, 
Trevor Howard, Curt Jurgens, Ian McShane, Kenneth More, Christopher Plummer, 
Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Robert Shaw and Susannah York.



2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2004

Blu-ray bought in 2011
132m 10s







 Blu-ray





DVD extras -

Audio commentary with Guy Hamilton, Bernard Williams and Paul Annet
Optional track with William Walton score
Battle for the Battle of Britain (50mins)
Authenticity in the Air (23mins)
A Film for the Few (20mins)
Recollections of an RAF Squadron Leader
Images From the Sky
Theatrical Trailer