Sunday 5 April 2015

Lion of the Desert (1981)

Directed by Moustapha Akkad and starring Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone, John Gielgud and Rod Steiger.


DVD bought in 2002
170mins






Making of Lion of the Desert (32mins)
Photo gallery
Theatrical trailer

Excalibur (1981)

Directed by John Boorman and starring Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi and Nicol Williamson.


DVD bought in 2003
140mins






Audio commentary by director John Boorman
Theatrical trailer

Dragonslayer (1981)

Directed by Matthew Robbins and starring Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, John Hallam and
Ralph Richardson.


DVD bought in 2003
108mins






No extras

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Directed by Desmond Davis and starry Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, 
Maggie Smith, Sian Phillips, Claire Bloom, Ursula Andress and Laurence Olivier.


DVD bought in 2002

Blu-ray bought in 2013
118mins





 Blu-ray





A Conversation with Ray Harryhausen
Myths and Monters- Interview Gallery with Ray Harryhausen

Time Bandits (1981)

Directed by Terry Gilliam and starring John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm, 
Ralph Richardson and David Warner.


Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2014
116m 26s








Chasing Time Bandits- interview with director Terry Gilliam (20mins)
Writing the Film That Dares Not Speak Its Name (16mins)
The Effects of Time Bandits" interview with Kent Houston (15mins)
Playing Evil- interview with David Warner (9mins)
The Costumes of Time Bandits- interview with James Acheson (13mins)
The Look of Time Bandits -interview with Milly Burns (11mins)
From Script to Screen- featurette (8mins)
Restoration Demonstration
Theatrical Trailer
Booklet
Reversible Sleeve

Outland (1981)

Directed by Peter Hyams and starring Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen and 
James B. Sikking.


DVD bought in 2003

Blu-ray bought in 2014
109m 17s





 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras - 

Audio commentary by director Peter Hyams
Theatrical Trailer

The Indiana Jones Collection (1981-2008)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, 
Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies and Denholm Elliott. 115mins

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Directed by Spielberg and starring 
Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan, Roshan Seth and Amrish Puri. 118mins

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Directed by Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, 
Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott, John Rhys-Davies and Julian Glover. 127mins

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Directed by Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, Karen Allen and John Hurt. 122mins


4-disc 3-film DVD Collection bought in 2003

5-disc 4-film Blu-ray Collection bought in 2012

















 Blu-ray










Blu-ray Bonus Disc extras -

On Set with Raiders of the Lost Ark (58mins)
The making of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (58mins)
The making of Raiders of the Lost Ark (51mins)
The making of The Temple of Doom (41mins)
The making of The Last Crusade (35mins)
The making of The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (29mins)
The effects of The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (23mins)

The light and magic of Indiana Jones (12:mins)
The stunts of Indiana Jones (11mins)
The sound of Indiana Jones (13mins)
The music of Indiana Jones (12mins)

Raiders: The melting face
Indiana Jones and the creepy crawlies with optional pop-up trivia
Travel with Indiana Jones: Locations with optional pop-up trivia
Indy's women: The American Film Institute Tribute
Indy's friends and enemies
Iconic props (The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
Adventures in post production (The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)