Saturday 30 May 2015

Donnie Brasco (1997)

Directed by Mike Newell and starring Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Anne Heche, Michael Madsen, 
Bruno Kirby and James Russo.



Special Edition DVD bought in 2004
126mins







Audio commentary by director Mike Newell.
Donnie Brasco: Out from The Shadows (24mins)
Original making-of featurette (7mins)
Deleted scenes
Photo Gallery
Isolated Patrick Doyle Music Score
Theatrical Trailer

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, James Cromwell and Danny DeVito.


DVD bought in 2001
2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2009
Blu-ray bought in 2014
137m 53s






 2-disc DVD




 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by critic/historian Andrew Sarris, author James Ellroy, actors Russel Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Danny DeVito and Kim Basinger, costume designer Ruth Myers, screenwriter Brian Helgeland, production designer Jeanine Oppewall and director of photography Dante Spinotti
Isolated Jerry Goldsmith music score
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' (29mins)
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' (21mins)
A True Ensemble: The Cast of 'L.A. Confidential' (25mins)
L.A. Confidential: From Book to Screen (21mins)
Off the Record - interviews (19mins)
Photo pitch - interview with director Curtis Hanson (8mins)
L.A. Confidential TV Pilot (46mins)
The L.A. of L.A. Confidential - interactive feature
Theatrical Trailers

Amistad (1997)

Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer and Pete Postlethwaite.


DVD bought in 2007
148m 20s






Behind the Scenes (25mins)
Theatrical Trailer

The Edge (1997)

Directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, 
Harold Perrineau and L.Q. Jones.


DVD bought in 2003
112mins






Featurette
Soundbites with the Cast and Crew
Theatrical Trailer
Cast & Crew Biographies

Volcano (1997)

Directed by Mick Jackson and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffman, 
Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim and Keith David.


DVD bought in 2003
104mins






Theatrical Trailer

Dante's Peak (1997)

Directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton and Charles Hallahan


DVD bought in 2004
109mins






Audio commentary by Roger Donaldson and production designer J. Dennis Washington
Getting Close to the Show - The Making of Dante's Peak (62mins)
Storyboards
Production design gallery
Steeple collapse sequence gallery
Poster design gallery
Shooting script
Theatrical trailer
Production notes

Titanic (1997)

Directed by James Cameron and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bernard Hill, David Warner, Suzy Amis and Bill Paxton.


4-disc Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2005
4-disc Collector's Edition 3D Blu-ray bought in 2012
195mins






 4-disc DVD











Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by James Cameron
Audio commentary by actors Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart, Lewis Abernathy, co-producer Jon Landau and executive producer Rae Sanchini
Audio commentary by historical supervisors of the film, Don Lynch and Don Marchelle
Reflections on Titanic (64mins)
Titanic: The final word with James Cameron (96mins)
Deleted scenes (57mins)
Alternate ending (9mins)
Behind the Scenes featurettes
Construction Time Lapse
Deep Dive Presentation with Narration by James Cameron (15mins)
$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (18mins)
Videomatics
Visual Effects
My Heart Will Go On - music video by Celine Dion
Still Galleries
Storyboard sequences
Production artwork
Photographs
Concept posters and one sheets
MTV's '1998 Movie Awards' skit
Saturday Night Live' skit
Titanic in 30 seconds
Theatrical Trailers