SPECIAL
FEATURES The commentary track, which features director John Milius and Schwarzenegger, is a hoot: They spend most of it alternating between a sort of masturbatory reverie -LRB-» That's a great shot»), play - by - play commentary -LRB-» Here's the scene with the giant snake»), and filmmaking insight (in casting Conan's adversaries, Milius made sure that they were all bigger than Arnold, so that viewers wouldn't see his victory as a foregone conclusion).
It was announced today via the above photo that Laurie Strode herself, Jamie Lee Curtis has recorded a brand new
feature commentary track with Halloween H20 director Steve Miner, moderated by Sean Clark, which will be among the new special features included the 15 - disc Deluxe Edition of the Complete Collection box set, arriving September 23 from Anchor Bay and Scream Factory.
On
the feature commentary track, Mancini describes more scenes in a similar vein from the script (such as one with Nica bathing in a shower chair that's seen briefly in the film), but says they were never shot due to scheduling constraints.
This is an exceptionally cool announcement, considering that Halloween H20 is one of the most popular and controversial sequels in the entire Halloween franchise, and this marks the first time that
a feature commentary track has ever been provided for the film.
After seeing the film a second time, it made me want to revisit a few movies set in Los Angeles, including Boogie Nights, The Graduate, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and a few others, which
all feature some commentary tracks worth listening to.
«Breaching the Truth» is a 10 - minute making - of featurette, plus there's «Anatomy of a Character» (6 minutes) and
a feature commentary track by Billy Ray and the real agent Eric O'Neill.
Aside from a THX Optimizer test, the first disc
features a commentary track from director Bigelow that begins promisingly enough with a tidbit about the six - month growing process of a stunt mosquito to insure its lack of contaminants but quickly devolves into long silences, plot regurgitation, and a mock - philosophical musing on the film.
The first disc includes the theatrical release of the film, along with an interesting
feature commentary track by director Marshall and screenwriter Bill Condon, as well as the deleted musical number «Class,» and a 27 - minute documentary on bringing the musical to the big screen («From Stage to Screen: The History of Chicago»).
The Blu - ray debut
features the commentary track recorded by Carpenter for the original DVD release and the vintage promotional featurette «The Making of John Carpenter's Vampires,» plus the trademark isolated score audio track and booklet with an essay by Julie Kirgo.
And if you're interested in what the cast has to say, you can check out the Couples Commentary, which
features commentary tracks on select episodes with the housewives and their men.
When Yash Raj's two - disc DVD was originally released in the spring of 2004, it was the first Bollywood film with a running
feature commentary track, here delivered by Advani.
The home release also
features a commentary track with many of the principal's involvement in the film's creation, a gag reel, and of course, lots of focus on the real Tommy.
In an effort to help answer those questions, CBR News kick off SPOILERS OF WAR, new monthly feature (inspired by Augie De Blieck Jr's
feature THE COMMENTARY TRACK), in which we speak in - depth with writer Brian Michael Bendis about «Secret Invasion» on a page - by - page basis as the series rolls out.
Not exact matches
You just know that Quentin Tarantino is eventually going to put out a Special Edition of his revenge romp, complete with
commentary tracks, deleted scenes, and bonus
features up the wazoo.
Instead, you have to start up the Second Screen
feature — which plays supplemental material on your iPad or laptop while you're watching the film — in order to access the
commentary track, but once you do, it's definitely worth checking out.
It's as informative as you'd expect from this sort of
feature, by no means a substitute for a more in - depth making - of or a
commentary track.
Extras include a
feature length audio
commentary track by Harrelson, Dennings & Stebbings, Deleted Scenes of interest, 5 featurettes and Outtakes.
Special
features include an isolated score
track with music by Michael Hoenig, Audio
Commentary with Chuck Russell and Horror Authority Ryan Turek, Friday Night Frights at the Cinefamily featurette and an Original Theatrical Trailer.
I'm still curious to see where it goes in season two and the Blu - ray is typically strong for HBO with special
features and a couple of cool
commentary tracks.
Special
features include audio
commentary with director Michael Ritchie and actress Jean Louisa Kelly, as well as an isolated score
track and original cut of the film in standard def.
The Blu - ray debut
features all the supplements of that release: three
commentary tracks (one by director Terry Gilliam, one by stars Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro, and one by producer Laila Nabulsi and author Hunter S. Thompson), deleted scenes with
commentary by Gilliam, the 1978 BBC «Omnibus» documentary «Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood» (with Hunter S. Thompson and artist Ralph Steadman), the ten - minute featurette «Hunter Goes to Hollywood,» an audio documentary on the controversy over the screenplay credit, a survey of the marketing campaign, selections from the correspondence between Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson (read on camera by Depp), an excerpt from the 1996 audio CD «Fear and Loathing» starring Maury Chaykin, Jim Jarmusch, Harry Dean Stanton, and Glenne Headly, background notes on Oscar Zeta Acosta (the real life activist and attorney who inspired the character of Dr. Gonzo), and galleries of storyboards, stills, and Ralph Steadman art.
Bonus
features include an isolated score
track, audio
commentary by Historian Drew Casper.
Features two
commentary tracks (one by Gervais and Merchant, the other by stars Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes and Jack Doolan), bonus interviews with the creators and stars, deleted scenes and a blooper reel.
Normally, we'd dock a point any time a Criterion set doesn't include a
commentary track, but it seems clear here that a conscious decision was made to ensure the disc containing the main
feature had as little else on it as possible, to devote every available byte to presenting the film's images alone.
The special
features for the DVD are not amazing but worth checking out if you liked the film, especially the audio
commentary track.
The second of two
commentary tracks features Joe Dante, author Bill Warren (Keep Watching the Skies!)
Recycled on another
track is the audio
commentary from the 2007 Platinum Edition DVD,
featuring Roy Disney, Jeff Kurtti (half of DVD producers Kurtti - Pellerin), animators Davis, Ward Kimball, Ollie Johnston, and Frank Thomas, Leonard Maltin, animation historian John Canemaker, Kerry and her Wendy counterpart Kathryn Beaumont, and Walt Disney hissownself.
It'll also include the original DVD
Commentary track from Sam Mendes, the original Making of
Feature and Deleted scenes.
Not a problem in of itself (and, in fact, many filmmakers would do well to follow his lead, as few
commentaries hold any kind of interest aside from the stray tidbit now and again), when the
commentary track is enabled through remote or Special
Features menu, as the film plays on into un-commented scenes the regular soundtrack doesn't return.
On another
track, actor Topher Grace joins writer - director Paul Weitz for a respectable
feature - length
commentary in which they mock Grace's Agent Smith - like attire and mutually confess to making the film in partial tribute to their respective fathers.
GHOSTBUSTERS Blu - ray Special
Features: - Who You Gon na Call: A Ghostbusters Retrospective - Roundtable Discussion with Director Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd (Part 1)- Poster Art Gallery — Gallery of 1988 artwork - Ghostbusters Music Video — Ray Parker, Jr. - Slimer Mode — Picture in Picture and Trivia
Track -
Commentary with Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis & Joe Medjuck - 10 Deleted Scenes - 1984 Featurette - Cast and Crew Featurette - SFX Team Featurette - Multi-Angles - Ecto - 1: Resurrecting the Classic Car - Ghostbusters Garage: Ecto - 1 Gallery Storyboard Comparisons
Stone, «The Streets of San Francisco» - obsessed director Finn Taylor, and demi - goddess Robin Tunney join forces for a
feature - length
commentary track that's bubbly and a little informative.
Features commentary by film noir historian Alan K. Rode, who hosts the
track and provides most of the production comments, and critic / noir maven (and fellow MSN writer) Kim Morgan, who chimes in for color
commentary (and an obsessive appreciation of the pickle that J. Carrol Naish chomps in an early scene; Kim, sometimes a pickle is just a pickle) plus a gallery of stills and advertising art.
The original A Nightmare on Elm Street also gets a Blu - ray debut this week,
featuring all the supplements from the earlier DVD «Infinifilm Special Edition» release (two
commentary tracks, alternate endings, three documentary featurettes), plus the Blu - ray exclusive interactive «Focus Points» mode, which allows instant access to alternate takes and behind the scenes footage while watching the film.
Extras exceed the import DVD (save the sequel) and repeat the Original Theatrical Trailer and two
feature length audio
commentary tracks: one by Producer Jack H. Harris and Film Historian Bruce Eder, while the second is by Director Yeathworth and Actor Robert Fields.
Everything you'd want to know about one of Fincher's movies can be learned in one of his
commentary tracks, which are usually joined by other excellent and informative bonus
features, including a highly reccomended Panic Room
commentary featuring screenwriter William Goldman.
Extras repeat the U.K. release including a
feature length audio
commentary track with the Chiodo Brothers, The Making of Killer Klowns: a 20 - minute featurette looking at the film's production, including an interview with the Chiodo Brothers alongside behind - the - scenes footage, Visual Effects with Gene Warren Jr.: an interview with Charles Chiodo and visual effects supervisor Gene Warren Jr., Kreating Klowns: an interview with Charles Chiodo and creature fabricator Dwight Roberts, Bringing Life to These Things - A Tour of Chiodo Bros..
Bonus
features come by way of a
feature - length audio
commentary track with director Amiel, a special making - of documentary, and around 10 other separate featurettes which include a wide array of cast, crew and academic - leaning interviews, as well as a tour of Darwin's home, which has been turned into a museum.
The bonus
features are anchored by an audio
commentary track featuring Selick, Burton and Elfman, who offer insights as to the thematic development of the material and, of course, the nut - and - bolt mechanics of the filmmaking process, which is quite interesting.
Its chief supplemental
features consist of a
feature - length audio
commentary track with director Gauger and a seven - minute behind - the - scenes featurette which includes brief interview snippets with cast and crew, as well as some audition tape footage.
There will be special
features added to the Blu - Ray that will include a audio
commentary track from the DVD, which will be
feature director Tommy Lee Wallace and actors Dennis Christopher, Tim Reid, John Ritter and Richard Thomas From what we know, more special
features to follow are not confirmed.
Features both the American and British versions of the film,
commentary track by creator / actor Richard O'Brien and co-star Patricia Quinn, an audience participation picture - in - picture
track with a live version of the show and a «callback» subtitle
track that cues viewers to classic audience responses, featurettes, two deleted musical scenes, outtakes, alternate opening and ending, and other celebrations of the culture of «Rocky Horror.»
House of the Long Shadows (Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Blu - ray, DVD), directed by Pete Walker, stars Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing, along with John Carradine and Desi Arnaz Jr., and the disc
features separate
commentary tracks by director Pete Walker and film historian David Del Valle and an interview with Walker.
Bonus
features: Director Jeff Nichols and Michael Shannon are on the audio
commentary track, there is a 10 - minute Behind The Scenes featurette, two deleted scenes, and a 20 - minute Q&A with Michael Shannon and co-star Shea Whigham.
EXTRAS: In addition to a new 2K high definition scan that looks great, the Collector's Edition is overflowing with goodies, including three audio
commentaries featuring director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell; producer Debra Hill and production designer Joe Alves; and a new
track with actress Adrienne Barbeau and cinematographer Dean Cundey.
Director Michael Lembeck pretends in his
feature - length yakker that he's made a pseudo-documentary about Santa Claus — a joke that would probably go over better if any child anywhere had ever expressed interested in listening to a
commentary track (though I'm sure W.D. Richter will get something out of it).
Features commentary by film historians David Del Valle and Tim Sullivan, an interview with Uta Levka, and a featurette on director Gordon Hessler, along with the trademark isolated score audio
track, and booklet with an essay by Julie Kirgo.
As with every
feature here, the
commentary track, while superb, has been ported over directly from Criterion's already fairly recent DVD release of the film, which makes it difficult to recommend to those who already own the earlier iteration.
The
commentary track is a strictly B - list affair,
featuring producer Dan Farah gabbing with cast members Skeet Ulrich and Milo Ventimiglia.
The special
features are great but are lacking a
commentary track from Martin Scorsese and cast.