Upcoming DVD Releases (Part 2)

[Hank Kingsley 0]

Beyond the Sea - June 7, 2005

 

# Director Commentary

# "Making of" Featurette

# Exclusive Bonus Musical performances by Kevin Spacey

 

The Aviator - May 24, 2005

 

# Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French

# Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)

# Commentary by director Martin Scorsese

# Deleted scene: Howard Tells Ava About His Car Accident

# A Life Without Limits: The Making of The Aviator

# The Role of Howard Hughes in Aviation History

# Modern Marvels: Howard Hughes, A Documentary by the History Channel

# The Visual Effects of The Aviator

# The Affliction of Howard Hughes: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

# The Age of Glamour: The Hair And Makeup of The Aviator

# Costuming The Aviator: The Work of Sandy Powell

# Constructing The Aviator: The Work of Dante Ferretti

# An evening with Leonardo DiCaprio and Alan Alda

# OCD Panel Discussion With Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, and Howard Hughes' Widow Terry Moore

# Still Gallery

# Scoring The Aviator: The Work Of Howard Shore

# The Wainwright Family - Loudon, Rufus and Martha

 

Million Dollar Baby - July 12, 2005

 

# James Lipton Takes on Three: 25-minute roundtable with Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, and moderator James Lipton

# Born to Fight: examines the parallels of the movie to real-life boxer Lucia Rijker

# Producers Round 15: behind the scenes

 

Be Cool - June 7, 2005

 

# Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Chinese (Unspecified)

# Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)

# Deleted Scenes

# Gag Reel

# Be Cool, Very Cool 22-minute behind-the-scenes documentary

# Music Video

# "Close Up: Dance Partners"

# "Close Up: The Rock"

# "Close Up: Andre Benjamin"

# "Close Up: Cedric the Entertainer"

# "Close Up: Christina Milian"

# Original Theatrical Trailer

 

 

 

Feel free to add more.

[Hank Kingsley 0]

Jules & Jim - The Criterion Collection - May 31, 2005

 

# Available subtitles: English

# Available Audio Tracks: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)

# New, restored high-definition transfer, supervised by director of photography Raoul Coutard

# Two audio commentaries: one featuring co-writer Jean Grault, Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman, editor Claudine Bouche, and Truffaut scholar Annette Insdorf; the other featuring legendary actress Jeanne Moreau and Truffaut biographer Serge Toubiana

# New video interview with director of photography Coutard

# Exclusive video interview with co-writer Gruault

# New video conversation between scholars Robert Stam and Dudley Andrew

# Excerpts from an episode of the French television program Cineastes de notre temps dedicated to Francois Truffaut

# Segment from the French program L'Invite du Dimanche (1969), featuring Truffaut and Moreau

# Truffaut on novelist Henri-Pierre Roche, from the French program Bibliotheque de poche (1966)

# Archival audio interview with Truffaut

# Number of discs: 2

 

Casino - 10th Anniversary Edition - June 14, 2005

 

# Deleted Scenes

# Casino: The Story

# Casino: Cast and Characters

# Casino: The Look

# Casino: After the Filming

# Moments with Martin Scorsese, Sharon Stone, Nicholas Pileggi

# Vegas and the Mob Featurette

# History Alive: True Crime Authors: Casino with Nicholas Pileggi

[Guest Askewniverse]

Jaws - 30th Anniversary Edition (6/14/05)

- anamorphic (2.35:1) widescreen

- Dolby Digital 5.1 (English, French, Spanish)

- Dolby Digital 2.0

- DTS 5.1

- deleted scenes and outtakes

- From the Set featurette

- Shark Facts

- Making of Jaws featurette

- storyboards

- production photos

- Marketing Jaws

- Jaws Phenomenon

- Commemorative Photo Journal

 

The Sopranos - The Complete Fifth Season (6/7/05)

- Four commentary tracks

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0]

 

Seinfeld: The Complete 4th Season (1993)

Avalible May 17, 2005

 

# Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese

# Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), French (Dolby Digital 2.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)

# Approximately 13 hours of exclusive special features including all-new interviews with Jerry and the rest of the cast

# 24 episodes from Season Four on four discs

# The Breakthrough Season: an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the Emmy-winning season in which Seinfeld leapt from cult favorite to ratings sensation and officially became "a show about nothing."

# Notes about nothing: behind-the-scenes scoop and production notes

# Inside Looks: the cast and creators talk about what was happening behind the scenes of certain episodes

# In The Vault: Never-before-seen deleted scenes...saved from the cutting room floor

# Not That There's Anything Wrong With That: never-before-seen outtakes and bloopers

# Yada, Yada, Yada: creator and cast audio commentaries

# Master of His Domain: see Jerry Seinfeld in exclusive, never-before-seen stand-up comedy footage

# Sponsored by Vandelay Industries: Original NBC promo ads and trailers

# Featuring the original (1-2 minutes longer) NBC network versions, not seen since their original broadcast runs

# Remastered in high definition

# Includes fan-favorite episodes The Contest, Bubble Boy, and The Junior Mint

# Number of discs: 4

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June 28, 2005

 

# Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)

# A DVD introduction by Jon Stewart

# Original segments featuring Jon Stewart and the correspondents

# Stephen Colbert's award-not-winning featurette: Requiem for a Show That Was Daily

# Voice-over commentary by Rob Corddry, Ed Helms, and Samantha Bee

# On the Bonus Disc:

# Our National Anthem sung in 4-correspondent harmony

# The First Presidential Debate: The Squabble in Coral Gables

# Election Night '04: Prelude to a Recount

# Daily Show Rock! Presents: Midterm Elections

# John Edwards Campaign Announcement

# Stephen Colbert's "Interviews I Could Get"

# Rob Corddry: Democratic debates in NY and Detroit; The Secretaries' Tour

# Ed Helms: Original Introduction; Principle Spinner

# Samantha Bee: Block the Vote; So You Want to Bee...A 527 Organization?

# Continental Skiff Boat Oarsmen for Veracity

# Steve Carell: Trail and Tribulations following the Howard Dean campaign

# Bob Wiltfong: Sticker Shock

 

August 16, 2005

 

So far only a behind-the-scenes featurette has been announced, but seeing as it's a Robert Rodriguez DVD, I think we can expect a lot more, including a 10 minute film/cooking school and some other stuff.

[Guest Askewniverse]

Gladiator - Extended Edition (8/23/05)

- anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1)

- Dolby Digital 5.1

- Extended version (2 hours, 51 minutes)

- Theatrical version (2 hours, 35 minutes)

- Introduction to extended version by director Ridley Scott

- "Are You Not Entertained?" trivia track

- new commentary track with Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe

- "Strength and Honor: Creating the world of Gladiator" documentary (200 minutes)

- production design featurette

- production design gallery

- storyboard demonstrations

- storyboard gallery

- Multi-angle storyboard-to-film comparisons (with optional commentary)

- "Ridleygrams" (samplings of director Ridley Scott's storyboard drawings)

- abandoned sequences and deleted scenes

- "Letters From the Front" authentic memos on the challenges of production

- visual effects explorations

- costume design gallery

- production photo gallery

- Joaquin Phoenix screen test

- trailers and TV spots

[The Dames 0]

Did they really need a new Gladiator DVD? Or Jaws for that matter. Wasn't that released a few years back?

 

Dames

[RedJed 0]

Did they really need a new Gladiator DVD?  Or Jaws for that matter.  Wasn't that released a few years back?

 

Dames

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I could see maybe the Gladiator one but I have seen 2-3 versions of Jaws on DVD and from one to another, they all seem relatively similar.

[Guest Askewniverse]

Sin City

August 16, 2005

 

So far only a behind-the-scenes featurette has been announced, but seeing as it's a Robert Rodriguez DVD, I think we can expect a lot more, including a 10 minute film/cooking school and some other stuff.

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The latest reports I've read indicate that it's going to be a barebones release, with a Special Edition to come later down the road. Also, the barebones version is going to be available in four different slipcovers.

 

 

Did they really need a new Gladiator DVD?  Or Jaws for that matter.  Wasn't that released a few years back?

 

Dames

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I could see maybe the Gladiator one but I have seen 2-3 versions of Jaws on DVD and from one to another, they all seem relatively similar.

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There's been three versions of Jaws on DVD.

1. 25th Anniversary Edition (Dolby Digital)

2. 25th Anniversary Edition (DTS)

3. 30th Anniversary Edition

 

From what I can tell, the picture quality is about the same. The new 30th Anniversary Edition contains both Dolby Digital and DTS, as well as the original mono soundtrack. It also contains the full two-hour documentary (25th AE had a shortened one-hour version), a 60-page commemorative photo book, and a few other extras not found in the 25th AE. However, the 30th AE doesn't have some extras that the 25th AE had, such as the trailer. The only thing that kinda bugs me is that Universal could have easily done things right the first time around. It doesn't bother me that much though, because (1) it's been five years since the last release, (2) there's enough new material to justify a purchase, and (3) the 30th AE carries a reasonable price (around $15).

 

The new Gladiator DVD seems reasonable as well. It's been five years since Gladiator was first released on DVD. The new Extended Edition is a three-disc set with a ton of new extras. In my opinion, the extended version of the film and the new 200-minute documentary alone are worth the double-dip.

[bob_barron 0]

The latest reports I've read indicate that it's going to be a barebones release, with a Special Edition to come later down the road.

 

Why not just release the SE now?? I really want to buy Sin City and I don't want to wait, like I have been waiting for the Kill Bill SEs.

[Guest Askewniverse]

I'm guessing the SE isn't completely finished yet. The barebones release is probably meant to hold over people who don't want to wait for a SE.

 

You might as well pick up the current versions of Kill Bill. The SE versions still haven't been officially announced, so there's no telling when they will be released. The current versions can usually be found for around $10 each, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem if you're a huge fan of the movies.

[Brush with Greatness 0]

Hoop Dreams Criterion Collection came out this week, but I'm not competent enough to add in the images, features, etc. Would be great if someone could though because it's a very deserving release.

[Hank Kingsley 0]

It's been out for a little over a month, I got it from Netflix awhile back. Great DVD.