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Ever wondered what inspired the creators of some of cinema’s unforgettable classics? With this range of 2 disc Special Edition DVDs you can discover behind the scenes stories and how these milestones in cinema history made the long and sometimes arduous journey to the silver screen. Revealing extras uncover some interesting facts. For instance did you know that the Al Pacino character in Dog Day Afternoon was based on a real story about a transvestite robbing a bank to pay for his lover’s sex change and that Pacino initially turned down the role? That Marlon Brando’s original screen test for Warner Bros was for the James Dean role in Rebel Without a Cause? Or that Michael Mann initially conceived Heat as a pilot for a TV show years before making the film? Warner Home Video, the studio responsible for some of the most impressive Special Edition DVD releases to date, will be launching a stunningly re-packaged set of 25 of their most popular 2 Disc Special Edition titles. Film enthusiasts can complete their DVD collections and learn more about some of the world’s best loved movies with these essential 2 disc releases as these will be available for just £7.99 each from 7th August. The wealth of extras featured on these 2 Disc Special Editions include vintage, new and anniversary documentaries on talent from the films as well as real people who have inspired some unforgettable characters in films such as Heat, director and cast audio commentaries from filmmakers such as Michael Mann, Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton, Oliver Stone and Martin Scorsese , alternate endings, music videos, outtakes, video diaries, rare screen and wardrobe tests of actors like James Dean and Marlon Brando retrieved from the Warner archive and digital transfers of classic films painstakingly restored from original sound and picture elements.
Director Christopher Nolan’s (Memento) BATMAN BEGINS explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. With Christian Bale in the title role, the film also stars Cillian Murphy as the Scarecrow, Michael Caine as Alfred, Liam Neeson and Katie Holmes. Special features include featurettes with detailed interviews from cast and crew about the production and filming of Batman Begins – developing the story, casting the characters, staging the fights, designing the batsuit and batmobile and much more.
Tough-as-nails Lee Marvin leads a good for nothing convict squad of twelve men including Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas and Donald Sutherland in the all-time action trendsetter by director Robert Aldrich. Special features include an introduction by Ernest Borgnine, the bonus movie The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission the 1985 sequel with Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and Richard Jaeckel reprising their original roles, a documentary on the Real Dirty Dozen- The Filthy Thirteen and a vintage recruitment documentaryfeaturing Lee Marvin.
Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese exposes the fascinating, mysterious and violent underworld of New York's Mafia families through the life of insider Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) as he rises from smalltime thug to mobster under the guidance of Jimmy Conway (Academy Award winner Robert De Niro) in this searing, epic crime drama based on the chilling true-life best seller Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi. Special features include an audio commentary by Martin Scorsese, and another by real life ex gangster and FBI agent, a script to screen comparison, plus extensive documentaries about the making of a gangster classic and its legacy featuring interviews from filmmakers such as John Turturro and Jon Favreau.
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro square off in Michael Mann’s tale of a brilliant L.A. cop (Pacino) following the trail of Special features include anaudio commentary by Michael Mann, 11 deleted scenes and in depth documentaries about the intense research and filming preparation involved in making the film.
Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture, Casablanca is a timeless classic starring Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine a nightclub owner in Vichy-controlled Casablanca, whose life is shaken up with the unexpected return of past love Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman). Special features include an introduction and two documentaries ("You Must Remember This: The Making of Casablanca," and "Bacall on Bogart") hosted by Lauren Bacall, production history gallery which includes photos, press materials, studio correspondence, memorabilia and Looney Tunes cartoon "Carrotblanca".
Tony Scott directs a trademark Quentin Tarantino script about an unlikely pair of lovers- Clarence (Christian Slater), the night manager of a comic book store and novice prostitute (Patricia Arquette), who steal a suitcase full of uncut cocaine from her pimp, try to sell it in Hollywood, while the mob--and the police--are close on their tail. Special features include audio commentary by Tony Scott, Qentin Tarantino, Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, and 30 mins of deleted scenes that includes an alternate ending.
Sergio Leone's epic film portrays 50 years of riveting underworld history and offers rich roles to a remarkable cast. Robert De Niro and James Woods play lifelong Lower East Side pals whose wary partnership unravels in death and mystery. Special features include commentary by film critic Richard Schickel and an insightful documentary on director Sergio Leone 'Once Upon A Time: Sergio Leone'.
Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) a free-spirited convict trying to avoid doing time in prison, fakes insanity and moves into a state mental hospital. However his total disregard for the hospital routine brings him up against Nurse Ratched (Loise Fletcher) and a battle of wills brings about terrifying consequences. Special features include Commentary by Director Milos Forman and Producers Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz, 8 deleted scenes and "The Making of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" Documentary.
Globetrotting misfit and renegade occultist John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), a man who has literally been to hell and back, enters this world to help a skeptical policewoman (Rachel Weisz) investigate the mysterious suicide of her twin sister. Special features include Deleted Scenes, an Alternative Ending, in depth documentaries on production, Visual effects, adapting the comic book into a feature film.
Oliver Stone's Alexander is based on the true story of one of history's most luminous and influential leaders, Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell) - a man who had conquered 90% of the known world by the age of 27. Audio Commentary by Oliver Stone and Historian/Alexander Biographer Robin Lane Fox and Three Penetrating Profiles Of An Epic Screen Event With Cast And Crew featuring behind the scenes footage.
In ancient Greece, the passion of two of history’s most legendary lovers, Paris, Prince of Troy (Orlano Bloom) and Helen (Diane Kruger), Queen of Sparta, ignites a war that will devastate a civilization. One man alone stands as the key to victory or defeat over Troy - Achilles (Brad Pitt), believed to be the greatest warrior alive. Special features include three documentaries: In The Thick of the Battle detailing how the battle scenes were filmed, From Ruins to Reality; how the ruins of ancient Troy were unearthed and how they effected the production design and Troy: An Effects Odyssey : the secrets of Troy's stunning visual effects are revealed--from a staggering 1,000 ship armada on the open seas, to producing bone crunching sound effects of brutal ancient warfare.
Steve McQueen is on target in the definitive police action thriller, featuring one of the screen's great car chases through the San Francisco streets. Audio Commentary by director Peter Yates and two feature length documentaries: The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing and Steve McQueen: The Essence of Coolas wellas a vintage featurette.
Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman play retired, down-on-their-luck outlaws who pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey. Special features include Interviews with Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Richard Harris, a behind the scenes documentary, 10th Anniversary featurette and classic Maverick TV Series Episode "Duel at Sundown" in which Eastwood plays a virtual younger incarnation of his Unforgiven role.
Set in Japan during the 1870s, The Last Samurai tells the story of Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a respected American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. Special features include director commentary, 2 deleted scenes, director video journal, featurettes on Tom Cruise, production design, costume design, weapons, army training, and footage from the film’s premiere in Japan.
Elia Kazan’s powerful adaptation of a Tennessee William’s play depicts a culture clash between Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh), a fading relic of the Old South, and her brother in law Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando), a rising member of the industrial, inner-city immigrant class. Special features include Marlon Brando’s first screen test for Warner Bros, documentary on Elia Kazan and 5 new documentaries about the play, the film, censorship problems which threatened the film’s release and Marlon Brando.
Director Roland Joffe’s powerful action epic The Mission is about a man of the sword (Robert DeNiro) and a man of the cloth (Jeremy Irons) who unite to shield a South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires. Audio Commentary with director Rolland Joffe and an hour long Omnibus documentary on the making of The Mission.
The old and the new West clash in Sam Peckinpah's unflinchingly violent masterpiece as a band of outlaws, led by an aging gunfighter, ride into a Texas border town to rob a local railroad office--only to find that they came too late and stayed too long in this groundbreaking Western. Special features include Never-before-seen The Wild Bunch outtakes, feature length documentary on master filmmaker ‘Sam Peckinpah’s West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade’ which includes rare film clips, interviews with family and colleagues, and narration by Kris Kristofferson.
Steven Spielberg's epic starring Christian Bale and John Malkovich about a young boy's harrowing and remarkable experiences in World War II-era China following the Japanese invasion. Special features include The China Odyssey Documentary made during filming in 1987.
John Wayne stars in John Ford’s classic Western about a Civil War veteran from Texas who will stop at nothing to find the men who murdered his family and rescue his kidnapped niece (Natalie Wood). Special features include Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich who was a friend of John Ford’s, insightful documentary A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and The Searchers and vintage ‘Behind the Camera’ promotional footage.
In the second chapter of the Matrix trilogy, freedom fighters Neo (Keanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation. In their quest to save the human race from extinction, they gain greater insight into the construct of The Matrix and Neo's pivotal role in the fate of mankind. Special features include behind the scenes footage and on location interviews with cast and crew, featurettes on The Animatrix, the cultural impact of The Matrix, an explanation of how the Freeway Chase was created and filmed.
The Matrix Revolutions marks the final explosive chapter in the Matrix trilogy. Neo, Morpheus and Trinity battle to defend Zion, the last real-world city, against the onslaught of the machines that have enslaved the human race. And, now as Neo learns more about his heroic powers--including the ability to see the codes of things and the people, he faces the consequences of the choice made in The Matrix Reloaded. Special features include a behind-the-scenes overview that drills deep into the groundbreaking work that went into the final chapter, featurettes that explore the film’s CG technology, the filming of memorable scenes, production design, filming with models and miniatures, how Bullet Time is achieved.
In one of the most influential performances in movie history, James Dean plays the new kid in town whose loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those of postwar teens - and still reverberate 50 years later. Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo were Academy Award nominees* for their achingly true performances. Special features include two documentaries: All-New Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents and James Dean Remembered, Three Behind the Cameras Segments from the Warner Bros. Presents TV Series including the “Drive Safely” public service announcement, screen and wardrobe tests and deleted scenes.
Tim Burton directs Michael Keaton s as Batman with Jack Nicholson playing his arch foe, The Joker, in the first of the blockbuster Batman series of feature films. Special features include audio commentary by director Tim Burton, documentaries covering the history of batman, adapting the comic to film, designing the look of Gotham City, costumes, the Batmobile, gadgets, Jack Nicholson’s transformation into the Joker, the film score and also include music videos by Prince: Batdance, Partyman and Scandalous.
Bruce Lee explodes onto the screen in the film that rocketed him to international superstardom, Enter The Dragon. Playing a martial arts student Lee participates in a brutal tournament at a remote island fortress in an attempt to gather enough evidence to convict the international drug-trafficker responsible for the murder of his sister. Special features include an all new 30th Anniversary documentary "Blood And Steel, The Making Of Enter The Dragon", "Bruce Lee - In His Own Words", "Curse Of The Dragon" - An examination of the Lee legacy, John Little's feature length biography "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey" featuring a meticulous reconstruction of Lee's intended cut of The Game Of Death.
On one of the hottest days of August 1972, three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does. Al Pacino stars in Sidney Lumet’s classic heist gone wrong movie. Special features include audio commentary by director Sidney Lumet, a featurette on Lumet and a New 4-Part 30th-Anniversary Documentary Featuring Al Pacino covering: The Story, Casting The Controversy, Recreating The Facts, After The Filming.
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