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Tron (1982) - DVD Review

Posted on 02.20.02 by Widge @ 6:36 pm

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Written by: Steven Lisberger, based on a story by Lisberger & Bonnie MacBird
Directed by: Steven Lisberger
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes

Features:

"The Making of Tron" 88-minute all-new documentary
Deleted scenes with all-new introductions by Bruce Boxleitner
Production photo gallery
Commentary by Lisberger, producer Donald Kushner and visual effects supervisors Harrison Ellenshaw and Richard Taylor
Storyboard-to-film comparisons
Sweet 3-D animated menus
Still frame galleries
Pre-production animation tests
Deleted original soundtrack music
Inspirational designs by futuristic artists Syd Mead, Peter Lloyd and Jean "Moebius" Giraud
Computer animation design and demo reels
Original publicity materials
Original theatrical trailer

Released by: Walt Disney
Region: 1
Rating: PG
Anamorphic: Yes

My Advice: Buy it.

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Dumbo (1941) - DVD Review

Posted on 11.04.01 by Widge @ 3:58 am

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Written by: Joe Grant & Dick Huemer, based on a story by Aurie Battaglia, Otto Englander, Bill Peet, Joe Rinaldi, Webb Smith & Vernon Stallings, which was in turn based on the book by Helen Aberson & Harold Perl
Directed by: Ben Sharpsteen
Starring: Edward Brophy, Cliff Edwards, Sterling Holloway, Herman Bing, Verna Felton

Features:

Running commentary with animation historian John Canemaker
Music video for Michael Crawford's rendition of "Baby Mine"
Trailers for Peter Pan 2, Cinderella 2 and The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2
Exclusive look at Dumbo 2
Art gallery featuring concept art
Original Walt Disney TV Introduction
"Celebrating Dumbo" Featurette
Sound design segment
Dumbo "DVD Storybook"
Silly Symphonies: "Elmer Elephant" and "The Flying Mouse"
Sing-Along Songs: "Look Out For Mr. Stork" and "Casey Jr."
Theatrical trailers

Released by: Walt Disney Video
Region: 1
Rating: G
Anamorphic: N/A, appears in its original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Own It.

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Traffik (1989) - DVD Review

Posted on 08.21.01 by Widge @ 2:41 pm

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Written by: Simon Moore
Directed by: Alastair Reid
Starring: Bill Paterson, Lindsay Duncan, Jamal Shah, Fritz Müller-Scherz, Julia Ormond

Features:

Production Notes
Cast and crew filmographies
Interviews with Moore and producer Brian Eastman

Released by: Acorn Media
Region: 1
Rating: NR
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Rent it.

Drugs and the people who take them and the war being waged on those people. It's a big story to be told, with many different sides to deal with--and none of them are pretty. Submitted for your approval: a British government minister (Paterson) assigned to deal with Pakistan, a terrific exporter of heroin to all of Europe; a woman (Duncan) who discovers that the way by which her husband (Knut Hinz) finances their good life is through trafficking the stuff; an opium farmer (Shah) driven out of his given trade by a government who wants to prove to the Brits that they are deserving of monetary aid. How these people's lives interact with one another across international lines and how they are all affected by humanity's need to leave one's cares behind forms the backbone for one helluva sprawling epic.

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Princess Mononoke (1999) - DVD Review

Posted on 12.21.00 by Widge @ 9:47 pm

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Written by: Hayao Miyazaki, translated into English by Neil Gaiman
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Billy Bob Thornton, Gillian Anderson

Features:

Featurette
Theatrical trailer

Released by: Miramax
Region: 1
Rating: NR
Anamorphic: Yes.

My Advice: Own it.

When a demon invades his village and sets in motion events that are certain to eventually claim his life, Ashitaka (voiced by Crudup), must accept his destiny and go forth to find the origins of the demon and end the evil. On his journey he meets the beautiful yet savage San (voiced by Danes), who, with her family of wolves, is at war with the Lady Eboshi (voiced by Driver). Eboshi wants all the wilderness destroyed so she can mine for iron ore, whereas San is the forest's protector. They want to kill each other. Out of all of this conflict, Ashitaka must somehow find a way to bring all the sides in this war to peace--lest no one survive.

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