Written by: Jonathan Hales, David Hayter, William Osborne & Stephen Sommers Directed by: Chuck Russell Starring: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Steven Brand, Michael Clarke Duncan and Kelly Hu
Features:
Alternate Version in Advanced Viewing Mode
Running audio (and sometimes video) commentary with The Rock
Running audio commentary with director Russell
Outtakes
Godsmack Music Video: "I Stand Alone"
Preparing the Fight: A look at the process of shooting a fight sequence
Making-of featurette
Special effects featurette
The Rock and Michael Clark Duncan featurette
Ancient World Production Design featurette
Working with Animals featurette
Scorpion King: Man or Myth? featurette
DVD-ROM Features including Total Axcess
Released by: Universal Pictures Region: 1 Rating: PG-13 Anamorphic: 2.35:1
Written by: Robb White Directed by: William Castle Starring: Jean Arless, Glenn Corbett, and Patricia Breslin
Features:
Psychette: William Castle and 'Homicidal'
Trailers for Mr. Sardonicus and Strait-Jacket
Released by: Sony Pictures Region: 1 Rating: NR Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.
My Advice: Rent it.
Miriam Webster (Breslin) has a good life. She owns a successful floral shop, dates the handsome pharmacist Carl (Corbett), and her beloved half-brother Warren has returned from Europe. He brings trouble in the form of a beautiful yet unstable blonde named Emily (Arless). Supposedly brought to care for Warren’s ailing former nanny Helga (Eugenie Leontovich), Emily spends her time being bitchy to Miriam, putting the moves on Miriam's boyfriend, and tearing up Miriam’s shop. And there is Emily’s fascination with sharp edged weapons and her need to shove those weapons in other people. Can Miriam avoid Emily when she goes Homicidal?
Written by: Dan Gerson & Andrew Stanton Directed by: Pete Docter, with David Silverman & Lee Unkrich Starring: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Mary Gibbs
Features:
Running audio commentary with director Docter, co-director Unkrich, executive producer John Lasseter & executive producer/writer Stanton
"Sneak Peeks" for Finding Nemo, the Beauty & the Beast DVD, the Lilo and Stitch DVD, Inspector Gadget 2 and Treasure Planet
Mike's New Car: new animated short with audio commentary by Docter & Gould
For the Birds: animated short with audio commentary by director Ralph Eggleston
Outtakes
Put That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help Me: The Monsters, Inc. Company Play and Program
Pixar production tour
Monstropolis and Setting the Scene featurettes
Color Scripts & Master Lighting galleries
Location flyarounds
Monstropolis art gallery
Guide to In-Jokes
Cast of Characters & What Makes a Great Monster? featurettes
Character Designs gallery
Story is King and Monsters Are Real featurettes
Original Treatment
Story Pitch session: "Back to Work (early version)"
Banished Concepts
Original Sulley Intro
Storyboard to Film Comparison
Animation Process featurette
Early Test Footage with audio commentary by Supervising
Technical Director Thomas Porter, Simulation/FX Sequence Supervisor Steve May and Sequence Supervisor Michael Fong
Written by: Michael J. Murray, based on the novel by Robin Cook Directed by: William A. Graham Starring: Chad Lowe, Kelly Rutherford, Sean Patrick Flanery
Released by: Artisan Region: 1 Rating: NR Anamorphic: N/A; presented in its original 1.33:1 format.
My Advice: Avoid it.
Welcome to a new world of possibilities with ULTRA, a drug that could as big as Viagra. Based on an unusual fungus found in the recently inherited, three-hundred-year-old house of Dr. Edward (Lowe) and Kim Welles (Rutherford), this drug increases I.Q., the senses, and libido. Edward should know, since he's dosing himself with the miracle mold. With friend Dr. Bobby Newman (Flanery), Edward has his entire research team taking ULTRA to speed up its testing and get the drug into your local Walgreens as fast as they can. Side effects include insomnia, blackouts, paranoia, violent behavior, and homicidal rages. Ask your physician about ULTRA today.
Written and Directed by: Costa Botes & Peter Jackson Starring: Thomas Robins, Beatrice Ashton, Jeffrey Thomas
Features:
Commentary by Writer/Director Botes
Featurette: Behind the Bull
Deleted Scenes
Released by: Anchor Bay Region: 1 Rating: NR Anamorphic: Yes
My Advice: Rent it.
Peter Jackson, as we all know, is the famous director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Frighteners, but is also interested in film history. When an aunt told him about some old film, he had no idea what he was about to uncover. That discovery was Colin McKenzie, a New Zealand native and an artistic and technical cinematic genius from the turn of the 20th century. He developed techniques decades ahead of their time: synchronized sound, colored film, portable cameras, and many other innovations. His biblical epic, Salome, is said to rival D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation. But due to bad luck, family tragedy, and an unfortunate lack of common sense, this story hasn’t been told until now in Forgotten Silver. Just one problem, it’s a fake, all of it.
