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Alien Quadrilogy (The) (1979-1997)
9 disc ultimate box set.Director: Ridley Scott/James Cameron/David Fincher/Jean-Pierre Juenet
OVERALL: R1-
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Extras:DISC ONE
Alien (1979)
*1979 Theatrical Release
*2003 Director's Cut (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt (BOTH versions)
Introduction to “2003 Director's Cut” by director Ridley Scott
Optional deleted footage marker for “2003 Director's Cut” (When you activate this mode, the text "Special Edition" will occasionally appear on the bottom right corner of the screen to identify every new scene)
Separate deleted and extended scene access for “Theatrical Release” (5 scenes, allow you to view the new material from the Director's Cut separately)
English and Spanish subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic NTSC
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
DISC TWO
”The Beast Within: The Making of Alien”
Pre-Production
-“Star Beast: Developing the Story” –featurette (18 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Dan O'Bannon (with additional introduction notes by O'Bannon)
-“The Visualists: Direction and Design” -featurette (17 min)
-Ridleygrams gallery (Ridley Scott's original storyboards)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by artist, inc. Cobb, Foss, Moebius and Giger)
-“Truckers in Space: Casting” -featurette (15 min)
-Sigourney Weaver's screen test footage (4 mins)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios, 1978” -featurette (24 mins)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity polaroids gallery
-“The Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and the Alien Planet” -featurette (17 min)
-Set photo gallery
-“The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design” -featurette (31 min)
-Chestburster multi-angle sequence (5 min - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks: Production audio or audio commentary by director Ridley Scott)
-H.R. Giger's Workshop photo gallery
Post-Production
-“Future Tense: Editing and Music” -featurette (16 min)
-7 deleted scenes (not added back in for the “Director's Cut”)
-“Outward Bound: Visual Effects” -featurette (19 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“A Nightmare Fulfilled: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (19 min)
-Poster explorations gallery
-Special shoot photo gallery
-Premiere photo gallery
DISC THREE
Aliens (1986)
*1986 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, Dennis Skotak, Pat McClung, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Christopher Henn and Carrie Henn (BOTH versions)
Introduction to Special Edition by director James Cameron
Optional deleted footage marker for “Special Edition” (When you activate this mode, the text "Special Edition" will occasionally appear on the bottom right corner of the screen to identify every new scene)
Separate deleted and extended scene access for “1986 Theatrical Release” (8 scenes, allow you to view the new material from the Special Edition separately)
English and Spanish subtitles
1.85:1 anamorphic NTSC
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 surround
DISC FOUR
”Superior Firepower: The Making of Aliens”
Pre-Production
-“57 Years Later: Continuing the Story” -featurette (11 min)
-Original treatment text by James Cameron
-“Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (a short series of video animatics, 3 mins - 2 angles with audio commentary by miniature effects supervisor Pat McClung)
-“Preparing for Battle: Casting and Characterization” -featurette (17 min)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“This Time It's War: Pinewood Studios, 1985” -featurette (19 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity Polaroids gallery
“The Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action” -featurette (15 min)
-Weapons and vehicles photo gallery
-“Bug Hunt: Creature Design” -featurette (16 min)
-“Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Queen Alien” -featurette (22 min)
-Stan Winston's Workshop photo gallery
-“Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn” -featurette (14 min)
Post-Production
-“The Final Countdown: Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-“The Power of Real Tech: Visual Effects” -featurette (28 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Aliens Unleashed: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (12 min)
-Film "finish and release" photo gallery
DISC FIVE
Alien3 (1992)
*1992 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(New) Audio commentary with cinematographer Alex Thomson, editor Terry Rawlings, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Richard Edlund, Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen (BOTH versions)
Text introduction to “Special Edition”
Optional deleted footage marker for “Special Edition” (When you activate this mode, the text "Special Edition" will occasionally appear on the bottom right corner of the screen to identify every new scene)
Separate deleted and extended scene access for “1992 Theatrical Release” (26 scenes, allow you to view the new material from the Special Edition separately)
English and Spanish subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic NTSC
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 surround
DISC SIX
” The Making of Alien3”
Pre-Production
-“Development: Concluding the Story” –featurette (17 min)
-“Tales of the Wooden Planet: Vincent Ward's Vision” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Pre-Production: Part III” -featurette (11 min)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Xeno-Erotic: H.R. Giger's Re-Design” -featurette (10 min)
Production
-“Production: Part I” -featurette (18 min)
-Production photo gallery
-Furnace construction time-lapse sequence (4 min)
-“Adaptive Organism: Creature Design” -featurette (20 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery
-EEV Bioscan multi-angle video (2 mins - 6 angles with audio commentary by Alec Gillis)
-“Production: Part II” -featurette (14 mins)
-“Production: Part III” -featurette (8 min)
Post-Production
-“Optical Fury: Visual Effects” -featurette (23 min)
-“Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Post-Mortem: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (8 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC SEVEN
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
*1997 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Jean-Pierre Juenet, Hervè Schneid, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Pitof, Sylvain Desperetz, Ron Pearlman, Dominigue Pinon and Leland Orser (BOTH versions)
Text introduction to “Special Edition”
Optional deleted footage marker for “Special Edition” (When you activate this mode, the text "Special Edition" will occasionally appear on the bottom right corner of the screen to identify every new scene)
Separate deleted and extended scene access for “1997 Theatrical Release” (10 scenes, allow you to view the new material from the Special Edition separately)
English subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic NTSC
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 surround
DISC EIGHT
”One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection”
Pre-Production
-“From the Ashes: Reviving the Story” -featurette (10 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Joss Whedon
-“French Twist: Direction and Design” -featurette (26 min)
-“Under the Skin: Casting and Characterizations” -featurette (13 min)
-Creature, make-up and costume test footage (12 min)
-Marc Caro character design gallery
-Conceptual art gallery (organized by subject)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (3 mins - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks)
Production
-“Death from Below: Fox Studios, Los Angeles, 1996” -featurette (31 min)
-“In the Zone: The Basketball Scene” -featurette (7 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-“Unnatural Mutation: Creature Design” -featurette (26 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery,
Post-Production
-“Genetic Composition: Music” –featurette (13 mins)
-“Virtual Aliens: Computer Generated Imagery” -featurette (10 min)
-“A Matter of Scale: Miniature Photography” -featurette (23 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“Critical Juncture: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (14 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC NINE
Bonus Disc
Alien (1979)
-“Alien Evolution” -documentary (64 min)
-“Experience in Terror” -1979 promotional featurette (7 min)
-Ridley Scott Q&A video (15 mins)
-“1992 Alien: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-2 theatrical trailers
-2 TV-spots
Aliens (1986)
-“1991 Aliens: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-Domestic trailer
-International trailer
-TV spot
Alien3 (1992)
-Advance featurette (3 min)
-5 theatrical trailers
-7 TV spots
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-4 TV-spots
Additional material
-“Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection” -featurette (17 min)
-Dark Horse Comics cover gallery
-PC & Mac compatible DVD-ROM features:
-"Interactive Script" (for all four films)
-Web links
Booklet -
Aspect Ratio:Multi Aspect Ratio
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Picture Format:
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TV System:NTSC
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:9-disc box set in fold-out digipack packaging, with slipcase and "liner notes" -booklet.
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Easter eggs:*Disc 2: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien": 5-25-79. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 4: Go to the "Post-Production" area. Navigate up from "The Final Countdown" -featurette selection, and highlight an icon at the top of the screen. Press "enter": You´ll get "A Boy and His Power Loader" -featurette (9 min)
*Disc 4: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Aliens": 7-18-86. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 5: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien3": 5-22-92. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 8: "DVD production credits"
*Disc 8: Go the second page of extras in this section, and navigate to the "back" selection. Then navigate "down". You'll highlight one of the icons on the top of the screen. Press "enter" and you'll be treated to another featurette. -
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
Alien (1979)
*1979 Theatrical Release
*2003 Director's Cut (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt (ONLY in the "1979 Theatrical Release")
Introduction to “2003 Director's Cut” by director Ridley Scott
English HoH, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic PAL
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC TWO
”The Beast Within: The Making of Alien”
Pre-Production
-“Star Beast: Developing the Story” –featurette (18 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Dan O'Bannon (with additional introduction notes by O'Bannon)
-“The Visualists: Direction and Design” -featurette (17 min)
-Ridleygrams gallery (Ridley Scott's original storyboards)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by artist, inc. Cobb, Foss, Moebius and Giger)
-“Truckers in Space: Casting” -featurette (15 min)
-Sigourney Weaver's screen test footage (4 mins)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios, 1978” -featurette (24 mins)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity polaroids gallery
-“The Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and the Alien Planet” -featurette (17 min)
-Set photo gallery
-“The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design” -featurette (31 min)
-Chestburster multi-angle sequence (5 min - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks: Production audio or audio commentary by director Ridley Scott)
-H.R. Giger's Workshop photo gallery
Post-Production
-“Future Tense: Editing and Music” -featurette (16 min)
-7 deleted scenes (not added back in for the “Director's Cut”)
-“Outward Bound: Visual Effects” -featurette (19 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“A Nightmare Fulfilled: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (19 min)
-Poster explorations gallery
-Special shoot photo gallery
-Premiere photo gallery
DISC THREE
Aliens (1986)
*1986 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, Dennis Skotak, Pat McClung, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Christopher Henn and Carrie Henn (ONLY in the "Special Edition")
Introduction to Special Edition by director James Cameron
Dutch, English HoH, French and Greek subtitles
1.85:1 anamorphic PAL
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC FOUR
”Superior Firepower: The Making of Aliens”
Pre-Production
-“57 Years Later: Continuing the Story” -featurette (11 min)
-Original treatment text by James Cameron
-“Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (a short series of video animatics, 3 mins - 2 angles with audio commentary by miniature effects supervisor Pat McClung)
-“Preparing for Battle: Casting and Characterization” -featurette (17 min)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“This Time It's War: Pinewood Studios, 1985” -featurette (19 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity Polaroids gallery
“The Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action” -featurette (15 min)
-Weapons and vehicles photo gallery
-“Bug Hunt: Creature Design” -featurette (16 min)
-“Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Queen Alien” -featurette (22 min)
-Stan Winston's Workshop photo gallery
-“Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn” -featurette (14 min)
Post-Production
-“The Final Countdown: Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-“The Power of Real Tech: Visual Effects” -featurette (28 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Aliens Unleashed: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (12 min)
-Film "finish and release" photo gallery
DISC FIVE
Alien3 (1992)
*1992 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(New) Audio commentary with cinematographer Alex Thomson, editor Terry Rawlings, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Richard Edlund, Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen (ONLY in the "1992 Theatrical Release")
Dutch, English HoH, French and Greek subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic PAL
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC SIX
” The Making of Alien3”
Pre-Production
-“Development: Concluding the Story” –featurette (17 min)
-“Tales of the Wooden Planet: Vincent Ward's Vision” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Pre-Production: Part III” -featurette (11 min)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Xeno-Erotic: H.R. Giger's Re-Design” -featurette (10 min)
Production
-“Production: Part I” -featurette (18 min)
-Production photo gallery
-Furnace construction time-lapse sequence (4 min)
-“Adaptive Organism: Creature Design” -featurette (20 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery
-EEV Bioscan multi-angle video (2 mins - 6 angles with audio commentary by Alec Gillis)
-“Production: Part II” -featurette (14 mins)
-“Production: Part III” -featurette (8 min)
Post-Production
-“Optical Fury: Visual Effects” -featurette (23 min)
-“Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Post-Mortem: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (8 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC SEVEN
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
*1997 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Jean-Pierre Juenet, Hervè Schneid, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Pitof, Sylvain Desperetz, Ron Pearlman, Dominigue Pinon and Leland Orser (ONLY in the "1997 Theatrical Release")
Text introduction to “Special Edition”
English HoH, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic PAL
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC EIGHT
”One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection”
Pre-Production
-“From the Ashes: Reviving the Story” -featurette (10 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Joss Whedon
-“French Twist: Direction and Design” -featurette (26 min)
-“Under the Skin: Casting and Characterizations” -featurette (13 min)
-Creature, make-up and costume test footage (12 min)
-Marc Caro character design gallery
-Conceptual art gallery (organized by subject)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (3 mins - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks)
Production
-“Death from Below: Fox Studios, Los Angeles, 1996” -featurette (31 min)
-“In the Zone: The Basketball Scene” -featurette (7 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-“Unnatural Mutation: Creature Design” -featurette (26 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery,
Post-Production
-“Genetic Composition: Music” –featurette (13 mins)
-“Virtual Aliens: Computer Generated Imagery” -featurette (10 min)
-“A Matter of Scale: Miniature Photography” -featurette (23 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“Critical Juncture: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (14 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC NINE
Bonus Disc
Alien (1979)
-“Alien Evolution” -documentary (64 min)
-“Experience in Terror” -1979 promotional featurette (7 min)
-Ridley Scott Q&A video (15 mins)
-“1992 Alien: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-2 theatrical trailers
-2 TV-spots
Aliens (1986)
-“1991 Aliens: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-Domestic trailer
-International trailer
-TV spot
Alien3 (1992)
-Advance featurette (3 min)
-5 theatrical trailers
-7 TV spots
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-4 TV-spots
Additional material
-“Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection” -featurette (17 min)
-Dark Horse Comics cover gallery
-PC & Mac compatible DVD-ROM features (including weblinks)
Booklet -
Aspect Ratio:Multi Aspect Ratio
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Picture Format:
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TV System:PAL
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:9-disc digipack box set.
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Easter eggs:*Disc 2: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien": 5-25-79. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 4: Go to the "Post-Production" area. Navigate up from "The Final Countdown" -featurette selection, and highlight an icon at the top of the screen. Press "enter": You´ll get "A Boy and His Power Loader" -featurette (9 min)
*Disc 4: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Aliens": 7-18-86. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 5: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien3": 5-22-92. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 8: "DVD production credits"
*Disc 8: Go the second page of extras in this section, and navigate to the "back" selection. Then navigate "down". You'll highlight one of the icons on the top of the screen. Press "enter" and you'll be treated to another featurette. -
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
Alien (1979)
*1979 Theatrical Release
*2003 Director's Cut (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt (BOTH versions)
Introduction to “2003 Director's Cut” by director Ridley Scott
Optional deleted footage marker for “2003 Director's Cut” (When you activate this mode, the text "Director´s cut" will occasionally appear on the bottom right corner of the screen to identify every new scene)
Separate deleted and extended scene access for “Theatrical Release” (5 scenes, allow you to view the new material from the Director's Cut separately)
English and Japanese subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic NTSC
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC TWO
”The Beast Within: The Making of Alien”
Pre-Production
-“Star Beast: Developing the Story” –featurette (18 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Dan O'Bannon (with additional introduction notes by O'Bannon)
-“The Visualists: Direction and Design” -featurette (17 min)
-Ridleygrams gallery (Ridley Scott's original storyboards)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by artist, inc. Cobb, Foss, Moebius and Giger)
-“Truckers in Space: Casting” -featurette (15 min)
-Sigourney Weaver's screen test footage (4 mins)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios, 1978” -featurette (24 mins)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity polaroids gallery
-“The Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and the Alien Planet” -featurette (17 min)
-Set photo gallery
-“The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design” -featurette (31 min)
-Chestburster multi-angle sequence (5 min - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks: Production audio or audio commentary by director Ridley Scott)
-H.R. Giger's Workshop photo gallery
Post-Production
-“Future Tense: Editing and Music” -featurette (16 min)
-7 deleted scenes (not added back in for the “Director's Cut”)
-“Outward Bound: Visual Effects” -featurette (19 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“A Nightmare Fulfilled: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (19 min)
-Poster explorations gallery
-Special shoot photo gallery
-Premiere photo gallery
DISC THREE
Aliens (1986)
*Special Edition
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, Dennis Skotak, Pat McClung, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Christopher Henn and Carrie Henn
Introduction to Special Edition by director James Cameron
English and Japanese subtitles
1.85:1 anamorphic NTSC
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC FOUR
”Superior Firepower: The Making of Aliens”
Pre-Production
-“57 Years Later: Continuing the Story” -featurette (11 min)
-Original treatment text by James Cameron
-“Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (a short series of video animatics, 3 mins - 2 angles with audio commentary by miniature effects supervisor Pat McClung)
-“Preparing for Battle: Casting and Characterization” -featurette (17 min)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“This Time It's War: Pinewood Studios, 1985” -featurette (19 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity Polaroids gallery
“The Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action” -featurette (15 min)
-Weapons and vehicles photo gallery
-“Bug Hunt: Creature Design” -featurette (16 min)
-“Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Queen Alien” -featurette (22 min)
-Stan Winston's Workshop photo gallery
-“Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn” -featurette (14 min)
Post-Production
-“The Final Countdown: Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-“The Power of Real Tech: Visual Effects” -featurette (28 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Aliens Unleashed: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (12 min)
-Film "finish and release" photo gallery
DISC FIVE
Alien3 (1992)
*Special Edition
THX certified
THX Optimizer
Text introduction to “Special Edition”
English and Japanese subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic NTSC
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC SIX
” The Making of Alien3”
Pre-Production
-“Development: Concluding the Story” –featurette (17 min)
-“Tales of the Wooden Planet: Vincent Ward's Vision” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Pre-Production: Part III” -featurette (11 min)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Xeno-Erotic: H.R. Giger's Re-Design” -featurette (10 min)
Production
-“Production: Part I” -featurette (18 min)
-Production photo gallery
-Furnace construction time-lapse sequence (4 min)
-“Adaptive Organism: Creature Design” -featurette (20 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery
-EEV Bioscan multi-angle video (2 mins - 6 angles with audio commentary by Alec Gillis)
-“Production: Part II” -featurette (14 mins)
-“Production: Part III” -featurette (8 min)
Post-Production
-“Optical Fury: Visual Effects” -featurette (23 min)
-“Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Post-Mortem: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (8 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC SEVEN
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
*1997 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Jean-Pierre Juenet, Hervè Schneid, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Pitof, Sylvain Desperetz, Ron Pearlman, Dominigue Pinon and Leland Orser (ONLY in the "1997 Theatrical Release")
Text introduction to “Special Edition”
English and Japanese subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic NTSC
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC EIGHT
”One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection”
Pre-Production
-“From the Ashes: Reviving the Story” -featurette (10 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Joss Whedon
-“French Twist: Direction and Design” -featurette (26 min)
-“Under the Skin: Casting and Characterizations” -featurette (13 min)
-Creature, make-up and costume test footage (12 min)
-Marc Caro character design gallery
-Conceptual art gallery (organized by subject)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (3 mins - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks)
Production
-“Death from Below: Fox Studios, Los Angeles, 1996” -featurette (31 min)
-“In the Zone: The Basketball Scene” -featurette (7 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-“Unnatural Mutation: Creature Design” -featurette (26 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery,
Post-Production
-“Genetic Composition: Music” –featurette (13 mins)
-“Virtual Aliens: Computer Generated Imagery” -featurette (10 min)
-“A Matter of Scale: Miniature Photography” -featurette (23 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“Critical Juncture: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (14 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC NINE
Bonus Disc
Alien (1979)
-“Alien Evolution” -documentary (64 min)
-“Experience in Terror” -1979 promotional featurette (7 min)
-Ridley Scott Q&A video (15 mins)
-“1992 Alien: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-2 theatrical trailers
-2 TV-spots
Aliens (1986)
-“1991 Aliens: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-Domestic trailer
-International trailer
-TV spot
Alien3 (1992)
-Advance featurette (3 min)
-5 theatrical trailers
-7 TV spots
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-4 TV-spots
Additional material
-“Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection” -featurette (17 min)
-Dark Horse Comics cover gallery
-PC & Mac compatible DVD-ROM features:
-"Interactive Script" (script-to-screen comparison for all four films)
-Web links
Booklet -
Aspect Ratio:Multi Aspect Ratio
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Picture Format:
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TV System:NTSC
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:"The Ultimate Series" 9-disc book-style digipack box set.
All menus including scripts etc. on this DVDs are JAPANESE only. Some extras also have HARDCODED japanese subtitles in them, so you can't disable them.
Comes also in a limited "Alien 25th Anniversary Collection" packaging, with the discs placed in the big plastic "Alien head" (this seems to be OOP already). -
Easter eggs:*Disc 2: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien": 5-25-79. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 4: Go to the "Post-Production" area. Navigate up from "The Final Countdown" -featurette selection, and highlight an icon at the top of the screen. Press "enter": You´ll get "A Boy and His Power Loader" -featurette (9 min)
*Disc 4: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Aliens": 7-18-86. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 5: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien3": 5-22-92. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 8: "DVD production credits"
*Disc 8: Go the second page of extras in this section, and navigate to the "back" selection. Then navigate "down". You'll highlight one of the icons on the top of the screen. Press "enter" and you'll be treated to another featurette. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
Alien (1979)
*1979 Theatrical Release
*2003 Director's Cut (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt (ONLY in the "1979 Theatrical Release")
Introduction to “2003 Director's Cut” by director Ridley Scott
English HoH, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic PAL
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC TWO
”The Beast Within: The Making of Alien”
Pre-Production
-“Star Beast: Developing the Story” –featurette (18 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Dan O'Bannon (with additional introduction notes by O'Bannon)
-“The Visualists: Direction and Design” -featurette (17 min)
-Ridleygrams gallery (Ridley Scott's original storyboards)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by artist, inc. Cobb, Foss, Moebius and Giger)
-“Truckers in Space: Casting” -featurette (15 min)
-Sigourney Weaver's screen test footage (4 mins)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios, 1978” -featurette (24 mins)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity polaroids gallery
-“The Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and the Alien Planet” -featurette (17 min)
-Set photo gallery
-“The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design” -featurette (31 min)
-Chestburster multi-angle sequence (5 min - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks: Production audio or audio commentary by director Ridley Scott)
-H.R. Giger's Workshop photo gallery
Post-Production
-“Future Tense: Editing and Music” -featurette (16 min)
-7 deleted scenes (not added back in for the “Director's Cut”)
-“Outward Bound: Visual Effects” -featurette (19 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“A Nightmare Fulfilled: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (19 min)
-Poster explorations gallery
-Special shoot photo gallery
-Premiere photo gallery
DISC THREE
Aliens (1986)
*1986 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, Dennis Skotak, Pat McClung, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Christopher Henn and Carrie Henn (ONLY in the "Special Edition")
Introduction to Special Edition by director James Cameron
English HoH, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles
1.85:1 anamorphic PAL
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC FOUR
”Superior Firepower: The Making of Aliens”
Pre-Production
-“57 Years Later: Continuing the Story” -featurette (11 min)
-Original treatment text by James Cameron
-“Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (a short series of video animatics, 3 mins - 2 angles with audio commentary by miniature effects supervisor Pat McClung)
-“Preparing for Battle: Casting and Characterization” -featurette (17 min)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“This Time It's War: Pinewood Studios, 1985” -featurette (19 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity Polaroids gallery
“The Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action” -featurette (15 min)
-Weapons and vehicles photo gallery
-“Bug Hunt: Creature Design” -featurette (16 min)
-“Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Queen Alien” -featurette (22 min)
-Stan Winston's Workshop photo gallery
-“Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn” -featurette (14 min)
Post-Production
-“The Final Countdown: Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-“The Power of Real Tech: Visual Effects” -featurette (28 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Aliens Unleashed: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (12 min)
-Film "finish and release" photo gallery
DISC FIVE
Alien3 (1992)
*1992 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(New) Audio commentary with cinematographer Alex Thomson, editor Terry Rawlings, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Richard Edlund, Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen (ONLY in the "1992 Theatrical Release")
English HoH, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic PAL
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC SIX
” The Making of Alien3”
Pre-Production
-“Development: Concluding the Story” –featurette (17 min)
-“Tales of the Wooden Planet: Vincent Ward's Vision” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Pre-Production: Part III” -featurette (11 min)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Xeno-Erotic: H.R. Giger's Re-Design” -featurette (10 min)
Production
-“Production: Part I” -featurette (18 min)
-Production photo gallery
-Furnace construction time-lapse sequence (4 min)
-“Adaptive Organism: Creature Design” -featurette (20 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery
-EEV Bioscan multi-angle video (2 mins - 6 angles with audio commentary by Alec Gillis)
-“Production: Part II” -featurette (14 mins)
-“Production: Part III” -featurette (8 min)
Post-Production
-“Optical Fury: Visual Effects” -featurette (23 min)
-“Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Post-Mortem: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (8 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC SEVEN
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
*1997 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Jean-Pierre Juenet, Hervè Schneid, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Pitof, Sylvain Desperetz, Ron Pearlman, Dominigue Pinon and Leland Orser (ONLY in the "1997 Theatrical Release")
Text introduction to “Special Edition”
English HoH, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic PAL
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC EIGHT
”One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection”
Pre-Production
-“From the Ashes: Reviving the Story” -featurette (10 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Joss Whedon
-“French Twist: Direction and Design” -featurette (26 min)
-“Under the Skin: Casting and Characterizations” -featurette (13 min)
-Creature, make-up and costume test footage (12 min)
-Marc Caro character design gallery
-Conceptual art gallery (organized by subject)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (3 mins - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks)
Production
-“Death from Below: Fox Studios, Los Angeles, 1996” -featurette (31 min)
-“In the Zone: The Basketball Scene” -featurette (7 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-“Unnatural Mutation: Creature Design” -featurette (26 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery,
Post-Production
-“Genetic Composition: Music” –featurette (13 mins)
-“Virtual Aliens: Computer Generated Imagery” -featurette (10 min)
-“A Matter of Scale: Miniature Photography” -featurette (23 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“Critical Juncture: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (14 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC NINE
Bonus Disc
Alien (1979)
-“Alien Evolution” -documentary (64 min)
-“Experience in Terror” -1979 promotional featurette (7 min)
-Ridley Scott Q&A video (15 mins)
-“1992 Alien: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-2 theatrical trailers
-2 TV-spots
Aliens (1986)
-“1991 Aliens: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-Domestic trailer
-International trailer
-TV spot
Alien3 (1992)
-Advance featurette (3 min)
-5 theatrical trailers
-7 TV spots
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-4 TV-spots
Additional material
-“Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection” -featurette (17 min)
-Dark Horse Comics cover gallery
-PC & Mac compatible DVD-ROM features (including weblinks)
Booklet -
Aspect Ratio:Multi Aspect Ratio
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Picture Format:
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TV System:PAL
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Case type:Special Case
-
Notes:9-disc digipack box set.
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Easter eggs:(These are TBC):
*Disc 2: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien": 5-25-79. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 4: Go to the "Post-Production" area. Navigate up from "The Final Countdown" -featurette selection, and highlight an icon at the top of the screen. Press "enter": You´ll get "A Boy and His Power Loader" -featurette (9 min)
*Disc 4: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Aliens": 7-18-86. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 5: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien3": 5-22-92. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 8: "DVD production credits"
*Disc 8: Go the second page of extras in this section, and navigate to the "back" selection. Then navigate "down". You'll highlight one of the icons on the top of the screen. Press "enter" and you'll be treated to another featurette. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
Alien (1979)
*1979 Theatrical Release
*2003 Director's Cut (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt (ONLY in the "1979 Theatrical Release")
Introduction to “2003 Director's Cut” by director Ridley Scott
English HoH subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic PAL
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC TWO
”The Beast Within: The Making of Alien”
Pre-Production
-“Star Beast: Developing the Story” –featurette (18 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Dan O'Bannon (with additional introduction notes by O'Bannon)
-“The Visualists: Direction and Design” -featurette (17 min)
-Ridleygrams gallery (Ridley Scott's original storyboards)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by artist, inc. Cobb, Foss, Moebius and Giger)
-“Truckers in Space: Casting” -featurette (15 min)
-Sigourney Weaver's screen test footage (4 mins)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios, 1978” -featurette (24 mins)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity polaroids gallery
-“The Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and the Alien Planet” -featurette (17 min)
-Set photo gallery
-“The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design” -featurette (31 min)
-Chestburster multi-angle sequence (5 min - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks: Production audio or audio commentary by director Ridley Scott)
-H.R. Giger's Workshop photo gallery
Post-Production
-“Future Tense: Editing and Music” -featurette (16 min)
-7 deleted scenes (not added back in for the “Director's Cut”)
-“Outward Bound: Visual Effects” -featurette (19 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“A Nightmare Fulfilled: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (19 min)
-Poster explorations gallery
-Special shoot photo gallery
-Premiere photo gallery
DISC THREE
Aliens (1986)
*1986 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, Dennis Skotak, Pat McClung, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Christopher Henn and Carrie Henn (ONLY in the "Special Edition")
Introduction to Special Edition by director James Cameron
English HoH subtitles
1.85:1 anamorphic PAL
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC FOUR
”Superior Firepower: The Making of Aliens”
Pre-Production
-“57 Years Later: Continuing the Story” -featurette (11 min)
-Original treatment text by James Cameron
-“Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (a short series of video animatics, 3 mins - 2 angles with audio commentary by miniature effects supervisor Pat McClung)
-“Preparing for Battle: Casting and Characterization” -featurette (17 min)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“This Time It's War: Pinewood Studios, 1985” -featurette (19 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity Polaroids gallery
“The Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action” -featurette (15 min)
-Weapons and vehicles photo gallery
-“Bug Hunt: Creature Design” -featurette (16 min)
-“Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Queen Alien” -featurette (22 min)
-Stan Winston's Workshop photo gallery
-“Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn” -featurette (14 min)
Post-Production
-“The Final Countdown: Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-“The Power of Real Tech: Visual Effects” -featurette (28 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Aliens Unleashed: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (12 min)
-Film "finish and release" photo gallery
DISC FIVE
Alien3 (1992)
*1992 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(New) Audio commentary with cinematographer Alex Thomson, editor Terry Rawlings, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Richard Edlund, Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen (ONLY in the "1992 Theatrical Release")
English HoH subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic PAL
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC SIX
” The Making of Alien3”
Pre-Production
-“Development: Concluding the Story” –featurette (17 min)
-“Tales of the Wooden Planet: Vincent Ward's Vision” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Pre-Production: Part III” -featurette (11 min)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Xeno-Erotic: H.R. Giger's Re-Design” -featurette (10 min)
Production
-“Production: Part I” -featurette (18 min)
-Production photo gallery
-Furnace construction time-lapse sequence (4 min)
-“Adaptive Organism: Creature Design” -featurette (20 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery
-EEV Bioscan multi-angle video (2 mins - 6 angles with audio commentary by Alec Gillis)
-“Production: Part II” -featurette (14 mins)
-“Production: Part III” -featurette (8 min)
Post-Production
-“Optical Fury: Visual Effects” -featurette (23 min)
-“Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Post-Mortem: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (8 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC SEVEN
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
*1997 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Jean-Pierre Juenet, Hervè Schneid, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Pitof, Sylvain Desperetz, Ron Pearlman, Dominigue Pinon and Leland Orser (ONLY in the "1997 Theatrical Release")
Text introduction to “Special Edition”
English HoH subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic PAL
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC EIGHT
”One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection”
Pre-Production
-“From the Ashes: Reviving the Story” -featurette (10 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Joss Whedon
-“French Twist: Direction and Design” -featurette (26 min)
-“Under the Skin: Casting and Characterizations” -featurette (13 min)
-Creature, make-up and costume test footage (12 min)
-Marc Caro character design gallery
-Conceptual art gallery (organized by subject)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (3 mins - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks)
Production
-“Death from Below: Fox Studios, Los Angeles, 1996” -featurette (31 min)
-“In the Zone: The Basketball Scene” -featurette (7 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-“Unnatural Mutation: Creature Design” -featurette (26 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery,
Post-Production
-“Genetic Composition: Music” –featurette (13 mins)
-“Virtual Aliens: Computer Generated Imagery” -featurette (10 min)
-“A Matter of Scale: Miniature Photography” -featurette (23 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“Critical Juncture: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (14 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC NINE
Bonus Disc
Alien (1979)
-“Alien Evolution” -documentary (64 min)
-“Experience in Terror” -1979 promotional featurette (7 min)
-Ridley Scott Q&A video (15 mins)
-“1992 Alien: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-2 theatrical trailers
-2 TV-spots
Aliens (1986)
-“1991 Aliens: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-Domestic trailer
-International trailer
-TV spot
Alien3 (1992)
-Advance featurette (3 min)
-5 theatrical trailers
-7 TV spots
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-4 TV-spots
Additional material
-“Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection” -featurette (17 min)
-Dark Horse Comics cover gallery
-PC & Mac compatible DVD-ROM features (including weblinks)
Booklet -
Aspect Ratio:Multi Aspect Ratio
-
Picture Format:
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TV System:PAL
-
Case type:Special Case
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Notes:9-disc digipack box set.
It has come to our attention that some copies of this are missing the special edition cut of Aliens on disc 3. Instead, some cases have had the regular SE release disc but in. -
Easter eggs:*Disc 2: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien": 5-25-79. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 4: Go to the "Post-Production" area. Navigate up from "The Final Countdown" -featurette selection, and highlight an icon at the top of the screen. Press "enter": You´ll get "A Boy and His Power Loader" -featurette (9 min)
*Disc 4: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Aliens": 7-18-86. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 5: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien3": 5-22-92. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 8: "DVD production credits"
*Disc 8: Go the second page of extras in this section, and navigate to the "back" selection. Then navigate "down". You'll highlight one of the icons on the top of the screen. Press "enter" and you'll be treated to another featurette. -
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
Alien (1979)
*1979 Theatrical Release
*2003 Director's Cut (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt (Theatrical)
Introduction to “2003 Director's Cut” by director Ridley Scott
Optional deleted footage marker for “2003 Director's Cut” (When you activate this mode, the text "Director´s cut" will occasionally appear on the bottom right corner of the screen to identify every new scene)
Separate deleted and extended scene access for “Theatrical Release” (5 scenes, allow you to view the new material from the Director's Cut separately)
English and Spanish subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic NTSC
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
DISC TWO
”The Beast Within: The Making of Alien”
Pre-Production
-“Star Beast: Developing the Story” –featurette (18 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Dan O'Bannon (with additional introduction notes by O'Bannon)
-“The Visualists: Direction and Design” -featurette (17 min)
-Ridleygrams gallery (Ridley Scott's original storyboards)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by artist, inc. Cobb, Foss, Moebius and Giger)
-“Truckers in Space: Casting” -featurette (15 min)
-Sigourney Weaver's screen test footage (4 mins)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios, 1978” -featurette (24 mins)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity polaroids gallery
-“The Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and the Alien Planet” -featurette (17 min)
-Set photo gallery
-“The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design” -featurette (31 min)
-Chestburster multi-angle sequence (5 min - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks: Production audio or audio commentary by director Ridley Scott)
-H.R. Giger's Workshop photo gallery
Post-Production
-“Future Tense: Editing and Music” -featurette (16 min)
-7 deleted scenes (not added back in for the “Director's Cut”)
-“Outward Bound: Visual Effects” -featurette (19 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“A Nightmare Fulfilled: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (19 min)
-Poster explorations gallery
-Special shoot photo gallery
-Premiere photo gallery
DISC THREE
Aliens (1986)
*1986 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, Dennis Skotak, Pat McClung, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Christopher Henn and Carrie Henn (Thetarical versions)
Introduction to Special Edition by director James Cameron
Optional deleted footage marker for “Special Edition” (When you activate this mode, the text "Director´s cut" will occasionally appear on the bottom right corner of the screen to identify every new scene)
Separate deleted and extended scene access for “1986 Theatrical Release” (8 scenes, allow you to view the new material from the Special Edition separately)
English and Spanish subtitles
1.85:1 anamorphic NTSC
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 surround
DISC FOUR
”Superior Firepower: The Making of Aliens”
Pre-Production
-“57 Years Later: Continuing the Story” -featurette (11 min)
-Original treatment text by James Cameron
-“Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (a short series of video animatics, 3 mins - 2 angles with audio commentary by miniature effects supervisor Pat McClung)
-“Preparing for Battle: Casting and Characterization” -featurette (17 min)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“This Time It's War: Pinewood Studios, 1985” -featurette (19 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity Polaroids gallery
“The Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action” -featurette (15 min)
-Weapons and vehicles photo gallery
-“Bug Hunt: Creature Design” -featurette (16 min)
-“Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Queen Alien” -featurette (22 min)
-Stan Winston's Workshop photo gallery
-“Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn” -featurette (14 min)
Post-Production
-“The Final Countdown: Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-“The Power of Real Tech: Visual Effects” -featurette (28 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Aliens Unleashed: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (12 min)
-Film "finish and release" photo gallery
DISC FIVE
Alien3 (1992)
*1992 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(New) Audio commentary with cinematographer Alex Thomson, editor Terry Rawlings, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Richard Edlund, Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen (Theatrical versions)
Text introduction to “Special Edition”
Optional deleted footage marker for “Special Edition” (When you activate this mode, the text "Director´s cut" will occasionally appear on the bottom right corner of the screen to identify every new scene)
Separate deleted and extended scene access for “1992 Theatrical Release” (26 scenes, allow you to view the new material from the Special Edition separately)
English and Spanish subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic NTSC
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 surround
DISC SIX
” The Making of Alien3”
Pre-Production
-“Development: Concluding the Story” –featurette (17 min)
-“Tales of the Wooden Planet: Vincent Ward's Vision” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Pre-Production: Part III” -featurette (11 min)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Xeno-Erotic: H.R. Giger's Re-Design” -featurette (10 min)
Production
-“Production: Part I” -featurette (18 min)
-Production photo gallery
-Furnace construction time-lapse sequence (4 min)
-“Adaptive Organism: Creature Design” -featurette (20 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery
-EEV Bioscan multi-angle video (2 mins - 6 angles with audio commentary by Alec Gillis)
-“Production: Part II” -featurette (14 mins)
-“Production: Part III” -featurette (8 min)
Post-Production
-“Optical Fury: Visual Effects” -featurette (23 min)
-“Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Post-Mortem: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (8 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC SEVEN
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
*1997 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Jean-Pierre Juenet, Hervè Schneid, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Pitof, Sylvain Desperetz, Ron Pearlman, Dominigue Pinon and Leland Orser (Theatrical versions)
Text introduction to “Special Edition”
Optional deleted footage marker for “Special Edition” (When you activate this mode, the text "Director´s cut" will occasionally appear on the bottom right corner of the screen to identify every new scene)
Separate deleted and extended scene access for “1997 Theatrical Release” (10 scenes, allow you to view the new material from the Special Edition separately)
English and Spanish subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic NTSC
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 surround
DISC EIGHT
”One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection”
Pre-Production
-“From the Ashes: Reviving the Story” -featurette (10 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Joss Whedon
-“French Twist: Direction and Design” -featurette (26 min)
-“Under the Skin: Casting and Characterizations” -featurette (13 min)
-Creature, make-up and costume test footage (12 min)
-Marc Caro character design gallery
-Conceptual art gallery (organized by subject)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (3 mins - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks)
Production
-“Death from Below: Fox Studios, Los Angeles, 1996” -featurette (31 min)
-“In the Zone: The Basketball Scene” -featurette (7 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-“Unnatural Mutation: Creature Design” -featurette (26 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery,
Post-Production
-“Genetic Composition: Music” –featurette (13 mins)
-“Virtual Aliens: Computer Generated Imagery” -featurette (10 min)
-“A Matter of Scale: Miniature Photography” -featurette (23 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“Critical Juncture: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (14 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC NINE
Bonus Disc
Alien (1979)
-“Alien Evolution” -documentary (64 min)
-“Experience in Terror” -1979 promotional featurette (7 min)
-Ridley Scott Q&A video (15 mins)
-“1992 Alien: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-2 theatrical trailers
-2 TV-spots
Aliens (1986)
-“1991 Aliens: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-Domestic trailer
-International trailer
-TV spot
Alien3 (1992)
-Advance featurette (3 min)
-5 theatrical trailers
-7 TV spots
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-4 TV-spots
Additional material
-“Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection” -featurette (17 min)
-Dark Horse Comics cover gallery
-PC & Mac compatible DVD-ROM features:
-"Interactive Script" (for all four films)
-Web links
Booklet -
Subtitles:Bahasa, Chinese, English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai and Tagalog
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Aspect Ratio:Multi Aspect Ratio
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Picture Format:
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TV System:NTSC
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:9-disc box set in 2 fold-out digipack packaging, with slipcase and "liner notes" -booklet.
All the extras have optional Korean, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish subtitles, except the commentaries, which only have Korean subtitles. -
Easter eggs:*Disc 2: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien": 5-25-79. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 4: Go to the "Post-Production" area. Navigate up from "The Final Countdown" -featurette selection, and highlight an icon at the top of the screen. Press "enter": You´ll get "A Boy and His Power Loader" -featurette (9 min)
*Disc 4: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Aliens": 7-18-86. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 5: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien3": 5-22-92. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 8: "DVD production credits"
*Disc 8: Go the second page of extras in this section, and navigate to the "back" selection. Then navigate "down". You'll highlight one of the icons on the top of the screen. Press "enter" and you'll be treated to another featurette. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
Alien (1979)
*1979 Theatrical Release
*2003 Director's Cut (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt (ONLY in the "1979 Theatrical Release")
Introduction to “2003 Director's Cut” by director Ridley Scott
English HoH, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic PAL
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC TWO
”The Beast Within: The Making of Alien”
Pre-Production
-“Star Beast: Developing the Story” –featurette (18 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Dan O'Bannon (with additional introduction notes by O'Bannon)
-“The Visualists: Direction and Design” -featurette (17 min)
-Ridleygrams gallery (Ridley Scott's original storyboards)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by artist, inc. Cobb, Foss, Moebius and Giger)
-“Truckers in Space: Casting” -featurette (15 min)
-Sigourney Weaver's screen test footage (4 mins)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios, 1978” -featurette (24 mins)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity polaroids gallery
-“The Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and the Alien Planet” -featurette (17 min)
-Set photo gallery
-“The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design” -featurette (31 min)
-Chestburster multi-angle sequence (5 min - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks: Production audio or audio commentary by director Ridley Scott)
-H.R. Giger's Workshop photo gallery
Post-Production
-“Future Tense: Editing and Music” -featurette (16 min)
-7 deleted scenes (not added back in for the “Director's Cut”)
-“Outward Bound: Visual Effects” -featurette (19 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“A Nightmare Fulfilled: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (19 min)
-Poster explorations gallery
-Special shoot photo gallery
-Premiere photo gallery
DISC THREE
Aliens (1986)
*1986 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, Dennis Skotak, Pat McClung, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Christopher Henn and Carrie Henn (ONLY in the "Special Edition")
Introduction to Special Edition by director James Cameron
English HoH, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles
1.85:1 anamorphic PAL
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC FOUR
”Superior Firepower: The Making of Aliens”
Pre-Production
-“57 Years Later: Continuing the Story” -featurette (11 min)
-Original treatment text by James Cameron
-“Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (a short series of video animatics, 3 mins - 2 angles with audio commentary by miniature effects supervisor Pat McClung)
-“Preparing for Battle: Casting and Characterization” -featurette (17 min)
-Cast portrait gallery
Production
-“This Time It's War: Pinewood Studios, 1985” -featurette (19 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-Continuity Polaroids gallery
“The Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action” -featurette (15 min)
-Weapons and vehicles photo gallery
-“Bug Hunt: Creature Design” -featurette (16 min)
-“Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Queen Alien” -featurette (22 min)
-Stan Winston's Workshop photo gallery
-“Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn” -featurette (14 min)
Post-Production
-“The Final Countdown: Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-“The Power of Real Tech: Visual Effects” -featurette (28 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Aliens Unleashed: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (12 min)
-Film "finish and release" photo gallery
DISC FIVE
Alien3 (1992)
*1992 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(New) Audio commentary with cinematographer Alex Thomson, editor Terry Rawlings, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Richard Edlund, Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen (ONLY in the "1992 Theatrical Release")
English HoH, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic PAL
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC SIX
” The Making of Alien3”
Pre-Production
-“Development: Concluding the Story” –featurette (17 min)
-“Tales of the Wooden Planet: Vincent Ward's Vision” -featurette (13 min)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Pre-Production: Part III” -featurette (11 min)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Conceptual artwork gallery (organized by subject)
-“Xeno-Erotic: H.R. Giger's Re-Design” -featurette (10 min)
Production
-“Production: Part I” -featurette (18 min)
-Production photo gallery
-Furnace construction time-lapse sequence (4 min)
-“Adaptive Organism: Creature Design” -featurette (20 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery
-EEV Bioscan multi-angle video (2 mins - 6 angles with audio commentary by Alec Gillis)
-“Production: Part II” -featurette (14 mins)
-“Production: Part III” -featurette (8 min)
Post-Production
-“Optical Fury: Visual Effects” -featurette (23 min)
-“Music, Editing and Sound” -featurette (15 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
“Post-Mortem: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (8 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC SEVEN
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
*1997 Theatrical Release
*Special Edition (dual versions available via seamless branching)
THX certified
THX Optimizer
(new) Audio commentary with director Jean-Pierre Juenet, Hervè Schneid, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Pitof, Sylvain Desperetz, Ron Pearlman, Dominigue Pinon and Leland Orser (ONLY in the "1997 Theatrical Release")
Text introduction to “Special Edition”
English HoH, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles
2.35:1 anamorphic PAL
English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC EIGHT
”One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection”
Pre-Production
-“From the Ashes: Reviving the Story” -featurette (10 min)
-First draft screenplay text by Joss Whedon
-“French Twist: Direction and Design” -featurette (26 min)
-“Under the Skin: Casting and Characterizations” -featurette (13 min)
-Creature, make-up and costume test footage (12 min)
-Marc Caro character design gallery
-Conceptual art gallery (organized by subject)
-Storyboard gallery (organized by scene)
-Multi-angle previsualizations (3 mins - 3 angles with 2 audio tracks)
Production
-“Death from Below: Fox Studios, Los Angeles, 1996” -featurette (31 min)
-“In the Zone: The Basketball Scene” -featurette (7 min)
-Production photo gallery (organized by subject)
-“Unnatural Mutation: Creature Design” -featurette (26 min)
-A.D.I.'s Workshop photo gallery,
Post-Production
-“Genetic Composition: Music” –featurette (13 mins)
-“Virtual Aliens: Computer Generated Imagery” -featurette (10 min)
-“A Matter of Scale: Miniature Photography” -featurette (23 min)
-Visual effects photo gallery
-“Critical Juncture: Reaction to the Film” -featurette (14 min)
-Special shoot photo gallery
DISC NINE
Bonus Disc
Alien (1979)
-“Alien Evolution” -documentary (64 min)
-“Experience in Terror” -1979 promotional featurette (7 min)
-Ridley Scott Q&A video (15 mins)
-“1992 Alien: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-2 theatrical trailers
-2 TV-spots
Aliens (1986)
-“1991 Aliens: Special Widescreen Collector's Edition” laserdisc archive: contains all still and video material from LD release, accessible in the original linear experience format of through a table of contents
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-Domestic trailer
-International trailer
-TV spot
Alien3 (1992)
-Advance featurette (3 min)
-5 theatrical trailers
-7 TV spots
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
-Teaser trailer
-Theatrical trailer
-4 TV-spots
Additional material
-“Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection” -featurette (17 min)
-Dark Horse Comics cover gallery
-PC & Mac compatible DVD-ROM features (including weblinks)
Booklet -
Aspect Ratio:Multi Aspect Ratio
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Picture Format:
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TV System:PAL
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Region 2/4 encoded. 9-disc digipack box set.
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Easter eggs:*Disc 2: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien": 5-25-79. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 4: Go to the "Post-Production" area. Navigate up from "The Final Countdown" -featurette selection, and highlight an icon at the top of the screen. Press "enter": You´ll get "A Boy and His Power Loader" -featurette (9 min)
*Disc 4: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Aliens": 7-18-86. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 5: Go to the “Navigation Options” –page. Use the number pad on your DVD player's remote to enter the U.S. theatrical release date for the "Alien3": 5-22-92. You´ll get the "DVD production credits".
*Disc 8: "DVD production credits"
*Disc 8: Go the second page of extras in this section, and navigate to the "back" selection. Then navigate "down". You'll highlight one of the icons on the top of the screen. Press "enter" and you'll be treated to another featurette. -
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OVERALL: R1
Region 1 allows you to listen to the audio commentary with either version of the film, but on the regions 2/4, the tracks are available only on: "Theatrical Release" of "Alien", "Special Edition" of "Aliens", "Theatrical Release" of "Alien 3", and "Theatrical Release" of "Alien: Resurrection". Further more, on the Region 1 discs, you can view an optional "deleted footage" marker, and you´re also able to view the "deleted footage" from the theatrical cut's "Supplements menu". Both of these options are missing from the Region 2/4 discs. R2/R4 are also missing the DVD-ROM feature "Interactive Script", and the text introduction to Special Edition of the "Alien3" . Both cover and menu designs differ slightly between the region 1 and region 2/4 discs.
Note, that in the R2 Japanese box set, ALL the 4 films are presented with an English DTS-track, but DTS takes a lot of space and this box set loses the "Theatrical version" for Aliens and Alien 3, along with the audio commentary for Alien 3. The DTS shows improvements in Aliens, but is on par in Alien 3.
General notes:
These following extra-features ARE missing from all of "The Alien Quadrilogy" -box sets (these are in "The Alien Legacy" box set):
-Original audio commentary track by Ridley Scott (from "Alien") (new commentary with the director has been recorded)
-Jerry Goldsmith's isolated score (from "Alien")
-The alternate music and production audio track (from "Alien")
-The alien life-cycle and Nostromo crew bios (2 "easter eggs" from "Alien")
-"Making of" -featurette (from "Alien3")
-"Making of" -featurette (from "Alien: Resurrection")
-"The Alien Legacy" -documentary (from the "bonus disc")
++AMC's "The Alien Saga" (This wasn´t on the previous box set, but it´s currently available on R1 DVD from "Image Entertainment"). Note, that the "Interview with James Cameron" (from "Aliens") IS on "The Alien Quadrilogy" -box set, and can be found under the "Aliens: laserdisc archive" (divided in 2 parts).
Also:
There are no DTS-tracks on "Aliens" and "Alien3" (except on R2 Japanese), and of the four directors involved in these films, only David Fincher declined to participate in the "Quadrilogy" -production. Also, the Rewind user DannyS has confirmed, that the "Alien Evolution” -documentary on disc 9 (64 min) is shortened and re-edited from the original Channel 4 broadcast (UK television). The version on "the Alien Quadrilogy" extends the interviews focusing on "Alien" (to cover the time), but is eliminating all interviews of "Aliens", "Alien3" and "Alien: Resurrection", and Mark Kermode (other than narration at the start of the documentary).
For more info, check out these great reviews:R1 US - The Digital Bits
OTHER COMPARISONS:
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CUTS:
- R1 America - (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment) - No cuts
- R2 Holland- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts
- R2 Japan - (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment) - No cuts
- R2 Scandinavia - (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment) - No cuts
- R2 United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts
- R3 Korea- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No Cuts
- R4 Australia - (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment) - No cuts
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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 05/11/03
Comparison last updated by Samuel_Scott on 26/03/08UPDATE LOG:
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