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DVD Guide 5 Agata and the Storm-Airplane II


AGATA AND THE STORM
AKA: Agata e la tempesta
VERSION: Mongrel; Festival Collection
CAST: Licia Maglietta, Giuseppe Battiston, Emilio Solfrizzi, Marina Massironi, Claudio Santamaria
DIRECTOR: Silvio Soldini                
WRITERS: Doriana Leondeff, Francesco Piccolo, Silvio Soldini (story/screenplay)
GENRE: Comedy, Drama
NOTES: An aging bookstore owner finds herself pursued by a younger man
LANGUAGES: Italian (spoken); English (sub-titles)
FEATURES: About Mongrel Media (text)
DATE/TIME/RATING: 2004, 120/2h, 14A Can

AGENTS SECRETS
AKA: Secret Agents, Spy Bound
VERSION: TFM/Eureka; Chinese version; Widescreen
CAST: Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci
DIRECTOR: Frédéric Schoendoerffer
WRITER: Yann Brion, Jean Cosmos, Olivier Douyère, Frédéric Schoendoerffer, Ludovic Schoendoerffer    
GENRE: Thriller
NOTES: A team of secret agents find themselves betrayed by their superiors
LANGUAGES: French (spoken); English, Chinese (sub-titles)
FEATURES: None
DATE/TIME/RATING: 2004, 109/1h49, Unrated, about 14A

A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AKA: AI, Artificial Intelligence: AI
VERSION: DreamWorks, Two-Disc Special Edition
CAST: Haley Joe Osment, Jude Law, Frances O’Connor, Brendan Gleeson, William Hurt, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas, Ken Leung, Michael Mantell, Michael Berresse, Kathryn Morris, Adrian Grenier, Clark Gregg, Kevin Sussman, Erica Heenan, Jack Angel, Robin Williams, Chris Rock, Meryl Streep
DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg 
WRITER: Ian Watson (screen story), Brian Aldiss (short story), Steven Speilberg (screenplay)
GENRE: Science Fiction
NOTES: A robot boy goes on a quest to become human
AWARDS WON: Saturn Award (Best Music, Best Performance by a Younger Actor, Best Science Fiction Film, Best Special Effects, Best Writing); BMI Film Music Award; Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award (Best Character Hair Styling – Feature); Veniuce Film Festival Future Film Festival Digital Award; World Soundtrack Awards (Public Choice Award, WSA Soundtrack Composer of the Year), Young Artist Awards (Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor)
AWARDS NOMINATED: AFI Film Award (AFI Cinematographer of the Year, AFI Digital Effects Artist of the Year, AFI Featured Actor of the Year - Female – Movies, AFI Production Designer of the Year); Oscar (Best Effects, Visual Effects; Best Music, Original Score); Saturn Award (Best DVD Special Edition Release, Best Actress, Best Direction);  Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award (Feature Film - Period or Fantasy Films), Award of the Japanese Academy (Best Foreign Film); BAFTA Film Award (Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects), BFCA Award (Best Composer, Best Young Actor/Actress); CFCA Award (Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Supporting Actor), DVD Premiere Award (Best Overall New Extra Features, New Release); Empire Award (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Film), Golden Globe (Best Director - Motion Picture; Best Original Score - Motion Picture; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture), Grammy (Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media); Golden Reel Award (Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and A.D.R., Domestic Feature Film; Best Sound Editing - Effects and Foley, Domestic Feature Film), OFCS Award (Best Cinematography; Best Original Score; Best Screenplay, Adapted; Best Supporting Actor); World Soundtrack Award (WSA Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film; WSA Best Original Soundtrack of the Year), Young Artist Award (Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor)
BOOKLET: 4 pages including 1 page ad
Disk One:
LANGUAGES: English/3 types, French (spoken); English, French, Spanish (subtitles)
CHAPTERS: 32 
FEATURES: Creating A.I.
Disk Two:
LANGUAGES: English (spoken); English, French, Spanish (subtitles)
FEATURES: Acting A.I. (A Portrait of David, A Portrait of Gigolo Joe), Designing A.I. (A.I.: From Drawings to Sets, Dressing A.I.), Lighting A.I., Special Effects, Robots of A.I., Special Visual Effects and Animation: ILM, The Sound and Music of A.I. (Sound Design, The Music), Closing: Steven Spielberg: Our Responsibility to Artificial Intelligence, A.I. Archives (Theatrical Trailers, Storyboards, Chris Baker’s Portfolio, Production Design Portfolio, ILM Portfolio, Portrait Gallery Photographs, Steven Spielberg Behind the Scenes Photographs), Cast, Filmmakers, Production Notes
DATE/TIME/RATING: 2001, 145/2h25, PG-13 US/14A Can
All documentaries:
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Laurent Bouzerau
DATE: 2002
AI: A Portrait of David:
CAST: Haley Joel Osment, Stanley Kubrick, Jude Law, Frances O’Connor, Sam Robards, Steven Spielberg
AI: A Portrait of Gigolo Joe:
CAST: Jude Law, Fracnesca Jaynes, Stanley Kubrick, Haley Joel Osment, Steven Spielberg, Stan Wintson
AI: From Drawings to Sets:
CAST: Chris Baker, Rick Carter, Stanely Kubrick, Haley Joel Osment, Steven Spielberg
Lighting AI:
CAST: Janusz Kaminski
TIME: 4
AI/FX:
CAST: Rick Carter, Michael Lantieri, Jude Law, Haley Joel Osment, Steven Spielberg, Jack Thomas
TIME: 8
Animating AI:
CAST: Jack Angel, Hal T. Hickel, Ben Kingsley, Haley Joel Osment, Christopher Townsend, Robin Williams
TIME: 9
Dressing AI:
CAST: Jude Law, Fracnes O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Steven Spielberg, Bob Ringwood
TIME: 6
Music of AI:
CAST: Stanley Kubrick, Haley Joel Osment, Steven Spielberg, John Williams
TIME: 6
Sound of AI:
CAST: Jack Angel, Ben Kingsley, Haley Joel Osment, Chris Rock, Gary Rydstrom, Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams
TIME: 7
The Robots of AI:
CAST: Jack Angel, Jude Law, Lindsay MacGowan, Ve Neill, Haley Joel Osment, Alan Scott, Steven Spielberg, Stan Winston
TIME: 14
Creating A.I.
CAST: Steven Spielberg, Bonnie Curtis, Jan Harlna, Kathleen Kennedy
AWARDS NOMINATED: DVD Premiere Award (Original Retrospective Documentary, New Release)
DATE: 2002

AILEEN: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER: THE 2002
INTERVIEWS
VERSION: Columbia Tri-Star/DEJ; Fullscreen as Aired
CAST: Nick Broomfield, Aileen Wuornos
DIRECTOR: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
GENRE: Documentary
NOTES: A look at the final days of a convicted serial killer, including interviews with her; at this point she clearly believes that the police aided in her killing
LANGUAGES: English (spoken); French (subtitles)
CHAPTERS: 24
FEATURES: Theatrical Trailers: Monster, Trapped, In the Cut
DATE/TIME/RATING: 2003, 89/1h29, R US/14A Can

AILEEN WUORNOS: THE SELLING OF A SERIAL KILLER: THE 1992 INTERVIEWS
VERSION: Velocity/DEJ; Fullscreen as Aired
CAST: Nick Broomfield, Arlene Pralle, Steven Glazer, Aileen Wuornos
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Nick Broomfield
GENRE: Documentary
NOTES: A documentor investigating serial killer Aileen Wuornos discovers greed from people  attached to the case
LANGUAGES: English (spoken);  no subtitles
CHAPTERS:
FEATURES: Monster TV Spot
DATE/TIME/RATING: 1992, 88/1h28, R US/14A Can

THE AIR I BREATHE
VERSION: Seville; Widescreen
CAST: Kevin Bacon, Julie Delpy, Brendan Fraser, Andy Garcia, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Clark Gregg, Emile Hirsch, Forest Whitaker
DIRECTOR: Jieho Lee
WRITER: Jieho Lee, Bob DeRosa
GENRE: Drama, Action
NOTES: Four desperate people’s lives converge
LANGUAGES: English (spokenx2/sub-titles)
COMMENTARY: Director/Co-Writer Jieho Lee, Co-Writer Bob DeRosa, Director of Photography Walt Lloyd, Editor Robert Hoffman
OTHER FEATURES: Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, Theatrical Trailer
DATE/TIME/RATING: 2007, 95/1h35, R US/18A Can

AIR INDIA 182
VERSION: CBC; Widescreen
CAST: Gurpreet Chana, Ujjal Dosanjh, Rob Forbes, Michael Hamper, Jack Hooper, Baljinder Singh, Sarabjeet Singh, Justin Ward, Kelly-Marie Murtha
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Sturla Gunnarsson
GENRE: Documentary, Drama
NOTES: Partly dramatized documentary of an ill-fated flight from Montreal to London/Delhi
LANGUAGES: Englishx2 (spoken); French (sub-titles)
FEATURES: Epilogue, Additional Interviews, RCMP Tape (Inderjit Singh Reyat Interrogation), Shannon Air Traffic Control Recording
DATE/TIME/RATING: 2008, 97/1h37, Unrated (about 14A)

AIRPLANE!
AKA: Flying High, Kentucky Fried Airplane
VERSION: Paramount (original)
CAST: Robert Hays, Julie Haggerty, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Lorna Patterson, Stephen Stucker, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jim Abrahams, Frank Ashmore, Jonathan Banks, Craig Berenson, Barbara Billingsley
DIRECTOR: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
WRITER: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker; Arthur Hailey (Flight into Danger teleplay, Zero Hour screenplay), Hall Bartlett, John C. Champion (Zero Hour screenplay)
GENRE: Comedy
NOTES: Spoof of disaster flicks; passengers on a plane start contracting food poison
BOOKLET: 2 pages
LANGUAGES: English, French (spoken); English (subtitles)
CHAPTERS: 26
COMMENTARY: Producer Jon Davison, Writers/Directors Jim Abarahams, Jerry Zucker, David Zucker
OTHER FEATURES: Theatrical Trailer
DATE/TIME/RATING: 1980, 87/1h27, PG US/14A Can

AIRPLANE!
VERSION: Paramount; Don’t Call Me Shirley Edition
AKA/CAST/DIRECTOR/WRITER/NOTES/COMMENTARY/DATE/TIME/RATING/URLs: as Original
BOOKLET: 1 page doll ad
LANGUAGES: Englishx2, French (spoken); English, Spanish (sub-titles)
OTHER FEATURES: Long Haul Version (inserts Interviews, Deleted Scenes), Trivia Track, Theatrical Trailer

AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL
CAST: Robert Hays, Julie Haggerty, William Shatner, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, Sonny Bono, Raymond Burr, Chuck Connors, Rip Torn, John Dehner, Kent McCord, James A Watson Jr., Stephen Strucker, John Vernon, Al White
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Ken Finkleman
GENRE: Comedy
NOTES: disaster flick spoof taking place on a space shuttle
BOOKLET: 2 pages
LANGUAGES: English, French (spoken); English (subtitles)
CHAPTERS: 15
FEATURES: None
DATE/TIME/RATING: 1982, 84/1h24, PG US/14A Can

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