ALIEN BLOOD
VERSION: Troma; Director’s Cut
CAST: Francesca Manning, Glyn Whiteside, Vanessa
Stevens, Catherine Whitaker, Penelope Dudley, Tony Hunt, Rebecca Stirling,
Catherine Whitaker,
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Jon Sorensen
GENRE: Science Fiction
NOTES: A hunted pregnant alien and her daughter seek
refuge in a mansion
BOOKLET: 3 pages; 2 pages ads
LANGUAGES: English (spoken); no subtitles
CHAPTERS: 9
FEATURES: Introduction (Lloyd Kaufman), Other Film
Trailers, DVD Credits, Alien Blood Pop Promo, Jon sorenson Man of Mystery,
Alien Blood Location Footage, Radiation March
DATING/TIME/RATING: 1999, 81/1h21; about R
ALIEN DEAD
AKA: It Fell from the Sky, Swamp
of the Blood Leeches
VERSION: Retromedia; 25th
Anniversary Edition; Widescreen
CAST: Buster Crabbe, Ray
Roberts, Linda Lewis, George Kelsey, Mike Bonavia, Dennis Underwood
DIRECTOR: Fred Olen Ray
WRITER: Fred Olen Ray, Martin
Nicholas
GENRE: Science Fiction,
Horror
NOTES: A meteor lands in a
swamp, turning people into zombies
LANGUAGES: English (spoken);
no sub-titles
CHAPTERS: 6
COMMENTARY: Director/Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Co-Cinematographer
Fred Olen Ray
OTHER FEATURES: Actors Reunion
(5m47), Stills Gallery
DATE/TIME/RATING 1980,
75/1h15, R US
ALIEN 51
VERSION: York; Fullscreen
CAST: Heidi Fleiss, Damián
Delgado, Phoebe Falconer, Sean Galuszka, Chase Hoyt, Mia Riverton
DIRECTOR: Paul Wynne, Brennon
Jones
WRITER: Brennon Jones
GENRE: Science Fiction,
Horror
NOTES: A monster created by
alien technology goes on a killing spree
LANGUAGES: English (spoken);
Spanish (sub-titles)
FEATURES: Behind the Scenes,
Trailers
DATE/TIME/RATING: 2004,
90/1h30, R US
ALIEN HUNTER
VERSION: Columbia Tri-Star; Special Edition
CAST: James Spader, Janine Eser, John Lynch, Leslie
Stefanson, Carl Lewis, Anthony Crivello, Roy Dotrice, Keir Dullea, Nikolai
Binev, Aimee Graham, Stuart Charno, Svelta Vasileva, Kaloian Vodenicharov,
George Stanchev, Rufus Dorsey, Woody Schultz
DIRECTOR: Ron Krauss
WRITER: J. S. Cardone (story/screenplay); Boaz
Davidson (story)
GENRE: Science Fiction
NOTES: An alien covered in a shell lands in Antarctica
LANGUAGES: English, French (spoken/subtitles)
CHAPTERS: 28
COMMENTARY: Director Ron Krauss (also optional in Deleted Scenes)
OTHER FEATURES: Deleted Scenes (9m35s), Alien Hunter:
Behind the Scenes (16m13s), Director’s Location Scout (10m24s), Storyboard
Comparisons (Corn Field, Michael’s Death, The Dome), Photo Gallery, Other Film
Trailers (Bad Boys II, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, Terminator 3: Rise of
the Machines)
DATE/TIME/RATING: 2003, 92/1h32, R US/14A Can
ALIEN
INVASION ARIZONA
AKA: The Salena Incident
VERSION: Lionsgate, Maple; Widescreen
CAST: Avery Clyde, Sam McConkey, James
Luca McBride, Larry 'Tank' Jones, Paulino Hemmer, Dan Southworth
DIRECTOR: Dustin Rikert
WRITER: Soon Hee Newbold, Dustin
Rikert
GENRE: Science Fiction
NOTES: Marines are sent to deal with
an alien threat in Salena, Arizona
LANGUAGES: Englishx2 (spoken);
English, Spanish (sub-titles)
FEATURE: Stills Gallery. Trailers
DATE/TIME/RATING: 2007, 87/1h27 R
US/18 A Can
ALIEN
NATION/ENEMY MINE DOUBLE FEATURE 2-DVD SET
VERSION: Fox
GENRE: Science Fiction
LANGUAGE: Englishx2, French (spoken);
English, Spanish (sub-titles)
Alien Nation disk
CAST: James Cann, Mandy Patinkin,
Terrence Stamp
DIRECTOR: Graham Baker
WRITER: Rockne S. O’Bannon
NOTES: A cop who hates aliens is
partnered with an alien cop
FEATURES: Featurette, Behind the
Scenes Short, Theatrical Trailer
DATE/TIME/RATING: 1988, 90/1h30, R
US/PG Can
Enemy Mine disk
CAST: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr.
DIRECTOR: Wolfgang Petersen
WRITER: Barry Longyear (story); Edward
Khmara(screenplay)
NOTES: Two warriors from opposing
worlds are marooned together on a hostile planet
FEATURES: Theatrical Trailer, Stills
DATE/TIME/RATING: 1985, 108/1h48,
PG-13 US/14A Can
ALIEN
NATION: THE COMPLETE SERIES
VERSION: Fox; Fullscreen as aired;
slipcased
CAST: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Terri
Treas, Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland, Sean Six, Jeffrey Marcus, Ron
Fassler
GENRE: Science Fiction
NOTES: A cop with a bit of prejudice
towards aliens gradually learns more about the alien culture after being teamed
with an alien cop.
LANGUAGES: English, Spanish
(spoken/sub-titles)
Disc
One Side A:
EPISODE: Alien Nation: The TV Movie
(Pilot)
DIRECTOR/WRITER: Kenneth Johnson
COMMENTARY:
Writer/Director/Narrator/Executive Producer Kenneth
Johnson
Disc
One Side B:
EPISODES/DIRECTOR/WRITER:
·
Fountain of Youth/John
McPherson/Diane Frolov
·
Little Lost Lamb/Kevin
Hooks/Diane Frolov
Disc
Two Side A:
EPISODES/DIRECTOR/WRITER:
·
Fifteen with Wanda/Rob
Bowman/Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
·
The Takeover/Steve
Dubin/Tom Chehak
Disc
Two Side B:
EPISODES/DIRECTOR/WRITER:
·
The First Cigar/John
McPherson/Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
·
Night of the Screams/Gwen
Arner/Tom Chehak
Disc
Three Side A:
EPISODES/DIRECTOR/WRITER:
·
Contact/John
McPherson/Joe Menosky
·
Three to Tango/Stan
Lathan/Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
Disc
Three Side B:
EPISODES/DIRECTOR/WRITER:
·
The Game/David
Carson/Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
·
Chains of Love/Harry
Longstreet/Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
Disc
Four Side A:
EPISODES/DIRECTOR/WRITER:
·
The Red Room/Chuck
Bowman/Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
·
The Spirit of ‘95/Harry
Longstreet/Tom Chehak
Disc
Four Side B:
EPISODES/DIRECTOR/WRITER:
·
Generation to
Generation/John McPherson/Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
·
Eyewitness News/Lyndon
Chubbuck/Charles S. Kaufman, Larry B. Williams
Disc
Five Side A:
EPISODES/DIRECTOR/WRITER:
·
Partners/Stan
Lathan/David Garber, Bruce Kalish
·
Real Men/John
McPherson/Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
Disc
Five Side B:
EPISODES/DIRECTOR/WRITER:
·
Crossing the Line/Gwen
Arner/Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
·
Rebirth/Tom Chehak/Tom
Chehak
Disc
Six Side A:
EPISODES/DIRECTOR/WRITER:
·
Gimme, Gimme/David
Carson/Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov
·
The Touch/Harry
Longstreet/Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle
Disc
Six Side B:
EPISODE/DIRECTOR/WRITER:
·
Green Eyes/Tom
Chehak/Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider
FEATURE: Behind the Scenes
DATE/TIME/RATING: 1989-90, 989/16h29
total, about PG
ALIEN
NATION: ULTIMATE MOVIE COLLECTION
VERSION: Fox; Fullscreen as airedd;
slipcased
CAST: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Terri
Treas, Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland, Sean Six, Jeffrey Marcus, Ron
Fassler
GENRE: Science Fiction
NOTES: Further adventures of the
alien/human cop team.
LANGUAGES: English, Spanish
(spoken/sub-titles)
COMMENTARY:
Director/Executive Producer Kenneth Johnson
OTHER FEATURES: Making of (except
Udara), Still Galleries
Disc/Side/TV
MOVIE/WRITER/OTHER FEATURES IF ANY/DATE/TIME:
·
1/-/Alien Nation:
Dark Horizon/Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider/Gag Reel/1994/93 1h33
·
2/A/Alien Nation:
Body and Soul/Andrew Schneider, Diane Frolov, Harry Longstreet, Renee
Longstreet/Gag Reel
·
2/B/Alien Nation:
Millennium/Kenneth Johnson/Gag Reel, Storyboards
·
3/A/Alien Nation:
The Enemy Within/Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider/-
·
3/B/Alien Nation:
The Udara Legacy/Renee Longstreet, Harry Longstreet/A Family Gathering
DATE/TIME/RATING: 1994-97, 455/7h25
total, PG Can
ALIEN
QUADRILOGY
VERSION: Fox
GENRE:
Science Fiction, Horror
BOOKLET: 24
pages
LANGUAGES:
English, French (spoken); English, Spanish (subtitles) (Features discs);’
English (spoken); no subtitles (extras discs)
RATING: R
US/18A Can
ALIEN
Disc One Theatrical & 2003 Director’s Cut
CAST: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver,
Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto
DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott
WRITER: Dan O’Bannon (story/screenplay);
Ronald Shusett (story)
NOTES: An exploratory spaceship returning to
Earth encounters a monster while answering a distress call
CHAPTERS: 40
COMMENTARY: Director
Ridley Scott, Writer Dan O’Bannon, Executive Producer/Writer Ronald Shusett,
Editor Terry Rawlings, Actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerrritt, Veronica
Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt (both versions)
OTHER FEATURES: Deleted/Extended Scenes Index
(Theatrical), Ridley Scott Introduction, Deleted Footage Marker (Director’s
Cut)
DATE/TIME: 1979, 117/1h57 Theatrical;
116/1h56 Director’s Cut
ALIEN
Disc 2 Supplemental
COMMENTARY: Director
Ridley Scott (optional: Sigourney Weaver Screen Test, Chestburster)
FEATURES: Pre-Production [Star Beast:
Developing the Story 18m12; The Visualists: Direction and Design 16m54,
Truckers in Space: Casting 14m56, Sigourney Weaver Screen Test 5m45, Still
Photo
Galleries (First Draft Original Screenplay by Dan O’Bannon, Ridleygrams:
Original Thumbnails and Notes, Storyboard Archives, Art of Alien, Cast Portrait
Gallery)], Production [Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios 1978 24m6, The
Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and Alien Planet 17m29, The Eighth Passenger:
Creature Design 31m36, The Chestburster: Creature Design; Multi-Angle; Still
Photo Galleries (Production Gallery, The Sets of Alien, H.R. Giger’s
Workshop)], Post-Production [Future Tense: Music and Editing 16m24, Outward
Bound: Visual Effects 19m13, A Nightmare Fulfilled: Raction to the Films 23m24,
7 Deleted & Extended Scenes, Still Photo Galleries (Visual Effects Gallery,
Poster Exploration, Special Promotional Shoot, Premiere)]
ALIENS
Disc 3 Theatrical & 1991 Extended
Versions
CAST: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Bill
Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn, Christopher Henn
DIRECTOR: James Cameron
WRITER: James Cameron (story/screenplay),
David Giler, Walter Hill (story)
NOTES: A survivor from the first film is
recruited for an attack on the alien’s planet
CHAPTERS: 44
COMMENTARY: Director/Writer
James Cameron, Producer Gale Anne Hurd, Alien Effects Creator Stan Winston,
Visual Effects Supervisor Robert Stotak, Dennis Stotak, Miniature Effects
Supervisor Pat McClung, Actors Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen,
Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn, Christopher Henn (both versions)
OTHER FEATURES: Deleted/Extended Scenes Index
(Theatrical), James Cameron Introduction, Deleted Footage Marker (Director’s
Cut)
DATE/TIME: 1986, 137/2h17 Theatrical,
154/2h34 Extended
ALIENS
Disc 4 Supplemental
COMMENTARY: James
Cameron (optional: Pre-Visualizations)
FEATURES: Pre-Production [57 Years Later:
Continuing the Story 11m2, Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction
13m28, Preparing for Battle: Casting & Characterization: 17m3,
Pre-Visualization: Multi-Angle Videomatics, Still Photo Galleries (Original
Treatment by James Cameron, The Art of Aliens Conceptual Art Portfolio, Cast
Portraits)], Production (This Time: It’s War: Pinewood Studies 1985 19m40, The
Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action 15m13, Bug Hunt: Creature Design 16m26,
Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Alien Queen 22m27, Two Orphans:
Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn 13m48,
Still Photo Galleries (production, Continuity Polaroids, Weapons and Vehicles.
Stan Winston’s Workshop)], Post-Production [The Final Countdown: Music, Editing
and Sound 15m31, The Power of Real tech: Visual Effects 26m17, Aliens
Unleashed: Reaction to the Film 12m32, Still Photo Galleries (Visual Effects
Gallery, Music Recordings, Premiere, Special Promotional Shoot)]
Alien³
Disc 5 Theatrical and 2003 Special Edition
CAST: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton,
Charles Dance, Lkance Henriksen, Paul McGann
DIRECTOR: David Fincher
WRITER: Vincent Ward (story), David Giler,
Walter Hill, Larry Ferguson (screenplay)
NOTES: A survivor from the previous films
finds herself on a prison planet
CHAPTERS: 44
COMMENTARY: Cinematographer
Alex Thomson, Editor Terry Rawlings, Alien Effects Designers Alec Gillis, Tom
Woodruff Jr., Visual Effects Producer Richard Edlund, Actor Paul McCann (both
versions)
OTHER FEATURES: Deleted/Extended Scenes Index
(Theatrical), Deleted Footage Marker (Director’s Cut)
DATE/TIME: 1992, 114/1h54 Theatrical,
144/2h24 Special Edition
Alien³
Disc 6 Supplemental
FEATURES: Pre-Production [Development:
Concluding the Story 16h58, Tales of the Wooden Planet: Vincent Ward’s Vision
13m11l, Pre-Production Part III 11m40, Xeno-Erotic: H. R. Giger’s Redesign
10m20, Still Photo Galleries (The Art of Arccon: Conceptual Art Portfolio,
Storyboards, Art of Fiorina)], Production [Production Part I-III
18m1/14m39/8m53, Adaptive Organism: Creature Design 20m32, Furnace
Construction: Time Lapse Sequence 4m34, E.E.V. Multi-Scan Studt, Still Photo
Galleries (Production Gallery, A.D.I. Workshop)], Post-Production [Optical
Fury: Visual Effects 23m18, Music Editing and Sound 14m451, Post-Mortem:
Reaction to the Film 6m7, Still Photo Galleries (Visual Effectgs Gallery,
Special Promotional Shoot)]
ALIEN
RESURRECTION Disc 7 Theatrical
and 2003 Special Edition
CAST: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron
Perlman, Dan Hedaya, J.F. Freeman, Brad Dourif, Michael Wincott, Dominique
Pinon, Leland Orser
DIRECTOR: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
WRITER: Joss Whedon
NOTES: Scientists manage to replicate the
hero from the first three films
CHAPTERS: 32
COMMENTARY: Director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Editor Herve Schneidm Alien Effects Creator Alec Gillis,
tom Woodruff Jr., Visual Effects Supervisor Pitof, Conceptual Artist Sylvain
Despretz, Actors Ron Perkman, Dominique Pinon, Leland Orser (both versions)
OTHER FEATURES: Deleted/Extended Scenes Index
(Theatrical), Jean-Pierre Jeunet Introduction, Deleted Footage Marker
(Director’s Cut)
DATE/TIME: 1997, 109/1h49 Theatrical,
116/1h56 Special Edition
ALIEN
RESURRECTION Disc 8 Supplemental
COMMENTARY: Director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (optional: Creatures and Costumes)
FEATURES: Pre-Production [From the Ashes:
Reviving the Story 10m4, French Twist: Direction and Design 26m7, Under the
skin: Casting and Characterization 2m43, Test Footage (Creatures and Costumes
9m49, Hair and Makeup 4m39), Pre-Visualizations: Multi-Angle Rehearsals, Still
Photo Galleries (First Draft Screenplay by Joss Whedon, Mark Carro Gallery, The
Art of Alien Resurrection: Conceptual Art Gallery, Storyboards)], Production
[Death from Below: Underwater Photography 31m35m, In the Zone: The Basketball
Scene 6m41, Unnatural Mutation: Creature Design 26m21, Still Photo Galleries
(Production Gallery, A.D.I.’S Workshop)], Post-Production [Genetic Composition:
Music 13m8, Virtual Aliens: Generated Imagery 9m52, A Matter of Scale:
Miniature Photography 22m49, Critical Juncture: Reaction to the Film 14m26,
Still Photo Galleries (Visual Effects Gallery, Special Promotional Shoot)]
SUPPLEMENTAL
Disc 9
FEATUES: Aliens in the Basement: Bob Burns
16m57, Dark Horse Cover Gallery, Script-to-Screen (DVD-ROM), Alien (Alien
Evolution 64m21, Experiences in Terror 7m8, Ridley Scott Q&A 15m39, Special
Edition Laserdisc Archive, Theatrical/Teaser/2 TV Trailers), Aliens (Special
Edition Laserdisc Archive, Theatrical/Domestic/International/ Teaser/TV
Trailers), Alien3 (Advance Featurette 2m55, 7 TV & 5 Theatrical Trailers),
Alien Resurrection (Teaser/2 Theatrical/4 TV Trailers)
