DVD > Alien Quadrilogy Boxset
Title: Alien QuadrilogyPrice: $50-$100
Release Date: 12/02/03
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Encoding: Region 1, Region 2, Region 4
Retail Format: Box Set
Number of Discs: 9
Audio/Video: DTS Soundtrack for Alien and Alien 3
Availability: Currently Available (Rumored to have limited 150,000 copy print)
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Features
- 9 discs including Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection, plus bonus disc of extra footage.
- Theatrical and special editions of all four films.
Alien
- The original 1979 theatrical version of Alien and the 2003 director’s cut.
- An introduction by Director Ridley Scott, Dan O’Bannon, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt and more.
- Brand new commentary by Ridley Scott and the technical crew.
- Nine brand new documentaries:
- Star Beast – On developing the Alien story.
- The Visualists – the direction and design of the film.
- Truckers In Space – Casting the movie.
- Fear Of The Unknown – Behind the scenes at Shepperton Studios in 1978.
- The Darkest Reaches – Developing the Nostromo and Alien planet.
- The Eighth Passenger – Creating the Alien.
- Future Tense – Focusing on the music and editing of Alien.
- Outward Bound – Peering into the film’s visual effects.
- A Nightmare Fulfilled – Reaction to the film’s opening.
- A Multi-Angle Scene Study on the chestburster sequence with optional commentary by Ridley Scott and the production team.
- Sigourney Weaver’s original screen test with optional commentary by Ridley Scott.
- Seven deleted scenes with a deleted footage marker and deleted scene index.
- The first draft of the screenplay by Dan O’Bannon.
- Ridleygrams – Original thumbnails and sketches by Ridley Scott.
- Storyboard Archives.
- The Art of Alien including a cast portrait gallery, production gallery, the sets of Alien, H.R. Giger’s Workshop, continuity polaroids and VFX gallery.
- The original theatrical posters and stills from the premiere.
Aliens
- The original theatrical version - available for the first time ever on DVD - and James Cameron’s special edition version of Aliens.
- An introduction by director James Cameron.
- Brand new commentary by James Cameron, Michael Biehn, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn, Terry Henn, Lance Henriksen, Gale Anne Hurd, Pat McClung, Bill Paxton, Dennis Skotak, Robert Skotak and Stan Winston.
- James Cameron original treatment.
- Nine brand new featurettes:
- 57 Years Later - Continuing the saga.
- Building Better Worlds - From concept to construction.
- Preparing For Battle - Casting and characterization.
- This Time It’s War – A look back at Pinewood Studios, 1985.
- The Risk Always Lives - Weapons and action.
- Bug Hunt – Creature design.
- Beauty And The Bitch – Power Loader vs. Queen Alien.
- Two Orphans – Revisiting Sigourney Weaver And Carrie Henn.
- Aliens Unleashed – Reaction to the film.
- The Art of Aliens including conceptual art portfolio, cast portraits, production gallery, continuity polaroids, Stan Winston’s workshop, VFX gallery and premiere stills.
- Deleted footage marker and deleted scene index.
- Multi-angle videomatics with optional commentary by Miniature Effect Supervisor, Pat McClung.
- An Easter Egg: The Boy and His Powerloader.
Alien 3
- The original theatrical version and a restored pre-release version with more than 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage.
- Brand new commentary by Cinematographer Alex Thompson, Editor Terry Rawlings, VFX Designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr., Visual Effects Producer Richard Edlund, and actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen.
- 11 new featurettes:
- Development – Concluding the story.
- Tales Of The Wooden Planet – Vincent Ward’s vision.
- Pre-Production III – The making of Alien 3.
- Xeno-Erotic – H.R. Giger’s redesign of the Alien creature.
- Production: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three – The production of the movie.
- Adaptive Organism – Creature design.
- Optical Fury – Visual effects.
- Music, Editing And Sound.
- Post-Mortem – A reaction to the film.
- E.E.V. Bio-Scan – A multi-angle vignette with optional commentary by Alex Gillis.
- The Art of Alien 3 including conceptual art portfolio, production gallery, and visual effects.
- Furnace construction time lapse.
- Storyboard archives.
Alien: Resurrection
- The original theatrical version and an extended cut with alternate opening and ending sequences.
- An introduction by Director Jean Pierre Jeunet.
- Brand new commentary by Director Jean Pierre Jeunet, Herve Schneid, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Pitof, Sylvain Despretz, Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon and Leland Orser
- First draft of the screenplay by Joss Whedon.
- 11 new featurettes:
- From The Ashes – Reviving the story.
- French Twist – Direction and design.
- Under The Skin – Casting and characters.
- Death From Below – Underwater photography.
- In The Zone – Basketball scene.
- Unnatural Mutation – Creature design.
- Genetic Mutation – Creature design.
- Genetic Composition – A listen to the music.
- Virtual Alien – Computer generated imagery.
- A Matter Of Scale – Miniature photography.
- Critical Junction – A reaction to the film.
- Multi-angle rehearsal footage.
- A Mike Carro photo gallery, a conceptual art gallery, VFX gallery, a promotional photo archive and continuity polaroids.
- Storyboard archives.
- An Easter Egg.
- A brand new Q&A with Ridley Scott.
- Experience in Terror – A promotional featurette from 1979.
- Alien Evolution – Channel 4 U.K. exclusive documentary on Alien.
- A complete laser disc archive of Alien and Aliens.
- Original theatrical trailers and TV spots from all four films.
- Aliens In The Basement – Inside the Bob Burns Alien collection.
- Dark Horse cover gallery – Anthology of 11 issues of the Alien comics.
- DVD-ROM feature – Script to screen comparisons.
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