Alien Quadriliogy DVD Feature List. Try Not to Choke On it All.

I’m sorry, I just had to do this as the amount of stuff in the Alien box set is practically stupid: Ready? Ready?.. Deep Breath.. and… GO!

Discs 1-2: Alien (1979)
–Theatrical version (117 min.)
–Extended cut (seamlessly branched) (137 min.)
–Commentary by Ridley Scott and technical crew
–1.85 anamorphic, English 5.1 DTS, English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0 Surround, THX Certified
–Preproduction: Star Beast (developing the story), First Draft of Screenplay by Dan O’Bannon, The Visualists (direction and design), Ridleygrams (original thumbnails & notes), storyboard archive, Art of Alien (Cobb, Foss, Giger, Moebius), Truckers in Space (casting), Sigourney Weaver’s screen test with optional commentary by Ridley Scott, cast portrait gallery
–Production: Fear of the Unknown (Shepperton Studios, 1978), production gallery, The Darkest Reaches (Nostromo and alien planet), The Sets of Alien, The Eighth Passenger (creature design), The Chestburster (creature design)
–Post-Production: Future Tense (music and editing), 8 deleted scenes, visual effects gallery (photo archive), A Nightmare Fulfilled (reaction to the film), poster explorations, special shoot, premiere

Discs 3-4: Aliens (1986)
–Theatrical version (137 min.)
–Extended version (154 min.)
–Commentary by Michael Biehn, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn, Terry Henn, Lance Henriksen, Gale Anne Hurd, Pat McClung, Bill Paxton, Dennis Skotak, Robert Skotak and Stan Winston
–2.35 anamorphic, English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0 Surround, THX Certified
–Pre-Production: 57 Years Later (continuing the story), Original Treatment: by James Cameron, Building Better Worlds (from concept to construction), The Art of Aliens (conceptual art portfolio), Pre-Vis Anamatics,
Preparing for Battle (casting & characterization), Cast Portait (still gallery)
–Production: This Time It’s War (Pinewood Studios, 1985),
–Production Gallery (photo archive), Continuity Polaroids, The Risk Always Lives (weapons and action), Weapons and Vehicles (photo archive), Bug Hunt (creature design), Beauty and the Bitch (Power Loader vs. Queen Alien), Stan Winston’s Workshop (photo archive), Two Orphans (Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn)

Post-Production: The Final Countdown (music, editing and sound), The Power of Real Tech (visual effects), Visual Effects Gallery (photo archive), Aliens Unleashed (reaction to the film), Film Finish & Release, Easter egg (A Boy and His Power Loader)

Discs 5-6: Alien 3 (1992)
–Theatrical version (114 min.)
–Restored work print version (155 min.)
–Commentary by Terry Rawlings and crew
–2.35 anamorphic, English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0 Surround, THX Certified
–Pre-Production: Development (concluding the story), Tales of the Wooden Planet (Vincent Ward’s vision), The Art of Aceron (conceptual art portfolio), pre-production part III featurette, storyboards, Art of Fiorina, Xeno-Erotic (H.R. Giger’s redesign featurette)
–Production: Production part I featurette, Production Gallery (photo archive), Furnace Construction (time-lapse sequence), Adaptive Organism (creature design), ADI Workshop, E.E.V. Scan Multi-Angle Vignette, Production part II
–Post-Production: Post-Production part I, Optical Fury (visual effects), Music, Editing and Sound, Visual Effects (photo archive), Post-Mortem (reaction to the film), Special Shoot

Discs 7-8: Alien Resurrection (1997)
–Theatrical version (109 min.)
–Extended cut (119 min.)
–Commentary by Jean Pierre Junet and crew
–Intro (extended cut only)
–2.35 anamorphic, English 5.1 DTS, English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0 Surround, THX Certified
–Pre-Production: From the Ashes (reviving the story), First Draft Screenplay by Joss Whedon, French Twist (direction and design), Under the Skin (casting and characterization), Test Footage #1 (hair/makeup), ADI Effects, Mark Carro Photo Gallery, The Art of Resurrection (conceptual art gallery), storyboards, Pre-Visualizations (multi-angle rehearsals)
–Production: Death from Below (underwater photography), In the Zone (the basketball scene), production gallery (photo archive), Unnatural Mutation (creature design), ADI Workshop, ADI Test Footage
–Post-Production: Genetic Composition (music), Virtual Aliens (computer generated imagery), A Matter of Scale (miniature photography), Visual Effects Gallery (photo archive), Critical Juncture (reaction to the film), Special Shoot (promotional photo archive), Easter egg (Alien extra)

Disc 9: Bonus disc
ALIEN:
Alien Legacy , Alien Evolution, Experience in Terror (promotional featurette ’79), Ridley Scott Q&A
Alien Laser Disc Archive: Part I (pre-production), Part II (production), Part III (post-production), theatrical trailer A, theatrical trailer B, TV spot (Egg), TV spot (Now Playing)

ALIENS:
Aliens Laser Disc Archive: Part I (pre-production), Part II (production), Part III (post-production), theatrical trailer A, teaser trailer, domestic trailer, international trailer, TV spot (Now Playing)

ALIEN 3:
6 trailers, 7 TV spots

ALIEN RESURRECTION:
Theatrical teaser, 2 theatrical trailers, 4 TV spots, Bob Burns Alien Collection
Dark Horse Still Gallery

DVD-ROM (script to screen comparison)
Widescreen anamorphic format
Source: Amazon.com

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4 thoughts on “Alien Quadriliogy DVD Feature List. Try Not to Choke On it All.

  1. I HAVE THIS BOXSET!!!

    Yes Resurrection is only there for the completist (meaning movie geek, as if you didn’t know) But this boxset kicks all other DVD’s into a galaxy far far away. 9 discs to drule ALL over, and then there are the special editions of EVERY single movie! Alien 3 was not a better movie but the new stuff was so much fun to watch that it seemed i was watching a new movie…well kinda. Ok, i admitt there wasn’t loads of new stuff but then the new stuff was decent…but maybe only the alien fanatics will only care. I don’t know! But then i got a total kick out of this boxset, it blew my fucking mind. Now i have all four movies on video, and twice on DVD, including special editions of each one!!

    I’m seriously getting out of control here……………………..please help me!!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

  2. Could this boxset BE any more stupid?? Then i shouldn’t moan, at least they have tried not like some boxsets that keep re-releaseing with only a bit more extras. Either way i’m buying this boxset!!!

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