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11-03-2003, 03:51 PM
Well, amazingly they waited to nearly the last minute before they released the press release on this bad boy. But it was worth the wait. Here's the press release. Note that it's from a TXT format, so there are some errors. :)
Fox Home Entertainment Sets The DVD Bar With Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Original Film Editors, Five FX Companies And More To Deliver The Ultimate Alien Collection
CENTURY CITY, Calif., (November 3, 2004) * The Alien Quadrilogy is hatching! The ultimate nine-disc Alien DVD collection, loaded with never-before-available versions of each movie, plus a bonus disc, explodes on December 2 from Fox Home Entertainment. Featuring 45 hours of never-before-seen footage, the Alien Quadrilogy includes the original theatrical releases of each of the four films in the franchise plus alternate versions of each film and out-of-this-world bonus features including new director commentaries, original screen tests and production footage. A ground-breaking initiative from Fox Home Entertainment, the significant under-taking marks the first time a studio¹s home entertainment division has finished a theatrical film (Alien3). Working closely with Directors Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, original film editors, and teams from Fox Restoration, Fox Sound, Visual Effects houses, TCFHE and the DVD producer coordinated the restoration of original footage, reconstruction of original audio, new visual effects and foley work, and much more to allow fans to experience the Alien franchise as never before. The most highly anticipated box set of the year is set to infiltrate homes this holiday season with a suggested priced of $99.98.
ALIEN:
… The original 1979 theatrical version of Alien and the 2003 Director's cut
… An introduction by Director Ridley Scott, Dan O¹Bannon, 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: ³Star Beast² * On developing the Alien story; ³The Visualists² * the direction and design of the film; ³Truckers In Space² * Casting the movie; ³Fear Of The Unknown² * Behind the scenes at Shepperton Studios in 1978; ³The Darkest Reaches² * Developing the Nostromo and Alien planet; ³The Eight Passenger² * Creating the Alien; ³Future Tense² * Focusing on the music and editing of Alien; ³Outward Bound² * Peering into the film¹s visual effects; ³A Nightmare Fulfilled² * Reaction to the film¹s opening
… A Multi-Angle Scene Study on the Chestburster sequence with optional commentary by Ridley Scott and the production team
… Sigourney Weaver¹s 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: ³57 Years Later² - Continuing the saga; ³Building Better Worlds² - From concept to construction; ³Preparing For Battle² - Casting and characterization; ³This Time It¹s War² * A look back at Pinewood Studios, 1985; ³The Risk Always Lives² - Weapons and action; ³Bug Hunt² * Creature design; ³Beauty And The *****² * Power Loader vs. Queen Alien; ³Two Orphans² * Revisiting Sigourney Weaver And Carrie Henn; and ³Aliens Unleashed² * Reaction to the film … The Art of Aliens including conceptual art portfolio, cast portraits, production gallery, continuity polaroids, Stan Winston¹s 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
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: ³Development² * Concluding the story; ³Tales Of The Wooden Planet² * Vincent Ward¹s vision; ³Pre-Production III² * The making of Alien 3; ³Xeno-Erotic² * H.R. Giger¹s redesign of the Alien creature; ³Production: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three² * Behind-the-scenes on the production of the movie; ³Adaptive Organism² * Creature design; ³Optical Fury² * Visual effects; ³Music, Editing And Sound²; and ³Post-Mortem² * 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: ³From The Ashes² * Reviving the story; ³French Twist² * Direction and design; ³Under The Skin² * Casting and characters; ³Death From Below² * Underwater photography; ³In The Zone² * Basketball scene; ³Unnatural Mutation² * Creature design, ³Genetic Mutation² * Creature design; ³Genetic Composition² * A listen to the music; ³Virtual Alien² * Computer generated imagery; ³A Matter Of Scale² * Miniature photography; and ³Critical Junction² * A reaction to the film
… Multi-angel 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
BONUS DISC:
… A brand new Q&A with Ridley Scott
… ³Experience in Terror² * A promotional featurette from 1979
… ³Alien Evolution² * 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
… ³Aliens In The Basement² * 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
A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is the marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming on VHS and DVD as well as video acquisitions and original productions for the U.S. and Canada.
And here's a link to a review of the first two discs in the set. They plan to update over time with more. But this is all they have ready at the moment. It sounds like a real winner. And with a SRP below $100, it sould be easy to find it in most stores for around $70.00 or so on release date. :)
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/alienquad00.html
MTFBWY and HH!!
Jar Jar Binks
Fox Home Entertainment Sets The DVD Bar With Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Original Film Editors, Five FX Companies And More To Deliver The Ultimate Alien Collection
CENTURY CITY, Calif., (November 3, 2004) * The Alien Quadrilogy is hatching! The ultimate nine-disc Alien DVD collection, loaded with never-before-available versions of each movie, plus a bonus disc, explodes on December 2 from Fox Home Entertainment. Featuring 45 hours of never-before-seen footage, the Alien Quadrilogy includes the original theatrical releases of each of the four films in the franchise plus alternate versions of each film and out-of-this-world bonus features including new director commentaries, original screen tests and production footage. A ground-breaking initiative from Fox Home Entertainment, the significant under-taking marks the first time a studio¹s home entertainment division has finished a theatrical film (Alien3). Working closely with Directors Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, original film editors, and teams from Fox Restoration, Fox Sound, Visual Effects houses, TCFHE and the DVD producer coordinated the restoration of original footage, reconstruction of original audio, new visual effects and foley work, and much more to allow fans to experience the Alien franchise as never before. The most highly anticipated box set of the year is set to infiltrate homes this holiday season with a suggested priced of $99.98.
ALIEN:
… The original 1979 theatrical version of Alien and the 2003 Director's cut
… An introduction by Director Ridley Scott, Dan O¹Bannon, 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: ³Star Beast² * On developing the Alien story; ³The Visualists² * the direction and design of the film; ³Truckers In Space² * Casting the movie; ³Fear Of The Unknown² * Behind the scenes at Shepperton Studios in 1978; ³The Darkest Reaches² * Developing the Nostromo and Alien planet; ³The Eight Passenger² * Creating the Alien; ³Future Tense² * Focusing on the music and editing of Alien; ³Outward Bound² * Peering into the film¹s visual effects; ³A Nightmare Fulfilled² * Reaction to the film¹s opening
… A Multi-Angle Scene Study on the Chestburster sequence with optional commentary by Ridley Scott and the production team
… Sigourney Weaver¹s 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: ³57 Years Later² - Continuing the saga; ³Building Better Worlds² - From concept to construction; ³Preparing For Battle² - Casting and characterization; ³This Time It¹s War² * A look back at Pinewood Studios, 1985; ³The Risk Always Lives² - Weapons and action; ³Bug Hunt² * Creature design; ³Beauty And The *****² * Power Loader vs. Queen Alien; ³Two Orphans² * Revisiting Sigourney Weaver And Carrie Henn; and ³Aliens Unleashed² * Reaction to the film … The Art of Aliens including conceptual art portfolio, cast portraits, production gallery, continuity polaroids, Stan Winston¹s 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
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: ³Development² * Concluding the story; ³Tales Of The Wooden Planet² * Vincent Ward¹s vision; ³Pre-Production III² * The making of Alien 3; ³Xeno-Erotic² * H.R. Giger¹s redesign of the Alien creature; ³Production: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three² * Behind-the-scenes on the production of the movie; ³Adaptive Organism² * Creature design; ³Optical Fury² * Visual effects; ³Music, Editing And Sound²; and ³Post-Mortem² * 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: ³From The Ashes² * Reviving the story; ³French Twist² * Direction and design; ³Under The Skin² * Casting and characters; ³Death From Below² * Underwater photography; ³In The Zone² * Basketball scene; ³Unnatural Mutation² * Creature design, ³Genetic Mutation² * Creature design; ³Genetic Composition² * A listen to the music; ³Virtual Alien² * Computer generated imagery; ³A Matter Of Scale² * Miniature photography; and ³Critical Junction² * A reaction to the film
… Multi-angel 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
BONUS DISC:
… A brand new Q&A with Ridley Scott
… ³Experience in Terror² * A promotional featurette from 1979
… ³Alien Evolution² * 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
… ³Aliens In The Basement² * 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
A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is the marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming on VHS and DVD as well as video acquisitions and original productions for the U.S. and Canada.
And here's a link to a review of the first two discs in the set. They plan to update over time with more. But this is all they have ready at the moment. It sounds like a real winner. And with a SRP below $100, it sould be easy to find it in most stores for around $70.00 or so on release date. :)
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/alienquad00.html
MTFBWY and HH!!
Jar Jar Binks