“ALIEN Quadrilogy” finally arrives
Fox Home Entertainment has officially unveiled the full specs for The ALIEN Quadrilogy, a nine-disc box set that promises to be one of the most extensive in history.
Street date is December 4th and this is what the set will contain:
The seminal classic ALIEN brings you:
* The original 1979 theatrical version 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,” “The Visualists,” “Truckers In Space,” “Fear Of The Unknown,” “The Darkest Reaches,” “The Eight Passenger,” “Future Tense,” “Outward Bound” and “A Nightmare Fulfilled”
* A Multi-Angle Scene Study on the Chestburster sequence with optional commentary
* Sigourney Weaver’s original screen test with optional commentary
* Seven deleted scenes with index
* The first draft of the screenplay by O’Bannon
* Ridleygrams – Original thumbnails and sketches
* Storyboard Archives
* “Art of Alien” including a cast portrait gallery, production gallery,
the sets of Alien, H.R. Giger’s Workshop, continuity polaroids and VFX gallery
* Original theatrical posters and stills from the premiere
The first sequel ALIENS:
* The original theatrical version – available for the first time ever on DVD
– and the special edition
* An introduction by Director James Cameron
* Brand new commentary by 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,” “Building Better Worlds,” “Preparing For Battle,” “This Time It’s War,” “The Risk Always Lives,” “Bug Hunt,” “Beauty And The Bitch,” “Two Orphans” and “Aliens Unleashed”
* 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
* An Easter Egg
The much-maligned 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., effects producer Richard Edlund, and actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen
* 11 new featurettes: “Development,” “Tales Of The Wooden Planet,” “Pre-Production III,” “Xeno-Erotic,” “Production: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three,” “Adaptive Organism,” “Optical Fury,” “Music, Editing And Sound” and “Post-Mortem”
* E.E.V. Bio-Scan – A multi-angle vignette with optional commentary by Gillis
* The Art of Alien 3 including conceptual art portfolio, production gallery, and visual effects
* Furnace construction time lapse
* Storyboard archives
ALIEN Resurrection starring Winona Ryder:
* 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 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,” “French Twist,” “Under The Skin,” “Death From Below,” “In The Zone,” “Unnatural Mutation,” “Genetic Mutation,” “Genetic Composition,” “Virtual Alien,” “A Matter Of Scale” and “Critical Junction”
* 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
And the Bonus Disc:
* 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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