The Yellow Page - Somewhat Warped DVD Collection

 

Yes, it's true. I've been utterly sucked into the DVD hype. I think it's the coolest thing since Funkytown. No rewinding, no eaten tapes, no dodgy picture. And all the little bits and pieces they throw in: menus, additional footage, alternate endings, Easter eggs (minus the chocolate -- cheap bastards). Don't get me started!

DVDs are just an extension of my love of movies, another medium I love to browse through at other people's homes (and another good indicator of personality). So without further ado, I give you my humble (but growing) DVD movie collection.

(Movie info courtesy of Internet Movie Database.)

   The A's
   
Almost Famous Year: 2000
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand
A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies it on their concert tour.
   
   The B's
   
Ben Folds Five: The Complete
Sessions at West 54th
Year: 2001
The band's entire performance from the live music series Sessions at West 54th, plus the bonus documentary Spare Reels.
Billy Joel's Greatest Hits:
Volume III
Year: 1997
Music videos and commentary from Billy Joel.
Blair Witch Project, The Year: 1999
Directed by: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez
Starring: Heather Donohue, Joshua Leonard, Michael Williams
In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittesville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. One year later, their footage was found.
   
   The C's
   
Creature Comforts Year: 1990
Directed by: Nick Park
A humourous and thought provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings. Also features other animated shorts.
 
   The D's
 
Dead Poets Society Year: 1989
Directed by: Peter Weir
Starring: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke
English professor John Keating inspires his students to a love of poetry and to seize the day.
Dave Matthews Band:
The Videos 1994-2001
Year: 2002
Music videos and director's commentary.
 
   The F's
 
Fantasia Box Set:
Collectors Edition
Fantasia
Year: 1940
Directed by: Disney Staff
Starring: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor
A collection of animated interpretations of great works of classical music.

Fantasia 2000
Year:
1999
Directed by: Disney Staff
Starring: Leopold Stokowski, Steve Martin, Bette Midler & others
An update of the original film with new interpretations of great works of classical music. Plus Bonus Disc
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Year: 1986
Directed by: John Hughes
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara
A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite of what the principal thinks of that.
Field of Dreams Year: 1989
Directed by: Phil Alden Robinson
Starring: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan
An Iowa corn farmer, hearing a voice, interprets it as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the Chicago Black Sox come.
Fight Club Year: 1999
Directed by: David Fincher
Starring: Ed Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter
A man disillusioned by what his life has become encounters an exciting stranger who introduces him to a new way of life.

Plus Bonus Disc
Futurama

Season One Box Set
Year:
2002

Season Two Box Set
Year:
2003

Season Three Box Set
Year:
2003

Season Four Box Set
Year:
2004

 
   The G's
 
Ghostbusters Year: 1984
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver
Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.
 
   The J's
 
J.F.K. Year: 1992
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Starring: Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
A New Orleans D.A. discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.

Plus Bonus Disc
Jurassic Park Box Set:
Collectors Edition

Jurassic Park
Year:
1993
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum
Scientists clone dinosaurs to populate a theme park which suffers a major security breakdown and releases the dinosaurs.

Jurassic Park II: The Lost World
Year:
1997
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore
A research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there while another team approaches with different agenda.

Jurassic Park III
Year:
2001
Directed by: Joe Johnston
Starring: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni
A decidedly odd couple with ulterior motives convince Dr. Alan Grant to go to Isla Sorna (the second InGen dinosaur lab), resulting in an unexpected landing... and unexpected new inhabitants on the island.

Plus Bonus Disc

 
   The L's
 
Lion King , The Year: 1994
Directed by: Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff
Starring: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones
Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King.
Live at the Chapel Year: 2002
Live performances by various Australian and overseas artists.
 
   The P's
 
Psycho Year: 1960
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles
A young female embezzeler arrives at the Bates Motel which has terrible secrets of its own.
 
   The R's
 
William Shakespeare's
Romeo + Juliet
Year: 1996
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo
Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona while still retaining its original dialogue. The gun-toting Capulets and Montagues wage a vicious war on the streets as the star-crossed lovers meet their tragic destiny.
Ring, The

Year: 2002
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman
A young journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it.

 
   The S's
 
Saturday Night Live:
The Best of Mike Myers
Year: 1998
Starring: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman
SNL celebrates Mike Myers' awesome seasons as a regular on the show. Includes Wayne's World, Dieter/Sprockets, Linda Richman/Coffee Talk, Simon, Phillip the Hyper-Hypo Kid and more.
Shawshank Redemption, The Year: 1994
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
The life of Andy Dufresne changes when he is convicted and jailed for the murder of his wife.
Simpsons, The

Season One Box Set
Year:
2001

Season Two Box Set
Year:
2002

Season Three Box Set
Year:
2003

NEW Season Four Box Set
Year:
2004

Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

Year: 1937
Directed by: David Hand
Starring: Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne, Harry Stockwell
Snow White, pursued by her jealous stepmother queen, befriends seven dwarfs and hides in their house.

Plus Bonus Disc

 
   The T's
 
This Is Spinal Tap Year: 1984
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Starring: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer
Spinal Tap, the world's loudest band, is chronicled by hack documentarian Marti DeBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.
Toy Story Box Set:
Collectors Edition

Toy Story
Year:
1995
Directed by: John Lasseter
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Annie Potts
Woody, a cowboy toy, is profoundly threatened and jealous when a fancy spaceman toy named Buzz Lightyear replaces him as top toy in a child's room.

Toy Story II
Year:
1999
Directed by: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer
When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends vow to rescue him, but Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting.

Plus Bonus Disc

Tuesdays With Morrie

Year: 1999
Directed by: Mick Jackson
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Hank Azaria
Morrie was one of Mitch's professors in college and a famous scholar. One day Mitch was watching television and saw Morrie giving an interview stating that he is dying of Lou Gehrig disease.

 
   The W's
 
When Harry Met Sally Year: 1989
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan
Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.
   

 

 

 

   

Last updated January 16, 2005