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Matrix (The) (HD DVD) (1999)
Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.Director: Andy Wachowski / Larry Wachowski
OVERALL: R0-
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Extras:DISC ONE/Side A
****The Film: "The Matrix (1999)"
EXTRAS:
*Written Introduction to the Audio Commentaries by The Wachowski brothers
*(Philosophers) Audio Commentary by Dr. Cornell West (Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University) and Author Ken Wilber
*(Critics) Audio Commentary by the the Critics Todd McCarthy (Film Critic for Variety), David Thompson (Author of "The Biographical Dictionary of Film") and John Powers (from Vogue magazine)
*Audio Commentary by actress Carrie-Anne Moss, Editor Zach Staenberg and Visual Effects Supervisor John Gaeta
*Isolated Score (in Dolby Digital 5.1, with Audio Commentary by Composer Don Davis)
*"The Music Revisited" (41-track Audio "Jukebox" of Music chosen by the Wachowskis in creating The Film - 3 hours+)
*"Behind The Matrix" featurettes (42:56 min):
- "Making The Matrix"
- "The Dance Of The Master: Yuen Wo Ping Blocking Tapes" featurette (5:48)
- "The Bathroom Fight And The Wet Wall" featurette (3:16)
- "The Code Of The Red Dress" featurette (0:47)
- "The Old Exit: Walbash And Lake" featurette (2:38)
- "Agent Down" featurette (1:33)
- "But Wait, There's More" featurette (3:10)
*Teaser
*Theatrical Trailer
*8 TV-spots:
-Manson
-Reality
-Forget Everything
-Mystery
-Buckle Up
-The Answer
-Kung Fu
-Whoa
*Marilyn Manson: "Rock is Dead" Music Video (3:19 min)
*High Definition Exclusive Bonus feature:
-In-Movie Experience ("Picture-In-Picture" video commentary)
DISC ONE/Side B
*"The Matrix Revisited (2001)" -Making Of -documentary (about "The Matrix" - 122 min)
*Take The Red Pill (17:41 min):
- "What Is Bullet Time?" featurette (6:15)
- "What Is The Concept?" featurette (11:26)
*Follow The White Rabbit (23:00 min):
- "Trinity Escapes" (1:05)
- "Pod" (2:23)
- "Kung Fu" (3:56)
- "The Wall" (2mins)
- "Bathroom Fight" (2:03)
- "Government Lobby" (4:07)
- "Government Roof" (2:34)
- "Helicopter" (1:01)
- "Subway" (3:34)
DISC TWO/Side A
****The Film: "The Matrix Reloaded (2003)"
EXTRAS:
*Written Introduction to the Audio Commentaries by The Wachowski brothers
*(Philosophers) Audio Commentary by Dr. Cornell West (Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University) and Author Ken Wilber
*(Critics) Audio Commentary by the the Critics Todd McCarthy (Film Critic for Variety), David Thompson (Author of "The Biographical Dictionary of Film") and John Powers (from Vogue magazine)
*"Behind The Matrix" -featurettes (46:54 min):
- The Matrix Unfolds
- Pre-Load
- Get Me an Exit
- The MTV Movie Awards Reloaded
*"Enter the Matrix: The Game" -featurette (28:13 min)
*"Enter The Matrix": 23 Live Action Scenes shot for the Console Game (42:29 min)
*Teaser ("The Matrix Reloaded" & "The Matrix Revolutions")
*Theatrical Trailer
*8 TV-spots:
-Yes
-Jack In
-Nice Trick
-Story
-No Escape
-I'm In
-Prophecy
-Neo
*P.O.D.: "Sleeping Awake" Music Video (3:43 min)
*High Definition Exclusive Bonus feature:
-In-Movie Experience ("Picture-In-Picture" video commentary)
DISC TWO/Side B
(The Matrix Reloaded Revisited)
*I'll Handle Them:
- "The Great Hall" featurette (5:18)
- "Building The Merovingian's Lair" featurette (5:05)
- "Tiger Style: A Day In The Life Of Chen Hu" featurette (3:36)
- "Heavy Metals: Weapons Of The Great Hall" featurette (3:08)
*Car Chase:
- "Oakland Streets And Freeway" Unseen Footage (10:06)
- "Tour Of The Merovingian's Car Garage" featurette (2:08)
- "Queen Of The Road" featurette (3:16)
- "Arteries Of The Mega City: Visual Effects Of The Freeway Chase" featurette (11:52)
- "Foresight: Replanning The Mayhem" featurette (6:29)
- "Freeway Truck Crash: Anatomy Of A Shot" featurette (5:32)
- "Fate Of The Freeway" featurette (1:26)
- "Freeway Action Match" featurette (14:24)
*Teahouse Fight:
- "Two Equals Clash" featurette (4:03)
- "Guardians Of The Oracle: Collin Chou" featurette (3mins)
Unplugged:
- "Creating The Burly Brawl" featurette (17:20)
- "A Conversation With Master Wo Ping" featurette (10mins)
- "Chad Stahelski: The Other Neo" featurette (2:22)
- "Burly Brawl Action Match" featurette (6:07)
- "Spiralling Virtual Shot: Anatomy Of A Shot" featurette (4:33)
*The Exiles:
- "The Exiles" featurette (9:26)
- "Big Brother Is Watching The Architects Office" featurette (8:25)
DISC THREE/Side A
****The Film: "The Matrix Revolutions (2003)"
EXTRAS:
*Written Introduction to the Audio Commentaries by The Wachowski brothers
*(Philosophers) Audio Commentary by Dr. Cornell West (Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University) and Author Ken Wilber
*(Critics) Audio Commentary by the the Critics Todd McCarthy (Film Critic for Variety), David Thompson (Author of "The Biographical Dictionary of Film") and John Powers (from Vogue magazine)
*"Behind the Matrix" -featurettes (90 min):
- Revolutions Recalibrated (6 min)
- Neo Realism: The Evolution of Bullet Time (4 min)
- CG Revolution (2 min)
- Super Big Mini Models (1 min)
- Super Burly Brawl (2 min)
- Double Agent Smith (3 min)
- Mind over Matter: The Physicality of The Matrix (3 min)
- Future Gamer: The Matrix Online (2 min)
*Theatrical Trailer
*6 TV-spots:
-Give Anything
-Help
-Power
-Future
-Believe
-Control
*High Definition Exclusive Bonus feature:
-In-Movie Experience ("Picture-In-Picture" video commentary)
DISC THREE/Side B
*"Behind the Matrix" -featurettes (cont):
-Before the Revolution" (4 min)
-3-D Evolution (3 min)
(The Matrix Revolutions Revisited)
*"Crew" featurettes:
- "Owens Army: The Australian Art Department" featurette (4:22)
- "2nd Unit: A World Of Their Own" featurette (6mins)
- "Bill Pope: Cinematographer Of The Matrix" featurette (7:47)
- "Masters Of Light And Shadows" featurette (6:51)
*"Hel" featurettes:
- "Coat Check" featurette (4:40)
- "Upside Down Under" featurette (5:11)
- "Fast Break" featurette (5:46)
- "Exploding Man" featurette (4:34)
- "Gun Club" featurette (2:26)
- "The Extras Of Club Hel" featurette (4:56)
*"Super Burly Brawl" -featurettes:
- "The Sky Barn" featurette (4:50)
- "The Crater" featurette (4:55)
- "The Egg" featurette (2:43)
- "Anatomy Of The Super Punch" featurette (4:24)
*"New Blue World" -featurettes:
- "Geography Of Zion" featurette (8:45)
- "The Ships" featurette (5:43)
- "Tour Of The Neb" featurette (3:16)
- "Matrix TV" featurette (5:13)
- "Logos Flight Expansion" featurette (3:07)
*"Siege" -featurettes:
- "Dig This" featurette (9:53)
- "The Siege Action Match" featurette (10:03)
- "The Anatomy Of A Shot: Mifune's Last Stand" featurette (5:07)
- "Building The APU" featurette (5:06)
- "Product Of Zion" featurette (9:57)
*"Aftermath" -featurettes:
- "Revolutionary Composition" featurette (8:45)
- "The Glue" featurette (7:30)
- "Dane Tracks" featurette (7:21)
- "Cause And Effects" featurette (16:20)
DISC FOUR/Side A (! SD DVD)
"The Animatrix" (2003) (89 min)
EXTRAS:
*Audio Commentary by Director Yoshiaki Kawajiri on "Program" (in Japanese, with English Subtitles)
*Audio Commentary by Director Mahiro Maeda on "The Second Renaissance Part 1" (in Japanese, with English Subtitles)
*Audio Commentary by Director Mahiro Maeda on "The Second Renaissance Part 2" (in Japanese, with English Subtitles)
*Audio Commentary by Director Takeshi Kokie on "World Record" (in Japanese, with English Subtitles)
*"Scrolls To Screen: The History And Culture Of Anime" featurette (22:21)
*"Execution" Featurettes (watch them separately or all in one 55min show):
- "Making The Second Renaissance Parts 1 And 2" featurette (9:45)
- "Making The Program" featurette (6:13)
- "Making World Record" featurette (7:25)
- "Making Kid's Story And Detective Story" featurette (9:42)
- "Making Beyond" featurette (8:48)
- "Making Matriculated" featurette (6:46)
- "Making Final Flight Of Osiris" featurette (6:39)
*"Creators: Notes On The Creators of The Animatrix" -text notes
English, French and Spanish Subtitles
2.35:1 Anamorphic NTSC
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
DISC FOUR/Side B (! SD DVD)
*"Return To Source: The Philosophy Of The Matrix" documentary (61 min)
*"The Hard Problem: The Science Behind The Fiction" documentary (61 min)
DISC FIVE/SIDE A (! SD DVD)
*"The Burly Man Chronicles" documentary (93 min)
*23 "Follow The White Rabbit" featurettes, accessible either through the menu item "Follow The White Rabbit", or within the main feature. (As it plays, a "White Rabbit" will blink on the screen for a few moments, which is your cue to hit the [Enter] button on your remote)
FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT:
*Pre-Production:
- "Steve Skroce" featurette (2:37)
- "Geof Darrow" featurette (7:43)
- "George Hul" featurette (2:20)
- "Pre-Production" featurette (6:15)
- "Kym Barett" featurette (2:32)
- "Rock On: Rock Galotti" featurette (6mins)
- "Owen Paterson" featurette (4:54)
*Alameda Shoot:
- "Rigmaster" featurette (2:19)
- "Ronumentary" featurette (5:27)
- "A Day In The Life Of Agent Johnson" featurette (5:29)
- "Anthony Zerbe" featurette (2:14)
*Australian Shoot:
- "Tribute" featurette (4:45)
- "Roy Jones" featurette (3:12)
- "Mary Alice" featurette (3:02)
- "Desert Of The Real" featurette (2:27)
- "Peter Rob King" featurette (3:37)
- "Upgrades" featurette (2:10)
- "Ian Bliss" featurette (2:12)
- "Publicity Shoot" featurette (2:10)
- "A Day In The Life Of Dr. Cornel West" featurette (8:07)
- "The End" featurette (2:05)
DISC FIVE/SIDE B (! SD DVD)
*The Zion Archive:
- Storyboards (Computer-Generated & Hand Drawings)
- The Characters (Color Sketches)
- Ships (Production Drawings)
- Machines (Production Sketches)
- Set Sketches (also some Photos)
*The Media Of The Matrix:
The Matrix:
- Trailers:
---- Teaser Trailer (1:00)
---- Theatrical Trailer (2:33)
- TV Spots:
---- "Manson" (0:33)
---- "Reality" (0:33)
---- "Forget Everything" (0:33)
---- "Mystery" (0:33)
---- "Buckle Up" (0:17)
---- "The Answer" (0:33)
---- "Kung Fu" (0:33)
---- "Whoa" (0:17)
- Music Video:
---- Marilyn Manson "Rock Is Dead" (3:20)
The Matrix Reloaded:
- Trailers:
---- Teaser Trailer (1:20)
---- Theatrical Trailer (2:27)
- TV Spots:
---- "Yes" (0:33)
---- "Jack In" (0:33)
---- "Nice Trick" (0:18)
---- "Story" (0:33)
---- "No Escape" (0:33)
---- "I'm In" (0:33)
---- "Prophecy" (0:33)
---- "Neo" (1:04)
- Music Video:
---- P.O.D. "Sleeping Awake" (3:44)
The Matrix Revolutions:
- Trailers:
---- Theatrical Trailer (2:24)
- TV Spots:
---- "Give Anything" (0:33)
---- "Help" (0:33)
---- "Power" (0:33)
---- "Future" (0:18)
---- "Believe" (0:18)
---- "Control" (0:33)
*"Rave Reel" Segment (montage of early stage computer work) (9:09 min)
*"The Matrix" Online Preview (9:34 min) -
Subtitles:English, English HoH, French, and Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:1080p24
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 (640 Kbps)
French Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 surround -
Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Using VC-1 compression. All extras (except "In-Movie Experience") are in 480p/i only. Discs are packaged in cardboard Slip cover.
Discs 4 and 5 are region 0 despite the case saying they are region 1. -
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OVERALL: R0
5-disc "The Ultimate Matrix Collection" has everything. Do note, that both 4 & 5 are SD DVD-discs (also region 0).
Stripped down 3-disc "The Complete Matrix Trilogy" box set also available. Specs are added soon.
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CUTS:
- R0 The Ultimate Matrix Collection America- Warner Home Video - No cuts
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