The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [WS]

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [WS]

Director: Stephen Norrington Cast: Sean Connery
Sean Connery
, Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah
, Peta Wilson
Peta Wilson
, Tony Curran
Tony Curran
Stephen Norrington
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [WS]

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [WS]

Director: Stephen Norrington Cast: Sean Connery
Sean Connery
, Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah
, Peta Wilson
Peta Wilson
, Tony Curran
Tony Curran
Stephen Norrington

DVD (Wide Screen / Dubbed / Subtitled)

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Overview

"The underwhelming League of Extraordinary Gentlemen makes its way to home theaters with 20th Century Fox's widescreen edition DVD. With its brilliant 2.35:1 picture and 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound, the disc is nothing short of spectacular as it showcases the film's glorious production values and lush levels of sound design. Though technically splendid, the extras, on the other hand, tend to be a bit of a let down. The disc is fairly loaded with bonus features that give the viewer a nice overview of the production, but with no juicy mentions of the widely publicized spats between star Sean Connery and director Stephen Norrington (which ended in the screen legend literally taking over the editing room in the final stages), the overtly positive ""spin"" on the behind-the-scenes work becomes more than questionable. Still, for a film that is mostly known for its eye candy, the detailed sections on the rest of the production make for some fine coverage of the artisans behind the camera. Split into three different areas, the disc's special features include six featurettes in the Assembling the League section, 12 deleted and extended scenes in the Deleted Scenes area, and two full-length audio commentary tracks in the Commentaries section. At almost an hour in total length, the featurettes cover everything from Jackie West's costuming to the film's miniature work, with equal time also given to the producer's link to the comic's originator, Alan Moore (their second adaptation after From Hell). The best of the bunch details Steve Johnson's incredible makeup effects that helped realize original artist Kevin O'Neill's hulking vision of Mr. Hyde, played by Jason Flemyng. The British actor can also be found joking around with the Invisible Man himself, Tony Curran, on the first of two commentary tracks. Sadly, Curran's hilarious Sean Connery impersonations are interrupted time and time again by producer Don Murphy's obnoxious outbursts at the fans that questioned some of the more ridiculous story line changes (courtesy of the track's intercutting of three separate recordings from the film's two producers and actor Shane West). There aren't too many great producer commentaries out there and Murphy goes a long way here to prove to you why. The second track is a technical commentary consisting of a costume/makeup/visual effects tag team track, most of which lengthily expands on the behind-the-scenes talk in the featurettes. Finally, the disc presents a wealth of deleted and extended scenes, though there's no sign anywhere of the more graphic scenes Norrington was forced to cut to get the PG-13 rating. Considering the film's poor box office, it's understandable that the studio would want to put out a more family-friendly disc, so it seems the original vision of the film (and the story behind it) will have to wait for another edition. In the meantime, you get a pristine presentation of the theatrical cut and some nice behind-the-scenes production work with this release."

Product Details

Release Date: 12/16/2003
UPC: 0024543101802
Original Release: 2003
Rating: PG-13
Source: 20Th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language: English
Time: 1:50:00
Sales rank: 12,944

Special Features

Full-length audio commentary (producers/actors); Full-length audio commentary (costume/makeup/visual effects team); Behind-the-scenes documentary; 12 deleted scenes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Sean Connery Allan Quatermain
Naseeruddin Shah Capitaine Nemo,Actor
Peta Wilson Mina Harker
Tony Curran Rodney Skinner
Shane West Tom Sawyer
Stuart Townsend Dorian Gray
Jason Flemyng Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde
Richard Roxburgh M
David Hemmings Nigel
Max Ryan Dante
Tom Goodman-Hill Sanderson Reed
Terry O'Neill Ishmael
Rudolf Pellar Draper
Winter Ave Zoli Eva
Robert Willox Constable Dunning
Ewart James Walters Toby
Mariano Titanti Edgar Shreave
Robert Orr Running Officer
Michael McGuffie Copper No. 1
Joel Kirby Copper No. 2
Marek Vasut Soldier
Robert Vahey Elderly Hunter
Sylvester Morand Old Traveler
Huggy Leaver Hansom Cab Driver
Pavel Bezdek Marksman No. 1
Stanislav Adamitskiy Marksman No. 2
James Babson Marksman No. 3
San Shella Terrified Crewman
Ellen Savaria Recordist
Riz Meedin Venice Conning Tower Crewman
Sartaj Garewal Rocket Room Crewman
Neran Persaud Crewman Patel
Andrew Rajan Headphones Crewman
Daniel Brown Stunned Guard
Aftab Sachak Breathless Crewman
Guy Singh Digpal Signal Crew Man
Harmage Singh Kalirai Crewman Chandra
Brian Caspe Guard No. 1
Robert Goodman Valet
Rene Hajek Flame Thrower
Semere-Ad Etmet Yohannes Witch Doctor
Michal Grün Assassin #3
Stanislav Adamickij Marksman #2
Marek Va¿ut Soldier
Stephen Norrington Actor
Farid Kounda Actor
Jason Isaacs Actor
Trevor Jones Composer

Technical Credits
Stephen Norrington Director,Director,Director
Trevor Albert Producer,Executive Producer
James Dale Robinson Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Tim Alexander Special Effects
Sean Connery Executive Producer,Producer
Terry Glass Special Effects
David Goldberg Special Effects
Mark Gordon Executive Producer,Producer
Donna Isaacson Casting
Don Murphy Producer
Eddie Perez Stunts
Janek Sirrs Special Effects
Thomas J. Smith Special Effects
Dana Hunter Suddath Special Effects
John E. Sullivan Special Effects
Lucinda Syson Casting
Alan Moore Screenwriter
Kevin O'Neill Screenwriter
Michael Nelson Producer
Bruce Devan Producer
Victor Abbene Special Effects
Erik Aadahl Sound Effects
Paul Apted Sound Effects
James Bolt Sound Effects
Jim Brookshire Sound Effects
Rick Canelli Sound Effects
Thomas D. Bacho Jr. Special Effects
Kevin Abercrombie Stunts
Alex Ayres Screenwriter
Industrial Light & Magic Special Effects
Mark Holding Sound/Sound Designer
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