DVD Confidential 2 : The Sequel

by Saltzman, Marc A.

• ISBN13: 9780072229868
• ISBN10: 0072229861
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-26
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media

Summary

Unlock the hidden Easter eggs in your favorite DVDs including like hidden bloopers, alternate endings, and video games. Plus, sharpen your movie knowledge with hundreds of sidebars on your favorite films, from Citizen Kane and Casablanca to the Matrix Revisited.

Author Biography

Marc Saltzman (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada) is a freelance journalist, author, lecturer, consultant, and radio and TV personality. He specializes in computers, the Internet, video gaming, telecommunications, digital music, and consumer electronics. Saltzman writes two weekly syndicated columns for Gannett News Service which reach 99 newspapers across the U.S. (and their respective Web sites) every week. He recently inked a deal with CNN.com – which gets over 20 million page views per month – to have his GNS columns run weekly on CNN’s technology page. In addition to his GNS columns, Saltzman contributes to more than two dozen prominent publications, reaching millions of readers each month: USA Today, USAToday.com, LA Times, Playboy, Maxim, Modern Maturity, Yahoo! Internet Life, Electronic Gaming Monthly, PC Gamer, Electronic Playground, and many more. This year he’ll be hosting a new TV show in Canada called "TKO" ("Technical Knockout"), devoted to the finest in games, gadgets, Net trends, computers and consumer electronics. Saltzman is the author of seven books including DVD Confidential: Hundreds of Hidden Easter Eggs Revealed!, Game Design: Secrets of the Sages (published by Macmillan in 3 editions) and Internet Games Directory (Macmillan, 1996). Saltzman has been an official “Best of E3” judge at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, nominating the best computer and console games, and most promising hardware, for the annual trade show.

Table of Contents

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Alien

Aliens: Special Edition

Alien³

Alien Resurrection

Almost Famous—Untitled: The Bootleg Cut

American Pie: Collector’s Edition

American Pie 2: Collector’s Edition

An American Werewolf in London: Collector’s Edition

An Evening with Kevin Smith

The Animal

Animal Farm

Antz

Apollo 13: Collector’s Edition

Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Collector’s Edition

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Austin Powers in Goldmember

The Avengers

Barbershop

Basic Instinct: Special Edition

Battlefield Earth

The Beach

The Beastmaster

The Beatles: Yellow Submarine

A Beautiful Mind

Bedazzled: Special Edition

Behind Enemy Lines

Being John Malkovich

Big Trouble in Little China

Blade II

The Blair Witch Project

Blair Witch 2: The Book of Shadows

Blow

Blue Velvet: Special Edition

Boogie Nights: Special Edition

Bowfinger

Bride of Chucky

The Bride of Frankenstein

Bring It On

The ’Burbs

Carrie

Casablanca

Cast Away

Cats & Dogs

Charlie’s Angels

Charlotte’s Web

Chasing Amy: The Criterion Collection

Chicken Run

Citizen Kane

The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course

Dances with Wolves: Special Edition

Dante’s Peak: Collector’s Edition

Dark City

Death to Smoochy

Detroit Rock City

Devil’s Advocate

Die Hard: Five Star Collection

Die Hard 2: Die Harder

Die Hard with a Vengeance

Dinosaur

Dirty Dancing: Collector’s Edition

Donnie Darko

EDtv

Edward Scissorhands

Eight Legged Freaks

The Evil Dead: Book of the Dead Edition

The Fast and the Furious

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fiddler on the Roof: Special Edition

Field of Dreams: Collector’s Edition

Fight Club

Final Destination

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Finding Forrester

A Fish Called Wanda

FM

The Fog

For the Love of the Game

Four of the Apocalypse

Fried Green Tomatoes: Collector’s Edition

Friends: The Complete First Season

Fright

From Hell

Futurama: Volume One

Galaxy Quest

Gladiator

Glengarry Glen Ross: Special Edition

The Godfather—DVD Collection

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Hackers

Halloween

Hannibal

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Highlander 4: Endgame

Mel Brooks’ History of the World: Part 1

How High

Independence Day

Jacob’s Ladder: Special Edition

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Jerry Maguire: Special Edition

Joe Somebody

Joy Ride

Jurassic Park III: Collector’s Edition

Kiss of the Dragon

K-PAX

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

L.A. Story

Lara Croft in Tomb Raider

The Last Starfighter

The Lawnmower Man

Liar Liar: Collector’s Edition

Life

The Limey

Little Nicky

Logan’s Run

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring—

Extended Edition

Lost in Space

M*A*S*H

Mad Max: Special Edition

Made: Special Edition

Magnolia

Mallrats: Collector’s Edition

Man on the Moon

Mars Attacks!

The Master of Disguise

The Matrix

The Matrix Revisited

Me, Myself & Irene

Meet Joe Black

Memento: Limited Edition

Mercury Rising

The Mexican

Miss Congeniality

Monkeybone

Monster’s Ball

Monsters, Inc.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Special Edition

Moulin Rouge

Mr. Deeds

The Mummy: Ultimate Edition

The Mummy Returns

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

The Ninth Gate

Not Another Teen Movie

Notting Hill

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The Osbournes: The First Season

Osmosis Jones

The Peacemaker

Pearl Harbor: The Director’s Cut (Vista Series)

The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Planet of the Apes

Practical Magic

The Princess Bride: Special Edition

The Producers: Special Edition

Raising Arizona

Red Dragon

Repo Man

Requiem for a Dream

Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs: Special Edition

Revenge of the Pink Panther

The Ring

Road Trip—Unrated

Rocky

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Romeo + Juliet: Special Edition

Ronin

The Royal Tenenbaums: The Criterion Collection

Rush Hour

Rush Hour 2

S1m0ne

Saving Silverman

Scary Movie

Scary Movie 2

Schoolhouse Rock

Scooby-Doo

Serendipity

Shallow Hal

Shanghai Noon

Showgirls

Shrek

The Simpsons: Season 1 Box Set

The Simpsons: Season 2 Box Set

Singin’ in the Rain

Sister Act

Six Feet Under: The Complete First Season

The Sixth Sense

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Platinum Edition

The Sopranos: The Complete Second Season

South Park: Volume 4

Spaceballs

Spawn

Speed: Five Star Collection

Sphere

Spider-Man

Spirited Away

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine—The Complete First Season

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine—The Complete Second Season

Star Trek—Original Series

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones

Stigmata

Stir of Echoes

Strictly Ballroom

Super Troopers

The Sweet Hereafter

Swordfish

The Terminator: Special Edition

T2—Extreme DVD

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (T2: The Ultimate Edition DVD)

There’s Something about Mary

The Thing: Collector’s Edition

Three Kings

The Tigger Movie

Titus

Tombstone: Vista Series

Top Secret!

Total Recall: Special Limited Edition

Toy Story: The Ultimate Toy Box

Treasure Planet

Tron: Collector’s Edition

12 Monkeys

The Twilight Zone—Vol. 28 to 43

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Twin Peaks—Season One Box Set

U.S. Marshals: Special Edition

Unbreakable

Undercover Brother

Urban Legend

The Usual Suspects: Special Edition

National Lampoon’s Van Wilder—The Unrated Version

Vanilla Sky

Vertigo: Collector’s Edition

Village of the Damned

Walt Disney Treasures: Davy Crockett

Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White

Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color

WarGames

Wayne’s World

What Lies Beneath

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Willow

Wing Commander

The Wizard of Oz

X-MEN

Young Guns: Special Edition

You’ve Got Mail

Zoolander