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"Alien" DVD News

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From 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, for About.com

"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., Visual Effects Producer Richard Edlund, and actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen
* 11 new featurettes: "Development" -- Concluding the story; "Tales Of The Wooden Planet" -- Vincent Ward's vision; "Pre-Production III" -- The making of "Alien 3;" "Xeno-Erotic" -- H.R. Giger's redesign of the Alien creature; "Production: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three" -- Behind-the-scenes on the production of the movie; "Adaptive Organism" -- Creature design; "Optical Fury" -- Visual effects; "Music, Editing And Sound"; and "Post-Mortem" -- A reaction to the film
* E.E.V. Bio-Scan -- A multi-angle vignette with optional commentary by Alex Gillis
* The Art of "Alien 3" including conceptual art portfolio, production gallery, and visual effects
* Furnace construction time lapse
* Storyboard archives

"ALIEN RESURRECTION"
* 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 Director Jean Pierre 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" -- Reviving the story; "French Twist" -- Direction and design; "Under The Skin" -- Casting and characters; "Death From Below" -- Underwater photography; "In The Zone" -- Basketball scene; "Unnatural Mutation" -- Creature design, "Genetic Mutation" -- Creature design; "Genetic Composition" -- A listen to the music; "Virtual Alien" -- Computer generated imagery; "A Matter Of Scale" -- Miniature photography; and "Critical Junction" -- A reaction to the film
* Multi-angle 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

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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