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Nearly finished this project, and figured I’d post ahead and see if there was any interest in it, or if anyone had any ideas for other things I might include. This is a disc of supplemental material about Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain to act as a third disc in addition to the excellent 2-disc DVD available from Kinowelt in Germany. (It’s the only standard-def release internationally to contain all the extras from the Blu-Ray release.) Here’s a rough list of specs, let me know what you think.

<span class=“Bold”>Format: NTSC DVD-5 (4.7GB)
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (Fullframe + Letterbox)
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0</span>

<span class=“Bold”>Special Features</span>
<span class=“Bold”>·</span> The film with commentary track by Darren Aronofsky. This will be the only audio track, and the video won’t be the highest resolution so as to fit more exclusive material on the DVD, as opposed to a film already commercially available on another disc.
<span class=“Bold”>·</span> <span class=“Italics”>The Directors: Darren Aronofsky</span> documentary (58:39), featuring interviews with Aronofsky, Hugh Jackman, Mark Margolis, Marlon Wayans and Rachel Weisz, and covering all three of Aronofsky’s films to date.
<span class=“Bold”>·</span> IESB Interviews with Darren Aronofsky, Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz (3 minutes each)
<span class=“Bold”>·</span> Hollywood.com two featurettes: Premiere and interviews with Aronofsky, Jackman & Weisz (low-res)
<span class=“Bold”>·</span> “Together We Will Live Forever” (Antony Hegarty Vocal) – custom music video made up of clips from the film for this alternate version of the end credits theme featuring a vocal by the lead singer of Antony & The Johnsons.
<span class=“Bold”>·</span> Trailer/Teaser Gallery
<span class=“Bold”>·</span> Photo & Poster Gallery with audio of Comic Con 2005 panel featuring Aronofsky and Weisz
<span class=“Bold”>·</span> DVD-ROM: Screenplay draft dated 6th November 2003
<span class=“Bold”>·</span> DVD-ROM: Press kit notes, including interviews and biographies

I know The Fountain was a very divisive film, and I’m sure it’s not the cup of tea of a lot of people here, but for those who do like it, let me know what you think. I’m not able to upload the disc online, so will be looking for someone to help me with this.

When Tobe Hooper directed the adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot for TV, it was cut down from 184 minutes to 112 minutes and released theatrically overseas, with a few bits of explicit footage thrown in for good measure. (This scene, featuring George Dzundra and the legend that is Fred Willard, is one example.) This abridged version has never been released on DVD. Using a VHS copy for the alternate scenes as well as the DVD, I’m working on a preservation of this cut. Although predictably incoherent in some spots, it’s obviously much tighter and I know it has its fans - plus it’s a cool bit of Tobe Hooper/Stephen King history to have.

Does anyone have anything that could amount to some cool bonus material? The Region 1 DVD has the overseas theatrical trailer (unfortunately I’m stuck with the R2, so will need a copy of this), and a cool Japanese trailer has shown up on YouTube. But I’m looking for any interviews, any excerpts from clip shows (a la 100 Greatest Scary Movies), anything like that. It showed up elsewhere under the alternate title Blood Thirst - the alternate title sequence, if there is one, would be cool.

(Note: Given the source DVD and VHS are from the UK, this project will probably wind up being PAL rather than NTSC.)