Armageddon [WS] DVD

Armageddon
Michael Bay (The Rock) directed this science fiction action thriller in the When Worlds Collide tradition. After astronomy students discover a comet-asteroid collision, an asteroid fragment "the size of the Super Dome" threatens. It's destroyed by a secret USA defense in space, but a large chunk veers off toward Singapore. With another asteroid "the size of Texas" en route, a plan is devised to send oil drillers to land on the asteroid and drop a nuclear device down a 1000-foot shaft, a scheme calculated to crack the asteroid into two halves, saving Earth. NASA begins a crash program to train beer-besotted oil roughnecks for the mission. During a stopover to refuel at the Mir Station, the space station is accidentally destroyed, so a Russian cosmonaut also joins the team. Produced by Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer (Con Air), and Gale Anne Hurd (The Relic, The Abyss). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Cast Bruce Willis as Harry S. Stamper Billy Bob Thornton as Dan Truman Liv Tyler as Grace Stamper Ben Affleck as A.J. Frost Will Patton as Charles (Chick) Chapple Peter Stormare as Lev Andropov Keith David as Gen. Kimsey Steve Buscemi as Rockhound Owen Wilson as Oscar Choi William Fichtner as Col. William Sharp Jessica Steen as Co-Pilot Jennifer Watts Jason Isaacs as Ronald Quincy Ken Campbell as Max Lennert Grayson McCouch as Gruber Clark Heathcliffe Brolly as Freddy Noonan Marshall Teague as Colonel Davis Chris Ellis as Walter Clark Eddie Griffin as Little Guy Michael Clarke Duncan as Jayotis (Bear) Kurleenbear John Mahon as Karl Grace Zabriskie as Dottie Udo Kier as Psychologist Seiko Matsuda as Asian Tourist (Female) Lawrence Tierney as Hollis Vernon (Grap) Stamper Charlton Heston as Narrator

Crew Bruton Jones - Art Director Lawrence Hubbs - Art Director Geoff Hubbard - Supervising Art Director Barry H. Waldman - Associate Producer Pat Sandston - Associate Producer Kenny Bates - Associate Producer Bonnie Timmermann - Casting Michael Kaplan - Costume Designer Magali Guidasci - Costume Designer K.C. Hodenfield - First Assistant Director Michael Bay - Director Kenny Bates - Second Unit Director Glen Scantlebury - Editor Mark Goldblatt - Editor Chris Lebenzon - Editor Jonathan Hensleigh - Executive Producer Jim Van Wyck - Executive Producer Chad Oman - Executive Producer Trevor Rabin - Composer (Music Score) Michael White - Production Designer John Schwartzman - Cinematographer Michael Bay - Producer Gale Anne Hurd - Producer Jerry Bruckheimer - Producer Mindi Toback - Set Designer Gary R. Speckman - Set Designer Domenic Silvestri - Set Designer R. Gilbert Clayton - Set Designer Daniel R. Jennings - Set Designer Steven M. Saylor - Set Designer Bill Taliaferro - Set Designer George R. Lee - Set Designer Kevin Ishioka - Set Designer John P. Bruce - Set Designer Patricia Klawonn - Set Designer Dream Quest Images - Special Effects Keith A. Wester - Sound/Sound Designer Charlie Picerni - Stunts Kenny Bates - Stunts Coordinator Patrick McClung - Special Effects Supervisor Richard Hoover - Special Effects Supervisor Jonathan Hensleigh - Screen Story Robert Roy Pool - Screen Story J.J. Abrams - Screenwriter Shane Salerno - Screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh - Screenwriter Tony Gilroy - Screenwriter Mauro Fiore - Second Unit Director Of Photography

Armageddon
(not reviewed)
 

Diane Warren: Academy, Best Original Song (nominated) George Watters II: Academy, Best Sound Effects Editing (nominated) Greg P. Russell: Academy, Best Sound (nominated) John Frazier: Academy, Best Visual Effects (nominated) Keith A. Wester: Academy, Best Sound (nominated) Kevin O'Connell: Academy, Best Sound (nominated) Patrick McClung: Academy, Best Visual Effects (nominated) Richard Hoover: Academy, Best Visual Effects (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: cc The exclusive director's cut, containing previously unseen footage, in a new digital transfer personally supervised by Michael Bay Discrete 5.1 Channel Dolby Digital soundtrack Two commentary tracks: one featuring Michael Bay, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Bruce Willis, and Ben Affleck; the second featuring cinematographer John Schwartzman, NASA consultant Dr. Joe Allen, and asteroid consultant Ivan Bekey Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition Michael Bay's gag reel Deleted scenes compiled by Michael Bay Storyboards and production design drawings Analyses of the special effects by visual effects supervisors Richard Hoover, Pat McClung, and Hoyt Yeatman Production designer Michael White on the look of Armageddon Trailer, teaser, and television spots The Aerosmith music video "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," plus interviews with band members DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1: Cinemascope MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 2 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 153 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- The Movie 1. Prologue 2. Opening Sequences 3. Meteor Showers 4. "Dottie" 5. Harry Stamper Oil 6. World's Best Deep Core Driller 7. "Why'd You Guys Call Me?" 8. The Men: "A Bunch of Retards" 9. The Wrong Stuff 10. Basic Training 11. The Flight Plan 12. Space Cowboy 13. A Night Off 14. Shanghai Surprise 15. Armageddon 16. "A Kickass Ride" 17. The Russian Space Station 18. Emergency Breakaway 19. Slingshot 20. Segment 202, Grid 9 21. "You Had Your Shot!" 22. Secondary Protocol 23. Evel Knievel 24. Space Dementia 25. "Embrace the Horror" 26. Rock Storm 27. "Let's Draw" 28. A Promise Broken 29. "He Doesn't Know How to Fail" 30. Homecoming 31. End Credits 1. Introduction and Title Sequence 2. The Best and the Brightest 3. Physical Effects 4. Deep Impact 5. Bruce and Ben 6. "The Best" 7. Pure Entertainment 8. The Ensemble 9. Improvisation 10. NASA Locations 11. Michael Bay's Space 12. Shooting in the Tank 13. The Arc of the Characters 14. "Let's Just Blow It Up" 15. A Live Shuttle 16. The Night Launch 17. "All Tunnels Look the Same" 18. "Stunt Slash Acting" 19. CG Effects 20. Spacesuit Problems 21. Debris Eliminators 22. Keith David 23. Younger Viewers 24. The Two Million Dollar Pit 25. Maintaining Concentration 26. Origins of the Film 27. Hollywood Musicals 28. Killing the Star 29. The Audience 30. Endings 31. The Wedding 1. The Dinosaurs 2. Amateurs 3. Manhattan and Los Angeles 4. The Size of Texas 5. The Rig 6. "In the Midst of It" 7. Evil Attitude 8. Loaded Images 9. Civilians in Space 10. The Right Stuff 11. Propellants 12. The Largest Swimming Pool 13. Shooting Schedules 14. Apollo One Memorial 15. Camera Tests 16. Shooting the Launch 17. Gravity 18. Fire in the Space Station 19. Driving Too Fast 20. Kadoka, South Dakota 21. The Helmets 22. The Dirty Dozen in Outer Space 23. Michael White 24. Stage Two 25. Impact 26. Jerry Bruckheimer 27. Nuclear Weapons 28. Film School 29. Shock Wave 30. The Thunderbirds 31. "It Will Happen"