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This 2-Disc edition of Spider-man 3 is bursting with extras. Almost every aspect of the film-making process is covered and amazingly recorded for our home entertainment. Without further ado, lets get on with it shall we?
Disc one boasts the original theatrical version of Spider-Man 3 and two
Commentary tracks, the first with Director & Cast and the second, the Filmmakers. The first has the director, producer, effects personnel and cast members such as Tobey Maguire, James Franco, Kirsten Dunst, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace and Bryce Dallas Howard. The group seems to have fun taking jibes at each other and genuinely looking forward to a fourth sequel if theres one. Franco for the record loves to be in it (if you havent caught the movie then you wont get what the last sentence meant). [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-2]The second features Producers Avi Arad, Laura Ziskin, Grant Curtis (who also cameo as a security guard in the movie), Editor Bob Murawski and visual effects supervisor Scott Stokdyk. Some of the points highlighted here were either mentioned earlier or in the making of features. Nevertheless, there are still some precious insights into the movie provided by them which you might find interesting. [/SIZE][/FONT]
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A host of Trailers including Surf Up, Across the Universe, Superbad, Vantage Point, Ghost Rider and a Blu Ray promo reel round up Disc one.[/SIZE][/FONT]
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Disc Two begins with 6 minutes of bloopers reel showing the goofy side of the cast, Maguire especially is a blast.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-2]You want to see how CG sand is created? Then look no further, see it here in Grains of
Sand Building Sandman featurette. See how the CG artistes use Arizona sand as a guide to create the nasty Sandman. A perfect blend of science and computer technology. [/SIZE][/FONT]
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In Re-Imagining the Goblin Featurette, the props master explains how the slider is created and listens to the costume designer says why a mixture of SWAT and Black Knight inspires the new Goblins costume. [/SIZE][/FONT]
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Venom, the much anticipated villain in the Spider-Mans universe is dissected in Covered in Black Creating Venom featurette. This 15 minutes segment shows you how the goo liked substance is applied on actor Topher Grace during filming. [/SIZE][/FONT]
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The key word here is money and it goes to show why it costs millions of greenback to create Spider-Man movies. A special hydraulic mechanism (sort of those used in theme parks) is specially built to create Gwen Stacys fall sequence. And you get to see how those brilliant engineers did that in Hanging on
Gwen Stacy & the Collapsing Floor featurette.[/SIZE][/FONT]
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This is my favourite feature of all. Fighting, Flying & Driving The Stunts featurette delves on the how the battles of the various characters are coordinated. Producer Laura Ziskin says in her interview that the actions of Spider-man 3 need to top the previous instalment. Seeing the final product onscreen and how parts of the aerial battles, fights are rigged and not entirely CG, you got to agree with her.[/SIZE][/FONT]
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Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of Spider-Man 3 is a 9 minutes segment that touches on the love-hate relationship between Peter, M.J., Gwen and Harry Osborn. Interviews..interviews..[/SIZE][/FONT]
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This must be one of those movies that boast several major action sets within minutes after the next. In Wall of Water The Big Dump featurette, we get to see how Thomas Haden Churchs Sandman gets all washed up. Visually, its a cool setup. Logistically its a nightmare.[/SIZE][/FONT]
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Inside the Editing Web featurette, film editor Bob Murawski introduces us to the world of editing Spider-man 3. From animatics to storyboards to the various footages provided by the different units, Bobs role is to cut them together. We guess we still prefer to see the end product. [/SIZE][/FONT]
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Digital surround sound, effects, score
no movies can survive without these. In From Foley to Scoring The Science of Sound featurette, Composer Christopher Young introduces us to the music behind Spider-Man 3 and sound mixing designers/engineers and foley artistes demonstrate how actual sound effects are created. [/SIZE][/FONT]
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The Spider-man comics are set in one of the worlds famous cities, New York. It will be a sin not to shoot the franchises there. On Location New York From Rooftops to
Backstreets featurette takes an interesting look behind the scenes of crew capturing the lovely citys backdrop using a Spydercam for shooting plates (for insertion of CG elements) and the difficulties of shooting scenes there. [/SIZE][/FONT]
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Because of traffic concerns, the chase of Sandman on the bank armour truck sequence was filmed in Cleveland, Ohio instead. On Location Cleveland The Chase on Euclid Avenue is a great 6 minutes showcase of how the stunt team filmed the exhilarating chase down the street. [/SIZE][/FONT]
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Several TV Spots Around the World including those from Japan, Spain, UK are in the DVD as well. Try to pick up a few foreign lines if possible. This is follow by the original teaser which was revealed to the world back in 2006 and the final 3 theatrical trailers. [/SIZE][/FONT]
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Rounding up this DVD is the music video for Snow Patrol: Signal Fire MTV and photo galleries if you still cant enough of Toby Maguires charm or Bruce Dallas Howards beauty. [/SIZE][/FONT]
hav yet to check out the special features for spidey 3 yet
