Species (2-DVD / Collector's Edition)

Starring: Natasha Henstridge Director: Roger Donaldson  Rated:

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital Surround - Spanish, French
• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
• DTS 5.1 - English
• Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

Disc 1: SPECIES - Theatrical Presentation

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentaries - 1. Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen - Stars; Roger Donaldson - Director
                                  2. Including Roger Donaldson - Director; Frank Mancuso Jr., - Producer; Richard Edlund - Visual Effects Supervisor
• Trailers (2)

Disc 2: SPECIES - Supplemental Features

Additional Release Material:

• Alternate Scenes - Alternate Ending
• Behind the Scenes - 1. "H.R. Giger at Work: Designing Species"
                                2. "The Making of SPECIES" (4 parts)
• Featurettes - "Engineering Life"
• Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
                2. "SPECIES 4: THE AWAKENING Sneak Peek"

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Stills/Photos - Project Still Image Files

Product Description:

A genetically engineered, shape-shifting creature with extraterrestrial intelligence adopts the form of a beautiful woman to mate with humans and unleash a brood of offspring that will destroy mankind. A team of experts must band together to stop her--it--from accomplishing its diabolical mission. Special editions contain behind-the-scenes footage with creature creator H.R. Giger.

Plot Synopsis:

A team of scientists decide they must gas to death a young girl named Sil. Why? Because she is the result of an experiment in which human DNA was mixed with that of a (possibly nefarious) alien race. But Sil has plans of her own, so she breaks out of the gas chamber and escapes. This prompts Fitch, the head scientist, to gather a team to track the child down. Unfortunately, they may have trouble recognizing their prey, because Sil has turned herself into a lethal, sexy, adult woman... whose goal is to procreate as soon as possible. The fetching mutant embarks on a number of sexual encounters -- most of which have gruesome results for her partners.
Will Sil, who finally changes into a hideous, slimy monster, defeat our heroes... and breed a new generation of mutants?

Plot Keywords:

Action | Aliens | Erotic | Suspense | Theatrical Release | Thriller

Production Notes:

• Released theatrically in the USA July 7, 1995.
• Shot in Panavision.
  
  Color by DeLuxe.
• Sound in DTS stereo.
• Additional credits:
  Visual Effects: John Mann (designer); Ellen M. Somers (production supervisor); Jim Rygiel (co-supervisor); Dave Jones (model supervisor); Theo Waddell (editor).
  Computer Graphics: Jacques Stroweis (digital consultant); Sean Phillips (technical advisor); Janice Lew, Maurice Bastian (digital model supervisors); Dale Baer (animation consultant).
• H.R. Giger's designs for the creature were brought to life by four-time Academy Award-winning special effects designer Richard Edlund ("Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark"). He used high-speed computer imagery to animate the action that could not be simulated by a stunt expert. This enabled the film to come up with a fluidity for the monster's maneuvers that helped create the illusion of movement.
• Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.

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