Gansters: The Ultimate Film Collection (American Gangster / Scarface / Casino / Carlito's Way) (9-DVD)

Starring: Denzel Washington; Russell Crowe; Al Pacino; Michelle Pfeiffer; Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio; Joe Pesci; Sharon Stone & James Woods Director: Ridley Scott; Brian De Palma & Martin Scorsese  Rated:

DVD Features:

Disc 1: Side A: AMERICAN GANGSTER - Original Theatrical Version

Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French
• Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentary - Ridley Scott - Director; Steven Zaillian - Writer

Disc 1: Side B: AMERICAN GANGSTER - Extended Version

Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
• Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional

Disc 2: AMERICAN GANSTER - Bonus Disc

Alternate Opening
Deleted Scenes
Featurette - 1. Case Files: Script Meeting
                 2. Case Files: Heroin Test Show & Tell
                 3. Case Files: Setting Up the Takedown
                 4. Frank and Eva's Wedding
Making of - 1. Fallen Empire: Making American Gangster - Tru-Blu: The Real Story
                2. Fallen Empire: Making American Gangster - Killer Threads: Costumes
                3. Fallen Empire: Making American Gangster - Crime War: Production
                4. Fallen Empire: Making American Gangster - Into the Arena: Ali vs. Frazier
                5. Fallen Empire: Making American Gangster - Rhythm of the Street: Sound, Music and Editing
Featurette - 1. Case Files: Script Meeting
                 2. Case Files: Heroin Test Show & Tell
                 3. Case Files: Setting Up the Takedown

Disc 3: AMERICAN GANGSTER - Bonus Disc

Hip-Hop Infusion
Additional Footage - 1. The BET Special: The Making of American Gangster
                             2. Dateline NBC: American Gangster First Look

• Music Video - 1. "Blue Magic" by Jay Z
                      2. "Do You Feel Me" by Anthony Hamilton Featureing Ghostface Killah
• Theatrical Trailer
• Second Session Digital Files

Disc 4: SCARFACE (1983) Platinum Edition

Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
• Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish

Additional Release Material:

• SCARFACE Scorecard

Disc 5: SCARFACE (1983) - Bonus Disc

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
• Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

• Deleted Scenes
• Featurette - 1. THE WORLD OF MONTANA
                   2. THE REBIRTH
                   3. MAKING OF SCARFACE
                   4. THE ACTING
                   5. THE CREATING
                   6. TV CLIPS

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Production Notes

Disc 6: CASINO - Anniversary Edition

Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
• Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

• Featurette - MOMENTS WITH MARTIN SCORSESE, SHARON STONE, NICOLAS PILEGGI AND MORE

Disc 7: CASINO - Bonus Disc

• Deleted Scenes
• Featurette - 1. CASINO: THE STORY
                   2. CASINO: THE CAST & CHARACTERS
                   3. CASINO: THE LOOK
                   4. CASINO: AFTER THE FILMING
                   5. VEGAS AND THE MOB
                   6. HISTORY ALIVE: TRUE CRIME AUTHORS: CASINO WITH NICHOLAS PILEGGI (THE HISTORY CHANNEL)

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Production Notes

Disc 8: CARLITO'S WAY - Ultimate Edition

Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French
• DTS 5.1 Surround - English
• Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish
• Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish

Disc 9: CARLITO'S WAY - Bonus Disc

• Deleted Scenes
• Featurette - 1. Brian De Palma on CARLITO'S WAY
                   2. The Making of CARLITO'S WAY
                   3. Original Promotion Featurette
• Trailer - Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Photo and Poster Gallery

Product Description:

Gangster fans will savor this collection of four films that helped redefine the genre. Brian DePalma's SCARFACE, written by a young Oliver Stone, takes Howard Hawk's 1932 classic into the drug-fueled violence of 1980s Florida. DePalma's informal update on the character, CARLITO'S WAY, also starring Al Pacino, follows an aging gangster as he faces a new generation of thugs. Undeservingly criticized as a lesser GOODFELLAS, 1995's CASINO offers up bountiful rewards for anyone who looks beyond casting. A fascinating hybrid of the western and gangster genres, Scorsese's Las Vegas opus finds old-school gangsters in the developing frontier where cowboys (er, mobsters) are being replaced by businessmen. Finally, reaching the cycle's inevitable conclusion, Ridley Scott's AMERICAN GANGSTER offers a crime film steeped in the flimsy entrepreneurial ethics that any business school graduate could appreciate. Please see individual titles for detailed synopsis information.

Plot Keywords:

Action | Disturbing | Drama | Drug Addiction | Drug Dealers | Drugs | Enemies | Essential Cinema | Gangsters | Mobsters | Organized Crime

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