Species (Collector's Edition) (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Disc Features:
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: July 11, 2017
- Originally Released: 1995
- Label: Shout Factory
- Note: Disc 1:
- Audio commentary with actors Natasha Henstridge and Michael Madsen and director Roger Donaldson
- Audio commentary with Roger Donaldson, make-up effects creator Steve Johnson, visual effects supervisor Richard Edlund and producer Frank Mancuso Jr.
- Theatrical trailer
- Disc 2:
- NEW interviews with Roger Donaldson, cinematographer Andrzej Bartkowiak, production designer John Muto, composer Christopher Young, Steve Johnson, special effects supervisor Billy Bryan and Creature supervisor Norman Cabrera
- "Engineering Life"
- "H.R. Giger At Work"
- "The Making of Species: the Origin, the Concept, the Discovery"
- "Designing a Hybrid"
- Alternate ending
- Still gallery
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 2.35
- Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1
- DTS HD Master Audio
- Subtitles - English
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger & Natasha Henstridge | |
| Performer: | Whip Hubley & Michelle Williams | |
| Directed by | Roger Donaldson | |
| Edited by | Conrad Buff | |
| Screenwriting by | Dennis Feldman | |
| Composition by | Christopher Young | |
| Produced by | Dennis Feldman & Frank Mancuso, Jr. | |
| Director of Photography: | Andrzej Bartkowiak | |
| Executive Production by | David Streit |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 2/4 --
Despite its silly excesses of misogyny -- watch out for female sexuality, it'll kill ya! -- this absurdly exploitative sci-fi movie is not unpleasant to watch.
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New York Daily News
In spite of all its unexplained and semiridiculous plot premises it works surprisingly well as a genre exercise, perhaps because, like Alien, it knows how to exploit misogynist biological and sexual anxieties for all they're worth.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 3/5 --
It's lip-smackingly good, gory horror fare, with a whole series of thrilling sequences topped off by a cliffhanging climax.
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Sky Cinema
The best that can be said about 'Species' is that the soundtrack composed by Christopher Young is OK. [Full Review in Spanish]
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Espinof
Rating: 3/4 --
Roger Donaldson directs Species with a firm pace, and right up until the end he's in control of a most satisfying summer film.
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Chicago Tribune
It would be comforting to think that the genus Cinema Americana were guided by the principal of natural selection, but cloning and reversion seem, rather, to be the norm.
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Independent (UK)
...Gripping....An effective thrill machine, delivering action and suspense that should engage all viewers...
Variety
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'
Will Sil, who finally changes into a hideous, slimy monster, defeat our heroes... and breed a new generation of mutants'
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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.
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 26,854
- UPC: 826663177336
- Shipping Weight: 0.22/lbs (approx)
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