Preservation Listings

Background on the 1989 Batman film. Contains: The Making of Batman, Premiere Movie Special, Various news reports from 20/20, Entertainment Tonight, A Current Affair, MovieTime, TV Commercials.

Blade Runner
The Director's Cut
Mastered from new HD broadcast

Detective William Somerset is just one week away from a well-deserved retirement. His soul aches with the pain that can only come from having seen and felt far too much. Somerset's retirement must wait for one last case, for which he is teamed with young hotshot David Mills, the fiery detective set to replace him at the end of the week.

Share the spirit of adventure on-screen and off with this exciting look at heroism that takes you behind the scenes of Indy's third movie and beyond the screen for the exploits of true-life Indiana Joneses!

Narrated by Harrison Ford, this program demonstrates how major action sequences were designed and executed.

"The Making of Raiders Of The Lost Ark" captures the cast and crew in the studio and on location as they tackle the many problems created by an adventure spectacular of this magnitude.

Thirty years ago, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial broke box-office records and has captivated audiences ever since. This documentary provides an insight into the making of Steven Spielberg's classic fantasy film, revealing how Matthew De Meritt, who was born without legs, played the alien in some scenes, and why real doctors were brought in, instead of actors, to film the moment where E.T. is seen dying. Henry Thomas, who starred as lonely boy Elliott, revisits the suburban Californian house where much of the movie was made, and there are also contributions from Dee Wallace and Robert MacNaughton.

Using a videotape recording of the original 1976 two-part broadcast as a reference source, the ABC OHMSS Preservation Fanedit is a shot-for-shot reproduction of the ABC broadcast which faithfully reproduces all transitions (wipes and dissolves), edit points, censored scenes and/or dialogue.

Imagine you're Francis Ford Coppola. The year is 1977. You're the director of one of the most successful franchises ever but your current project, Apocalypse Now, is in danger of being shut down for being over budget. What do you do? Capitalize on the success of your former masterpieces to raise funds for your future one, of course. And in doing just that, Coppola created a whole new experience for Godfather fans: The Godfather Saga.

Following my 2011 "Restored and Preserved" DVD Internet release of SUSPIRIA, this new 35th anniversary preservation edition - released in 1080p format - was redone from scratch, and improves dramatically on the original release.