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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Posted: February 26th, 2003. The X-Men evolve to a whole new level with X-Men 1.5 on DVD
Experience a whole new mutation with X-Men 1.5 – The X-Treme Edition of theOriginal Film, a 2-disc set of the first film and the most X-citing DVDrelease of the year, yours to own on 31st March 2003 from Twentieth Century FoxHome Entertainment (RRP £19.99)
Based on Stan Lee’s classic Marvel comic book series, X-MEN introduces us tothe children born in a time when race and religion don’t separate people, butextra super-powers and mutated characteristics do. Born into a world filledwith prejudice, they possess extraordinary and dangerous powers – the result ofunique genetic mutations.
Storm (Academy Award(r) winner Halle Berry, Die Another Day) can manipulate theweather at will, the academy’s star pupil, Cyclops (James Marsden, DisturbingBehaviour) unleashes bolts of energy from his eyes, and Dr Jean Grey (FamkeJanssen, Goldeneye, Don’t Say a Word) has incredible telepathic abilities.
Under the tutelage of Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart, Star Trek),the world’s most powerful telepath, the mutants have learned to control and directtheir special powers for the greater good of mankind. Danger beckons whenXavier welcomes two newcomers: Wolverine (Hugh Jackman, Swordfish) a solitaryfighting machine who possesses amazing healing powers, and Rogue (Anna Paquin,The Piano, Almost Famous), an alienated teenage girl who can absorb the life forceof anyone she touches.
Openly opposed to non-mutant society is Xavier’s former partner, ErikLehnsherr, ‘The Master of Magnetism’ known as Magneto (Ian McKellen, Lordof the Rings). Backed by his brotherhood of evil mutants, Toad (Ray Park,Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace), Sabretooth (ex-WCW wrestler TylerMane) and the blue-skinned shape-shifter Mystique (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos,Femme Fatale). Magneto believes humans and mutants can never co-exist and unveilshis sinister plot for the future.
Directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects), X-MEN explores the collisionbetween mutant minority and human majority, the result of which is a sleek,fast-moving sci-fi adventure that offers the ultimate in stand-out futuristicaction.
Bursting with state-of-the-art visual effects and a range of super cool superheroes,X-MEN 1.5 on DVD is packed with hours of X-tras accessed via Concept X all-newviewing mode menus. Go behind the scenes and find out more about the productiondevelopment of bringing the comic book to DVD. Explore this technologicallyadvanced 2-Disc DVD to find interviews with cast and crew, production stills,multi-angle segments, screen-tests, and to be the first to get a sneak peek atthe forthcoming X-Men 2 with an introduction to the film and new mutants fromBryan Singer.
Join the evolution with X-Men 1.5 on DVD from 31st March and put your DVD player through its paces.
The X-Men return with a host of new mutant characters and their most excitingadventure yet in X-MEN 2 – only in cinemas from May 1st 2003
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DVD subtitles20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
31st March 2003
12
100 mins
£19.99
24019DVD
2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen
Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
English for the Hearing Impaired
Special Features:
- Disc One
- Movie with Audio Commentary from Director Bryan Singer
- Movie including 6 Extended Scenes with optional commentary
- Movie with 6 Extended Scenes with 17 Behind the Scenes segments
- X-Men 2 Sneak Peak
- X-Men 2 Trailer
- Daredevil Trailer
- Activision Wolverine’s Revenge trailer
The following features play in 2 modes with the segments in Italics playing inmode two as well:
- Bringing the X-Men to Life: Hugh Jackman’s First Reading, Hugh Jackman’s Screen test, Character Stills Gallery
- X Factor: The Look of the X-Men: Cyclops Costume Test, Storm Costume Test, Toad Make-up Test, 4 Image Galleries
- Producing the X-Men: 2 Multi-angle segments
- Special Effects of the X-Men: Senator Kelly effects Breakdown, 4 multi-angle segments
- Reflections of the X-Men: Ellis Island Premiere, Premieres Around the World
Disc Two
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2003.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.