In this exclusive talk with Earl Dittman, Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff jokes about the contrast between her life and that of her tough cigar-smoking character, Kara “Starbuck” Thrace, sheds light on the difficulties of living in the shadow of a character that has been portrayed by someone else — who just happened to be male, in 1978’s original run of Battlestar — and explains how a sci-fi show sometimes feels like it’s not fiction at all. Plus: this week’s DVDs and Blu-rays, after the jump.
Katee Sackhoff, the 29-year-old, Oregon-born actress who portrayed Captain Kara “Starbuck” Thrace for four television seasons on the 21st Century version (2004-2009) of the sci-fi action series Battlestar Galactica, admits she has mixed feelings about the ending of the series (which signed off the air earlier this Spring). “I love Battlestar with all my heart,” she admits, “but with it coming to end, I now have the opportunity to do other roles.” For instance, Sackhoff will be joining Keifer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer in season eight of 24 (as “Dana Walsh”) – and she might pop up again on the final season of Nip/Tuck as Dr. Teddy Rowe (the sexy and dangerous character she created on the hip plastic surgery drama this past year).
The now legendary Battlestar Galatica — which was recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the best dramatic series on television and has won several accolades, including a prestigious Peabody Award and two Emmys, throughout its four seasons – also allowed Sackhoff to create one of those rare pop culture icons. Sackhoff turned Starbuck (originally portrayed by the very male Dirk Benedict in its 1970s incarnation) into a modern day feminist role model. “We never knew if original fans of the original show would ever grow to accept me as Starbuck, but they grew to love the idea, and women even started to watch a sci-fi show just to see what Starbuck would do next,” Katee explains. “It’s great when people really respect and get into a female character. But, it’s even more incredible when she becomes a role model. But, this show had a lot of role models – male, female and Cylon.”
The story of the life and death battle between man and the Cylons, a race of man-made, sentient robotic clones, who turn on their creators and are determined to bring an end to the human race, Battlestar Galatica also featured the talents of first-class actors like Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, James Callis, Tahmoth Penikett and Michael Trucco. “I think we had one of the most incredible, talented casts ever assembled for one show,” Sackhoff confesses. “Everyone gave everything they had in them to their roles, and I think it shows. The writing is incredible, but I think the acting is the best you’ll ever see. We made one great frakkin’ (BSG’s version of the f-word) crew of actors. I’m just glad that the evidence of that will live on DVDs and Blu-rays.”
While playing Starbuck, which was tougher for you to do – a fight scene or a love scene?
“I would say that the sex scenes were a lot harder than I think anything that I ever had to do on the show. Because it’s not natural, it’s just odd. It’s very odd. It makes you kind of feel cheap. Like you’re being paid to or being allowed to in a sense cheat on your significant other. So, that definitely is weird. But the fight scenes were really easy and they came pretty naturally for me, to be honest.”
How cool and gratifying has it been that you won over fans of the original Battlestar Galatica — who were at first skeptical and negative about the show – and on a larger scale how did does it feel that this version of BSG has gained so many television fans in general?
“It is completely gratifying in a sense. I think for the full reason that it’s nice to have people identify with the character that you’re playing and appreciate the work you’re doing. I don’t think I went into this trying to win over the old fans because I think that you can’t ever please everyone, and I didn’t want to focus on people that were all ready in a sense, you know, spewing negative energy at me. So I just kind of did what I did and it’s nice to know that some of them have been converted. But, I guess it is a little gratifying to know that for all the people who said that Starbuck wouldn’t work with a woman, it’s kind of nice to know that it did work for sure.”
In the beginning, some viewers were reluctant to accept Starbuck as a woman, since the characters was played by Dirk Benedict in the original. What do you think finally made people accept Starbuck as a woman?
“Honestly, what made people accept Starbuck as a woman was that she was just such a interesting character. I think once people put their guard down, as far as the preconceived notions of what the show was supposed to be and just allowed it to be really good science fiction, I think that’s also probably the same time when people accepted Starbuck for being a woman was when they stopped thinking of the old show. It’d be hard to figure out when that probably happened but probably after the first season. That cliffhanger at the very end of Season One probably got all the fans hooked.”
How did you, and the rest of the cast, feel when you first found out that the show was ending?
“Well, as far as how I felt, it was interesting. Like, there was a side to me that actually, you know, the selfish side of you that wants to go on and play different roles, so there was an excitement to go off and play new characters. I mean, that’s why you became an actor – to not play the same character for ten years. At the same time, I thought that it is sad just because the work environment on Battlestar Galactica was absolutely amazing and I don’t think it’s something that comes along a lot. I’ve done so many canceled television shows, and I can tell you that it’s not normal to enjoy going to work and to enjoy the people you work with. Chances are I’m never going to find that again, so that’s sad as well. But you know as far as moving on after the show, I don’t think I really felt the pain of it until the very end.”
What kind of impact do you think the show has had on the science fiction genre?
“They always treated Battlestar Galatica like a reality, and what I really thought was so interesting about our show was that we never relied on the science fiction of it to drive the show. We relied on the drama and the human condition and those really important questions. Most science fiction shows rely way too much on the bells and whistles. So I think people finally realized that science fiction is just a setting. It’s where something takes place, it should never have been what the show is. And I think that finally, for the first time, what the show has probably done is that it proved that that could be done.”
Did you ever think that Starbuck would become such a popular and kind of an iconic character when you signed up to do BSG?
“Oh, of course. [Laughs] I didn’t even know the show would become as iconic as it is. It’s taken on a life of its own and become something completely different than what I ever thought it would. I thought it was just going to be a paycheck. So no, I didn’t know Starbuck would ever become what she’s become. I think that so many things had to come together to make that a reality. I think that the writing was perfect and the way they wrote Starbuck was perfect, so all the planets had to align to get this to be perfect.”
After playing Starbuck for four seasons, did you ever pick up any of her hard-core, rebellious habits or her love of poker?
“No, I still have never played a game of poker. [Laughs] I still don’t smoke cigars either. I haven’t picked up anything from her, I don’t think. If I was to say that I picked up something, it would be that…I can’t think. Maybe it would be her strength and her conviction in something she believes in. I would like to be able to emulate that. And then just her belief in what she has to say was really impressive. I think so many times women in general, but people as well, apologize before they say things out of fear – like we give a disclaimer, like this is going to sound stupid or – I know there’s women that do that all the time, like, ‘Forgive me for asking this question…’ like the question doesn’t have any merit. Every question does. I think something that I’ve learned from Starbuck is that there really is, and my mother used to say that as a teacher, like no question is stupid, there are no stupid questions, there’s only stupid answers. That’s what my mom used to always say, so that’s something that I hope I took from Starbuck.”
What is the best memory or experience that you’re going to take with you from your time on Battlestar Galatica?
“You know, the cast and the crew. I have made so many friends on the show. I mean, Steve McNutt, our VP, has been like my dad for five years and constantly telling me to be safe. Then, also the friendships that you form that are through the show but you are able to maintain outside of the show. That’s really important because when you do a show you have these grand plans of staying in touch with these people and nine times out of ten it never happens. For instance, I haven’t spoke to Richard Dreyfuss or Marcia Gay Harden in ages. I did a show with them (The Education of Max Bickford), so you never do. Unless you find a common ground outside of the show, those friendships don’t last. So I think that what I’m really proud of is my friendship with Tricia (Helfer). I’m very proud of that, it’s my first adult friendship I guess, like the first friendship I’ve developed as an adult that hasn’t been a friend since I was, you know, 17. And so I’m proud of that and I’m proud that we’ll be friends forever or for a long time at least.”
How did Starbuck progress throughout the whole entire saga?
“I don’t know. People always asked me the question about how she evolved, but she did. I think that she finally became someone you could depend on, and I don’t think she was before. But I think what kept her going – and I think people can take this from her – was her desire to love and her desire to have people love her. It kept her going. Her relationships with Adama and Lee probably kept her alive, and I think that’s something that was very important. I’ve talked to a lot of soldiers who said that what keeps them going is that they get to come home. We’re happiest and most willing to accommodate I guess life and all its ups and downs when we have love in our lives.”
What did you learn most as an actor from your time on the show?
“I’m not sure, because I think every day is a learning experience. Every day, you learn something new, and I don’t really think I’ll know the gravity of that until I’ve stepped away and taken on another job. I’ll do something that will just come naturally and I’ll go ‘Oh wow, I learned that on Battlestar.’ When I worked with Marcia Gay Harden, Richard Dreyfuss and Peter O’Toole – it was an amazing work environment when I did the show with them – but I don’t think I realized what I had learned from them until years later. So I think that’s kind of what it’s going to be with Battlestar.”
While still on BSG portraying Kara “Starbuck” Thrace, you played Sarah Corvus on (the short-lived) Bionic Woman. Do you like doing action roles?
“Do I want to play a character just like Sarah Corvus or Starbuck? No, I’ve already done it. I’m looking for things that are complete opposite from those two characters. Whether or not if people give me the opportunity to do that, I don’t know? But what’s interesting is that five years ago, I couldn’t get anyone to think I was tough and now I can’t get anyone to think of me as the way they did five years ago.” [Laughs]
Of all the members of the Battlestar Galactica cast, who did you always enjoy acting against? Did you have any particular favorites?
“I love working with James (Callis as Gaius) and Trisha (Helfer as Number 6) for sure. The two of them were so much fun. With James, because you never knew what he was going to do.”
Was there any aspect or experience or recurring theme of growing up in Scappoose, Oregen, or around that area, that in any way prepared you for playing Starbuck or really helped you in form your portrayal of Starbuck?
“I’ve never thought about it that way. But as far as growing up in St. Helens and in and around that area, and then ultimately high school in Portland, was that I spent all my time outdoors as a child. I was constantly running around with my brother and playing cops and robbers. We grew up in a place and a time when your parents said, ‘Be back by dinner,’ and they let you go. You didn’t have to worry about your kids. You came back at dinnertime and it was fine, and I think there was a freedom and a vulnerability and a sense of security that I had growing up.”
How did that affect you once you headed to Hollywood?
“I was very sheltered, so I think that I’m very naive. I think that I got all of that from growing up in St. Helens. When I moved to Los Angeles, I was like a fish out of water. I’m like, ‘Who are you people?’ There’s a lot of stereotypes from growing up in a small town – which obviously I did – that I think directly related to Starbuck. She needed to get out and she became the best at something to get out of her home environment, to get out of the town, so to speak, that she was raised in and education was never in her forethought. She just kind of went, ‘Okay, I’m going to be the best fighter pilot and that will get me out.’ And, I think that that was my thing growing up, where I grew up was ‘I don’t care what I’ll have to do, I’m going to get out.’ So, ultimately, that’s how I became an actor – just wanting desperately to get out, so that’s for sure.”
The overall theme of Battlestar Galatica was far too mature for little girls. But as far as big girls go, what do you think your character gives them?
“I think when this first started, I was 22, and I think Starbuck was comparable in age, maybe a couple years older than me. She was supposed to be 35 and then they cast me which was a shame. [Laughs] But I think it gave us a glimpse of was a young woman who didn’t depend on anyone and knew what her purpose was. And I think we never saw that. Through the years, we learned that she’s got this vulnerability and she’s screwed up. But, I think people depended on her just because she was so good at what she did, not because they actually trusted her. But I think that’s how she’s changed and progressed and grew as a person and as a soldier. By the end, she was probably one of the most dependable people on the show. I’ve never really seen a strong, young, female character on a show, and whenever I did, they always needed a man to hold their hand. I think that was what was so interesting about this show – that everyone was equally vulnerable and equally needed help. There was no man or woman…there was no bias on our show and I think that’s…maybe not what Starbuck has done for women but what the show has done for women.”
What’s the hardest part to leave behind in Starbuck/Kara, and what are you looking forward to now that she’s not an everyday part of your life?
“Well, I’m going to miss pretending like I’m really that tough because I’m not. I’m such a baby. I cry all the time. I actually have a pulled muscle in my stomach right now. I think it’s a pulled muscle in my stomach. I’ve had it before. I’ve never felt pain like this before. So I’ll miss that. I wrapped the series and immediately got laryngitis. I can just now talk again. I was actually worried and thinking that I was going to have a cortisone shot so that I could talk today. I woke up this morning and was hoarse, going, ‘I don’t think this is going to work.’ My boyfriend immediately started shoving tea and cough drops down my throat. Come to think of it maybe that’s how I hurt my rib, coughing. I could’ve done it coughing, right? Sorry. So I’m looking forward to not having anything to look forward to, really. I’m so excited. I look at across the room and I see my better half and it makes me happy that I actually get to wake-up every morning next to him for a while. It’s been five years of missing that. So that’s exciting.”
Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5 - Blu-ray Hi-Def + DVD – Bonus Features: Three extended episodes; deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes including “What The Frak Is Going On With Battlestar Galatica?”, and commentary and podcast interviews with Executive Producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick; a sneak peek at the upcoming Battlestar Galatica: The Plan and episode commentaries. (U-Control & BD-Live on BD only.)
Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series — 20-disc Blu-ray Hi-Def set and a 25-disc standard DVD set contains every episode of the series.
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Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
As actor David Tennant’s tenure as the latest Doctor Who on this revamped version of the hit British sci-fi series (based on the 1960’s show that originally aried on the BBC) comes to an end, his final days as “The Doctor” (the tenth in the show’s history) are being chronicled in special extended-length episodes like the recently-aired “Planet of the Dead.” Co-producers and co-writers Russell T. Davies and Gareth Roberts (in preparation of Tennant’s departure) are ramping up the action for The Doctor, placing him in even more precarious life-or-death situations. Having shed his five gorgeous female assistants (including the ultra-sexy Billie Piper from The Secret Diary of a Call Girl) over the course of five seasons on BBC Canada and America, The Doctor happens upon another beautiful British babe, Lady Christina (Michelle Ryan from the now defunct Bionic Woman redux) to help him fight off a race of terrifying, planet-threatening aliens. Packed with stunning CGI-effects and nonstop action (not to mention an hour-long “Extra: Doctor Who Confidential” featurette), “Planet of the Dead” is an exciting and fun introduction to new fans of The Doctor and a fitting tribute for fans of David Tennant’s stint as the legendary Time Lord .
Torchwood: Children of Earth
This Doctor Who spin-off stars British actor John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, the roguish, 51st Century-born, ambi-sexual, hedonistic head of the adventure-seeking, alien-capturing Torchwood team. Early on, the immortal Capt. Harkness (who initially appeared in the first season of Doctor Who, when Christopher Eccleston played the Time Lord) adopted a no-holds-barred approach to fighting unwelcomed visitors to Planet Earth. The lengths Jack will go to save our planet’s young human offspring in Children of Earth are downright shocking and come with a hefty personal price tag. A five-part series – which is being tagged as the erstwhile third season of Torchwood — is available on both HD Blu-ray and DVD and features the essential “Torchwood Declassified” featurette (tracing the history of the Torchwood team). With his five-member team having been decimated by the death of two key players, Harkness must rely on his right-hand gal Gwen (Eve Myles) and “partner” Ianto (Gareth David-Lloyd) to battle the British government. Even if he’s triumphant over his archenemies at the end of Children of Earth, the future of Torchwood will remain uncertain.
Big Man Japan
Tired of indistinguishable, paint-by-numbers, superhero movies? Okay, I like Watchmen and Iron Man as much as the next guy, but aren’t they these kind of films getting a wee bit predictable? Leave it to the folks that brought us Godzilla and Mothra to spice up the superhero/monster-movie genre with a unique comedy about and man who lands one of Japan’s most bizzare jobs: fighting giant monsters. Directed by Hitosi Matumoto, Big Man Japan tells the gut-busting story of Diasato, an everyman fighter of nuclear monstrosities. While other monster butt-kickers are given parades, something gets lost in the translation with Diasato, who becomes a national pariah, shunned by the very people he has sworn to protect. So, what is any self-respecting superhero supposed to do when he doesn’t get the respect he deserves? After getting fried by a couple million volts of electroshocks, he grows into a skyscraper-sized, stick-wielding mega-ninja, that’s what. (Available on DVD with a featurette and deleted scenes).
Dollhouse: Season One
Whether you’re a hard-core or casual fan of filmmaker Joss Whedon, the creative mastermind behind the wild and wonderful fantasy cult series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel — or if you’re just hot for Eliza Dusku, his stunningly protégé from both long-running series — Dollhouse is just for you. If you missed it’s 2008-2009 season run, the Blu-ray and DVD of editions of Dollhouse: Season One not only feature the sexy and provocative 12 episodes that aired on broadcast television, but they include the never-before-seen standalone episode “Epitaph One,” the original unaired pilot “Echo,” deleted scenes and seven making-of featurettes. In this compelling series, Dushku portrays an “Active”, the mysterious Echo, who is the unwitting agent of Dollhouse, an illegal underground organization that provides its elite clientele with programmable human being. Touching on controversial subjects such as cloning, human trafficking, underground organizations, Dollhouse provides an unsettling look into the B.F. Skinner-esque hypothesis that under the right conditions, anyone can be made into a lover, a fighter, an assassin, and even a best friend – all for a fee.
Miss March
Picture this: you’re going to the prom with Cindi (Raquel Alessi), the hottest girl in the senior class, and being a stone cold virgin only heightens your excitement for what the night promises to bring. Just then, a freak accident causes you fall down the basement stairs and you spend your next five years into a deep coma. Oh, by the way, your name is Eugene (Zach Cregger), and half-a-decade after the unfortunate mishap, your best but Tucker (Trevor Moore) – with the help of a wooden baseball bat – brings you out of your deep sleep. Your happiness quickly turns to shear panic when you discover that the once chaste Cindi is now the latest Playboy Playmate (and you’re still a virgin). You need to get to Cindi, who happens to live with Hef at the Playboy Mansion, but you only have 27 hours (don’t ask) to get to her. Both you and Tucker, take off on a side-splitting, cross-country road trip to win Cindi back. Written, directed by, and starring Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore (two-fifths of the cutting-edge comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U’ Know), the Miss March Blu-ray and DVD (with both the theatrical and unrated versions of the film as well as hilarious audition outtakes) also features performances from Craig Robinson, Molly Stanton and a seriously funny cameo by the legendary Hugh Hefner.
Early Edition: Season 2
Long before Alison could see in the future in Medium, Cordy had pain-filled visions of evil beings in Angel and the Halliwell Sisters used their witchy women ways to predict destinies in Charmed, there was Gary Hobson in Early Edition: a normal Joe who always happened to receive tomorrow’s edition of his daily Chicago newspaper (this was 1997, way before the internet began to make dailies obsolete) only to see horrifying articles about future accidents, deaths and murders. And, being the good guy he is, he’s never worried about risking his own life and limb to ensure that the catastrophe-filled headlines didn’t come true. With a young Kyle Chandler in the lead role (a decade or so before becoming a Texan coach in Friday Night Lights) and his best friends Chuck (Fisher Stevens) and Marissa (Shanesia Davis) by his side, the trio fill up each episode of Early Edition with thought-provoking stories of heroism and drama. A five-disc DVD collection with all 22 episodes from Season Two (and several rarely-seen episodic promos), this dramatic, tension-filled series will keep viewers on their twos and checking the dates on the newspaper (and the obituary section, just in case they happen upon an early edition).
Bad Lieutenant: Special Edition
There’s nothing that sears itself on your brain – for eternity – like sexually assaulted nuns and a totally nude Harvey Keitel (with all his naughty bits for the whole world to see). While many movie-goers have those images forever burned into portions of their hippocampus, there is much more to director Abel Ferrara’s groundbreaking 1991 drama about an out-of-control NYPD detective on a collision course with disaster. Severely addicted to drugs, gambling, and sex, when this crazed cop (on a steady diet of crack, coke, heroin, and booze) shows up at various crime scenes, he is more concerned about taking bets from his fellow cops than solving the crimes. As he begins to lose his grip on his sanity, an investigation into the rape of a nun leads to a spiritual breakdown at the church crime scene. While in the house of God, he sees the face of Jesus and decides its time to find salvation in the hands of the Lord. This Special Edition DVD (with all-new commentary by Ferrara and DP Ken Kelsch and a retrospective documentary), is still as gutsy and controversial as the day it was released. Bad Lieutenant will remind you what a true visionary director Ferrara has always been and the true depth of Keitel’s acting abilities. Those are the kind of memories you really want to keep.
Severed Ways
A historical, intimate tale, Severed Ways takes place in the 11th Century and tells the story of how three disparate groups of civilized humans (Vikings, Native Americans and Irish monks) learn how to live with one another when they meet on the untamed shores of North America. Focusing on two lone Vikings that have been abandoned in the New World by an exploration party of their fellow Norsemen, the pair struggle for survival and embark on a journey filled with personal glory and the fight for religious domination – all while refusing to give up their Norse ways. Filled with action, accented with an icy black soundtrack overflowing with music of such metal superstars as Judas Priest, Morbid Angel and Burzum, Severed Ways (on DVD with several featurettes, including a behind the scenes visit to the film’s set in Newfoundland) will visually and aurally overload your senses. In other words, it’ll blow you away.
The Alzheimer’s Project
A four-part documentary series, the aim of The Alzheimer’s Project was to change the way we think about Alzheimer’s Disease, and this sobering, extraordinary work of art does so in the most moving and poignant way possible. After cancer, Alzheimer’s is considered the second-most-feared illness in the Western world and the sixth leading cause of death in North America – it’s an irreversible and progressive disorder that slowly destroys memory and cognitive skills. But with significant scientific breakthroughs, genuine hope is being felt from those who suffer from the disease and from the loved ones who care for them. The four documentaries run the gamut from focusing on individuals in an advancing state of dementia, to a two-part state-of-the-science report where Maria Shriver demonstrates what it means to be a child or grandchild of someone who suffers from the disease. A three-disc DVD set, The Alzheimer’s Project is more than a litany of grim data, this incredible documentary explores some of the most noteworthy developments in curing the disease and takes a close look at the realities of the disease and its effects on their families.
Knight Rider: Season One
A reboot of the ‘80s primetime vehicle, this updated, reinvented version of Knight Rider is arguably even bigger and better than the original. Co-starring Justin Bruening and NCIS’s Deanna Russo, the new Knight uses the souped-up KITT to chase down the criminals and bring real justice to the streets. Turbo-charged for the new millennium, this multi-disc DVD (with gag scenes, featurettes, commentary and deleted scenes) – which is the only season of the new version of Knight Rider– is simply put, one fast-paced ride.
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Torchwood: The Complete Second Season
The snogging and punching that goes on between time-travelers and “partners” Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) and Captain John Hart (James Marsters, Spike from Buffy and Angel) is worth the price of this four-disc set alone. From fighting alien terrorists, to helping a time-lost soldier from World War I and a stranded alien, the Torchwood teams is back fighting the future of the human race. Special Features: Deleted scenes; outtakes; “Torchwood Declassified” and “The Life and Deaths of Captain Jack” featurette.
Dragonball Evolution: Z Edition
One of the most successful Anime franchises of all time – with a distribution ranging from graphic novels, to a long-running television series and more than 25 video games that have sold over 10 million copies – Dragonball is a global phenomenon. This live-action adaptation centeres on a humanoid alien named Goku (Justin Chatwin), the great Master Roshi (Chow Yun-Fat) and the evil Lord Piccolo (James Marsters). Special Features: Eight deleted scenes; featurettes; gag reels; a music video; a digital copy of the film and an exclusive scavenger hunt game.
12 Monkeys
This time-traveling, sci-fi classic from the genius mind of Monty Python alum, director Terry Gilliam, is even more dazzling with the most perfect picture and purest sound you could hope for. With Bruce Willis sent back to the past uncover a deadly virus (set loose by The Army of the 12 Monkeys) that forces mankind underground. His answer may lie on the delusional mind of a mental patient played by Brad Pitt. A masterpiece, with special features including commentary with Gilliam and producer Charles Roven; The 12 Monkeys Archive; “The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 12 Monkeys” featurettes and BD-Live.
This Is Spinal Tap
Arguably the best rock ‘n’ roll mouckumentary ever made (though 1978’s The Rutles certainly deserves a nod), director Rob Reiner’s iconic directorial debut, This Is Spinal Tap — starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer – satirizes the wild behavior and musical pretensions of three rock stars who are quickly fading to (none more) black. This Is Spinal Tap has forever left an indelible mark on pop culture that will never be challenged. Special Features: Cast and crew commentary; deleted scenes; music videos; Spinal Tap’s 2007 Live Earth reunion performance of their hit “Stonehenge” at Wembley Stadium and Nigel Tufnel’s interview for the National Geographic Stonehenge special.
Fast & Furious
In this fourth F&F high-octane fueled action film, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brester have returned for the ultimate chapter in a film franchise built on action, speed and excitement. From big rig heists to precision tunnel crawls, Fast & Furious lives fast and constantly tries not to die young. Special Features: Commentary with director Justin Lin; gag reel; four featurettes and the original short film “Los Bandeleros.”
