As promised, (for a long time now), we present Cameron’s 1986 talk with Tom Cruise from Interview Magazine. He discusses his early film career (Taps, The Outsiders, Risky Business and Top Gun) and his plans for the future.
Fast Times – 20th Anniversary Reunion
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Here’s the great reunion shot of the Fast Times at Ridgemont. It includes the cast, director Amy Heckerling, Cameron and Producer Art Linsonfeatured in this month’s Hollywood issue of Vanity Fair.
Some additional tidbits about the picture. It was Vanity Fair‘s idea to get everyone together for the shoot. A celebrity photographer, Jason Schmidt, did the work at Beverly Hills High School. Sean Penn was the first to arrive and stayed throughout the shoot. Everyone was there but Cameron, Phoebe, Jennifer and Anthony Edwards. Cameron and Anthony were shot later on the West coast and then digitally inserted. The two girls, however, took a bit more work. The photographer talked the school into selling him two of the desks which he shipped back to NYC and then shot ‘Linda’ and ‘Stacy’ reacting to their 2500-mile-away detractors, and again digitally inserted.
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Vanilla Sky – Hitting It Hard
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I talked to the powers that be at Vinyl Films to get more specifics about the May 21st release of the Vanilla Sky DVD. As usual, we’re in for a treat. First up the audio commentary will again be venturing into new territory. The track will be primarily Crowe with some interspersed comments from Tom Cruise and Nancy Wilson, but that’s not the big news. During the running commentary, Nancy will be providing “live” musical accompaniment as she plays tunes on her guitar! Very cool! In addition, Cameron will call up people who worked on the movie and see if anyone’s home. I’m told this track is his best yet!
Here’s some more information about the two featurettes which will be included. The first one entitled “Prelude To A Dream” runs about 6 1/2 minutes and is really a montage of the entire Vanilla Sky process. You’ll see glimpses of the script being worked on, rehearsal footage, wardrobe, behind the scenes, etc. This was edited by Vinyl Film’s guru Scott Martin and should be great.
The other featurette “Hitting It Hard” is a 9 1/2 minute look at Cameron’s world wide press tour (with Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz). The big news here is that they are also working on a longer version of this (60 – 90 minutes) which should hopefully see a release in a year or so. There was a very short window for the gang to cull everything they wanted for the DVD and it just couldn’t happen. With a May 21st release, they really only had a few months to get it ready, so we can look forward to a separate DVD release of additional things (such as the longer “Hitting It Hard”, deleted scenes, etc.) ala The Matrix Revisited or possibly in a Super Duper 2 Disc Special Edition (like the Untitled DVD). Be patient, this will get done when it’s done, so don’t expect anything for awhile (like 12 – 24 months). The Photo Gallery will include an audio introduction from Neal Preston and should include some 200 images. Lastly, Cameron was very involved with the DVD Artwork and is very happy with the final cover. Again, what a year for Cameron Crowe DVD’s. But there’s more….
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Rita Coolidge Bio
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Here’s a biography that Cameron Crowe did for ’70s superstar Rita Coolidge back in 1978. Rita continues to record and just recently, she performed along side Robbie Robertson at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. By the way, guess who did the logo on Rita’s Official site? Her daughter Casey (mentioned in Crowe’s bio), who was four years old when Cameron did this biography! You can check out Rita’s official site here.
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Vanilla Sky DVD Info
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Here’s all the Vanilla Sky DVD details!
- Audio Commentary with writer/director Cameron Crowe, Nancy Wilson (plus special guests)
- Live musical score by Nancy Wilson during the commentary!
- “Prelude To A Dream” featurette
- “Hitting It Hard” featurette
- Interview with Paul McCartney
- Music video for “Afrika Shox”
- Gag Reel
- Unreleased Theatrical Trailer
- International Theatrical Trailer
- Still gallery with audio intro by Neal Preston
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Jerry Maguire Special Edition DVD Specs
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First John Cusack and Ione Skye and now Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger and Cuba Gooding Jr.! All three will be featured with Cameron on a full length video commentary. A few DVD’s have done partial video commentary (Mallrats, Glory, Dogma), but the entire video commentary will be included on the new 2-Disc Jerry Maguire Special Edition DVD. Here’s the specs and cover art. Look for the DVD to hit the street on April 30th!
Extra Features:
- Disc 1
- Audio Commentary with writer/director Cameron Crowe and actors Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Cuba Gooding, Jr.
- Disc 2
- Video Commentary with writer/director Cameron Crowe and actors Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Cuba Gooding, Jr.
- Deleted/Extended Scenes with Optional Commentary by writer/director Cameron Crowe & editor Joe Hutshing
- Insane Fans (1:29)
- Chicago Style (:50)
- Sugar Stealing Clients (4:12)
- Pickleman (:23)
- Tidwell and Cush Fight (1:50)
- Rehearsal Footage with Optional Commentary by writer/director Cameron Crowe & editor Joe Hutshing
- Cuba’s Kwan (;43)
- “Show Me The Money!” (:52)
- Goodbye to SMI (:25)
- “My First Commercial” by Rod Tidwell (:52)
- “Drew Rosenhaus: Real Sports Agent” (3:47)
- Making-of Featurette (7:15)
- Music Video: “Secret Garden” by Bruce Springsteen (4:31)
- Theatrical Trailer (2:33)
- Easter Egg: Behind the Scenes Footage from the Video Commentary (5:48)
- Mission Statement
- Complete Script (via DVD Rom)
- Photo Gallery (60 stills and behind the scenes pictures)
- Cast and Crew Filmographies
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Say Anything – Final DVD Details
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Based on the menu screens below, I can safely wrap up final specs for the upcoming Say Anything… DVD release on March 5, 2002:
- 1.85:1 Anamorphic Transfer
- Dolby Digital 5.1
- Dolby 2.0
- French 2.0
- English and Spanish Subtitles
- Commentary with Crowe, John Cusack and Ione Skye
- 5 Alternate Scenes
- 13 Extended Scenes
- 10 Deleted Scenes
- Making Of Featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spots
- Cameron Crowe’s Personal Photo Gallery
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Vanilla Sky Montage
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You’ll be surprised at some of the images as David is falling from the skyscraper and his life/memories are flashing before his eyes (and on the screen). I’ve included a sample below (more can be found on the Secrets Page). Some of these are incredibly spirited (including the photo of Cameron’s sister that inspired the goodbye scene in Almost Famous) and delightful. I can’t wait to see that DVD! A special thanks to “Crowe Fan”, for the help obtaining these!
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