Ван Хельсинг / Van Helsing (2004) [1080p] Blu-Ray

• Audio Commentary by Director Stephen Sommers and Editor/Producer Bob Ducsay - I recommend listening to this audio commentary so you can see how Sommers' style of directing is directly proportionate to his personality. Like an excited youngster Sommers tries to dazzle us by acknowledging what is computer animated and what isn't. Bob Ducsay does a good job at trying to keep the whole conversation level-headed, but it's as if Sommers is floating on a cloud. It's actually quite comical to listen to.
• Audio Commentary with Richard Roxburgh, Shuler Hensley and Will Kemp - Man, I really love ensemble commentaries. Why movies don't do them more often is beyond me. Each of the men represents one of the three main monsters depicted in the movie. They have a great chemistry together and you can tell that the three of them have become friends while working on this project.
• Van Helsing: The Story, The Life, The Legend (SD, 58 min) - This extensive feature covers a lot of the making-of information, and also provides some intriguing info about the monsters in the film.
• Track the Adventure (SD, 34 min) - This is an in depth look at the film's sets and where it was shot. We get glimpses of the windmill, the Transylvanian village, and Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory.
• Bringing the Monsters to Life (SD, 10 min) - This is a step-by-step on how the computer animated parts of 'Van Helsing' were created. Just a quick look at the processes that were undertaken to make some of the CGI creatures.
• You Are in the Movie! (SD, 4 min) - Cameras were placed around the set from different points of view so we could see filming from the perspective of some of the crew.
• The Music of Van Helsing (SD, 9 min) - Alan Silvestri, composer for 'Van Helsing,' shares insights into what it was like, and what it took to create some of the music for the film.
• Bloopers (SD, 5 min) - Actually one of the funnier blooper reels I've seen on a film.
• Dracula's Lair is Transformed (SD, 2 min) - This is just a short time lapse featurette that shows us exactly what it was like putting up and taking down the set that was used for Dracula's Lair.
• The Masquerade Ball Scene "Unmasked" (SD, 25 min) - Back again, Sommers takes us on a tour of what it was like creating the masquerade ball scene. An hundred or so dancers were hired to create the scene. Sommers is his usual giddy self, in explaining how it all came to pass.
• The Art of Van Helsing (SD, 5 min) - A still photo gallery that scrolls through artwork from the film.
• Monster Eggs (SD, 1 min) - How does one even explain this feature or why it's called Monster Eggs? Anyway, it's just footage from on set that seems to have fallen off the blooper reel and landed here. I still don't know why, or what the aim for a feature like this is…and I've already spent more time writing about it than it takes to watch it.

HD Bonus Content:

• U-Control - Here you can control a PiP option within the movie to control whether or not you want to see interviews or behind-the-scenes footage while the movie is playing.

* Еще в 1994 году данный проект задумывался как сиквел к оригинальному фильму Брэма Стокера «Дракула», главную роль в котором должен был исполнить Энтони Хопкинс. Однако с тех пор утекло много воды, и первоначальный сценарий изменился до неузнаваемости.
* Хью Джекман снимался в двух фильмах одновременно: «Люди Икс 2» и «Ван Хельсинг». Причем, предпочтение было отдано именно «Ван Хельсингу». Неслучайно съемки одной из сцен «Людей Икс 2» были перенесены на тот промежуток времени, когда Хью получил выходной день на съемочной площадке «ВХ». Тем не менее, в мировой прокат «Ван Хельсинг» вышел на год позднее.
* Роль Карла по слухам должна была достаться Полу Хогану. Но в итоге Карлом был избран Дэвид Венхэм.
* Специально для исполнения роли Ван Хельсинга Хью Джекман получил в свое распоряжение солидную шевелюру.
* Оригинальный персонаж по фамилии Ван Хельсинг из «Дракулы» волею обстоятельств сменил свое имя с Абрахама на Гэбриель.
* Стивен Соммерс хотел пригласить Кейт Бекинсейл на роль Анны, но подумал, что персонаж слишком похож на ее роль в фильме «Другой мир» (2003), снимавшемся одновременно. Однако агент актрисы попросил режиссера просто послать ей сценарий, и Бекинсейл немедленно согласилась на роль.
* Роль Игоря была специально написана для близкого друга режиссера Кевина О’Коннора.
* Начало фильма совпадает с началом Невеста Франкенштейна (фильм, 1935), где также сгорает мельница, а создание Франкенштейна спасается в колодце.

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