John Carpenter's Halloween [videorecording] / Compass International Pictures release ; Moustapha Akkad presents ; produced by Debra Hill ; directed by John Carpenter ; written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill.
Edition: 25 anniversary ed., widescreen version.
Publisher: Troy, MI : Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2003.
Description: 2 videodiscs (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: Divimax series
Subject(s): Halloween Drama.
Serial murderers Drama.
Feature films.
Horror films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Credits: Director of photography, Dean Cundey ; editor and production designer, Tommy Lee Wallace.
Performers: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis.
Target Audience: Rated R.
Notes: Closed-captioned.
DVD release of 1978 motion picture.
Disc 1 features: audio commentary with writer/director John Carpenter, actress Jamie Lee Curtis, and producer Debra Hill. Disc 2 features: 87 min. documentary featuring interviews with writer/director John Carpenter, actors Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles, Nick Castle, Charles Cyphers, producer Debra Hill, director of photography Dean Cundey, editor and production designer Tommy Lee Wallace, executive producers Irwin Yablans, Moustapha Akkad and others, 10 min. featurette with actress P.J. Soles and producer Debra Hill revisiting the original Michael Myers house, theatrical trailer, TV spots, radio spots, poster and still gallery, talent bios, DVD-ROM original screenplay, DVD-ROM screen savers.
Contents: disc 1. Feature presentation -- disc 2. Bonus materials.
Summary: On Halloween night years ago, little Michael Meyers brutally slaughtered his sister in cold blood. But for the last fifteen years, town residents have rested easy, knowing that he was safely locked away in a mental hospital ... until tonight. Tonight, Michael returns to the same quiet neighborhood to relive his grisly murder again ... and again ... and again. Tonight is Halloween!
