Gone are the days when a director had to suffer in an editing room, anguishing over scenes to be cut and forever lost. Now a filmmaker simply weaves them onto disc. Deleted scenes, additional footage, outtakes and commentaries are as common as end credits on today's DVD film. Beyond the film, a Cast Away bounty The DVD is bringing a lot more than movies to home video. Like many upcoming DVDs, Cast Away , which comes out June 12, has several hours of extras.
Short video features on the making of a movie.
Cast Away includes footage of how filmmakers chose the South Pacific island, and how cast and crew interacted with residents of the Fiji Islands during filming. Short pieces on a movie's major effects. Video and stills galleries. The Cast Away DVD includes portraits of cast and crew, including Hanks off-screen. Talk-show appearances by film stars and makers.