Movies: Steven C. Smith

From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy....

The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations....

Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time....

Directed by Kevin Burns, this documentary from Playboy Home Video examines the oftentimes tense relationship between sex, women, and popular Hollywood culture. With a particular focus given to Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Jean Harlow, and Sharon ...

Delve into the world of Batman and the vigilante justice that he brought to the city of Gotham. Batman is a man who, after experiencing great tragedy, devotes his life to an ideal--but what happens when one man takes on the evil underworld alone? Exa...

A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934....

Documentary about the science related to Superman's Powers....

This documentary discuss all the laws of physics , genetic biology and reflexis which Peter Parker (Spiderman) uses and how he become so powerful dispite of having comparatively weak body....

Hollywood film music has its roots in Europe. Three composers who fled war and National Socialism to the USA created the sound that still shapes film music today: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner and Franz Waxman. In the early 20th century, these...

Featurette on the making of A Late Quartet (2012)....

Exploring the technical aspects of Star Wars vehicles, weapons and gadgetry, Star Wars Tech consults leading scientists in the fields of physics, prosthetics, lasers, engineering and astronomy to examine the plausibility of Star Wars technology based...

He's caped, cowled and the coolest superhero of them all, because underneath that Batsuit, Batman only has his human strength and intellect to rely on. That and the greatest arsenal of crime fighting weaponry ever devised. But just where does comic b...

A short documentary exploring the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Mel Brooks and the role it played in the production of "High Anxiety."...

This is the featurette on the DVD of "The Trouble With Harry." It consists of interviews, clips of the film and stills from the making of the Hitchcock classic....

A conversation with Rob Reiner, Cary Elwes, and Robin Wright about the making of the 1987 film THE PRINCESS BRIDE....

No director-composer collaboration has been more seminal to motion pictures than the partnership of Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann. In this documentary we examine the long and sometimes painful partnership that produced unforgettable musical s...

A look at the life and work of the Austrian composer who pioneered the musical scoring of films - hundreds of them - from King Kong, to Gone with the Wind, to Casablanca and beyond....

Patricia Ward Kelly remembers Gene Kelly directing "Hello, Dolly!"...

This hour long documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" incorporates the usual melange of contemporary interviews with surviving participants and liberal helpings of film clips and production shots. It also presents a nice selection o...

He’s one of the world’s most iconic superheroes, his influence can be seen across the entire comic book industry, and he is the embodiment of total wish fulfillment. Over the years, he has been known by many names but today he is simply known as.... ...