MinerWerks' Video List

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The Basics

An A+ will *only* designate a program which is commercially produced or an exceptionally good off-air recording.
A = good recording, possibly one generation from an original. May be a commercially produced program which suffers from a lower quality transfer or cheap duplication.
B = watchable material, two or three generations down, possible blurriness, noise, or color shift. Also applies to off-air recordings which were recorded in extended play or are marred by noise. May apply to a commercial product which has degraded over time and suffers from dropouts, tape damage, or audio breakup.
C = picture may break up, feature excessive noise, look excessively blurry, or feature washed out or bleeding color. This grade also applies to a program with distracting audio problems.
D = picture breaks up excessively, sound may be excessively noisy, blurriness may be distracting, noise may be excessive. Likely to be at least five generations removed, or one generation in the chain was excessively flawed.

 LTX - indicates a letterboxed version of a movie.
XTR - indicates an extra feature available

Trade List

MOVIES

• Akira, A+, LTX, #
• Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- feature length commentary, trailer, Ming Tea "BBC" music video, seven deleted scenes, storyboards, poster concepts)
• Backbeat, A+, LTX, #

• Back To The Future, A+, #
• Back To The Future Part II, A+, #
• Back To The Future Part III, A+, #
• Beauty & The Beast (Work In Progress version), A, LBX, #
• Bedknobs And Broomsticks (restored version), A, #
• (XTR- trailers, reconstructed musical number "A Step In The Right Direction")
• Before Sunrise, A+, LTX, #
• Bob Roberts, A+, #
• (XTR - feature length commentary, deleted scenes, original short film)
• Boogie Nights, A, LTX, #
• (XTR- feature-length commentary with director and stars, deleted scenes, John Holmes documentary, Michael Penn msic video)
• Brady Bunch Movie (TV version with extra scenes), B, #
• Brazil (director's cut), B, LTX, #
• (XTR- feature length commentary; "What Is Brazil?" documentary; "The Battle Of Brazil" documentary)
• Brazil ("Love Conquers All" version), A, #
• (XTR- feature length commentary)
• Chasing Amy, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- feature length commentary, ten deleted scenes, outtakes, trailer)
• Clear And Present Danger, A+, LTX, #
• Close Encounters of The Third Kind (from Criterion disc,"Special Edition" scenes roughly inserted during movie), B, LTX, #
• (XTR-  "Making of Close Encounters" supplement from laserdisc)
• Clerks, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- feature length commentary, deleted scenes, Soul Asylum "Can't Even Tell" music video)
• Clerks (Sundance Film Festival Version - composite from best sources), A to C, # - Plastic case with color sleeve available
• Colin Fitz (from the film festival circuit, a simple comedy about a couple security guards hired to look after the grave of a dead rock star on the anniversary of his death. Features small parts by William H. Macy ("Fargo," "Air Force One", "ER") and Martha Plimpton), B+, LTX
• Commitments, A+, #
• (XTR- making of featurette, "Treat Her Right" music video)
• Contact, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- Robert Zemeckis/Steve Starkey commentary, Jodie Foster commentary, Special Effects demos from DVD; trailers)
• Dazed And Confused, A+, LTX, #
• Death Becomes Her, A+, LTX, #
• Dream Trap, A, # (cheeseball teen exploitation flick which happens to have A)featured Kristy Swanson before she became famous, and B)been shot partially at my alma matter, the University of Central Florida)
• Earth Girls Are Easy, A, # (special edition coming soon!)
• Ed Wood, A+, LTX, #
• El Mariachi (see Mariachi, El)
• E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- trailers, 1 1/2 hour making-of documentary including brief deleted scenes; isolated music-only version)
• Ewok Adventure, A, #
• Ewoks: The Battle For Endor, A, #
• Fantasia, A+, #
• (XTR- documentary)
• Fargo, A+, LTX, #
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off, A+, LTX, #
• Fisher King, B
• (XTR- deleted scenes, interviews, making of information)
• Flirting With Disaster, A+, LTX, #
• Forrest Gump, A+, LTX, # (XTR- "Through The Eyes Of Forrest Gump" documentary)
• Frighteners, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- Director's "fun" cut version, audio commentary on "fun" cut, 4-hour documentary, including deleted footage, storyboards & bloopers)
• From Dusk Till Dawn, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- feature length commentary, "Hollywood Goes To Hell" featurette, deleted scenes/outtakes reel, TV spots, ZZ Top and second music video, trailer, in-depth analysis of production including interviews and behind the scenes footage).
• Ghostbusters, B, LTX, #
• (XTR- trailers, two brief deleted scenes, C-grade behind the scenes TV footage)
• Goonies (Disney Channel version with extra scenes), B-
• (XTR - "Goonies R Good Enough" video, both parts, C)
• Goonies, A-, LTX
• Gremlins (TV version with extra scene), B
• Gremlins 2, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR-  trailers, featurette, B)
• Head, A+, #
• (XTR- trailer)
• Imagine: John Lennon (documentary), A+, #
• Hard Day's Night (Beatles - restored version), A, #
• (XTR- "Making Of" documentary, deleted "You Can't Do That" number, trailers)
• Heathers, A, LTX, #
• (XTR- trailer, featurette, feature-length commentary)
• Help (Beatles - restored version), A, #
• (XTR- photos from deleted scenes, radio spots, trailer)
• I Wanna Hold Your Hand, A+, # (directing debut of Robert "Forrest Gump"/"Back To The Future" Zemeckis)
• Jaws, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- extensive documentary, trailers, deleted scenes, outtakes)
• Jurassic Park, A+, #
• (XTR- "Making Of Jurassic Park" documentary including extra supplements, storyboards, etc.)
• Life Of Brian (see "Monty Python's Life Of Brian")
• Little Shop of Horrors (1986), A, LTX, #
• (XTR- black and white workprint of original ending, outtake/blooper reel, feature length commentary, TV spots, trailers, making of featurette)
• Leon (uncut version of The Professional), A, LTX, #
• Lost World: Jurassic Park, A+, LTX, #
• Lost World: Jurassic Park (TV version with additional scenes), A, #
• Mallrats (TV version with additional footage), A-, #
• (XTR-  two-hour tape (rated B-) of RAW camera takes from the set!)
• Mariachi, El, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- feature-length commentary, short film - "Bedhead")
• Mistress, A+, #
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- extra scene in film, feature length Japanese dub track, feature length audio commentary, trailer)
• (Monty Python's) And Now For Something Completely Different, A, #
• (Monty Python's) Life Of Brian, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- deleted scenes (B+), trailer, two feature length commentaries, documentary)
• Naked Gun: From The Files of Police Squad (TV version with extra scenes), A
• Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, A+, LTX, #
• Natural Born Killers: Director's Cut, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- deleted scenes, full-lenght commentary, documentary/interviews, Nine Inch Nails music video)
• 1941 (extended version), A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- extensive documentary, extra outtkes, trailers, music-only version)
• Pinocchio, A+, #
• (XTR- "Making of A Masterpiece" documentary)
• Player, The, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- feature length commentary, interviews, deleted scenes)
• Pulp Fiction, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- trailers, four deleted scenes, behind the scenes footage, Charlie Rose Tarantino interview)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- TV documentaries "Great Movie Stunts" and "Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark")
• Rocky Horror Picture Show, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- two deleted songs "Super Heroes," and "Once In A While", documentary, outtakes, feature length audience participation)
• Rocky Horror Picture Show, A+, #
• (XTR- introduction from 1990 video release, "Time Warp" music video, CBS/FOX 1990 marketing tape)
• Rocky Horror Picture Show (TV premiere hosted by Meat Loaf with audience cutaways), A
• Rocky Horror Picture Show (British version with "Super Heroes" included and mono soundtrack), B
• Secret Policeman's Private Parts (comedy bits from various benefits, featuring various Python members), A
• Shock Treatment, A, #
• (XTR- trailer, B)
• Silence of the Lambs, A, #
• (XTR (B)- feature length commentary, deleted scenes)
• Singles, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- two deleted scenes)
• Spaceballs, A, LTX, #
• (XTR- feature length commentary, featurette)
• Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (TV version with brief extra and alternate footage), B
• Strange Days, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- two deleted scenes, trailers, storyboards, Skunk Anansie music video, hour-long discussion of opening P.O.V. sequence)
• Star Wars: Making Of Star Wars, A+, #
• Star Wars: SPFX, The Empire Strikes Back, A-, # (from rotting laserdisc)
• Superman: The Movie (original extended TV version - NOT KCOP version), B
• Superman: Making of Superman/Making of Superman II, A, #
• Terminator, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- making of featurette, trailer)
• Terminator 2, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- making of featurette, trailers)
• Terminator 2 Special Edition, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- feature length commentary, extensive supplemental section including interviews, behind the scenes footage, deleted scenes, trailers, sound effects demos, special effects demos, raw footage, and the Guns and Roses music video "You Could Be Mine")
• This Is Spinal Tap, A, LTX, #
• (XTR- over 1 hour of outtakes, demo film, trailers, "Hell Hole" music video)
• Titanic (TV specials, EPK), B, #
• Toy Story, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- so many extras, you'd need hours to watch! Practically every step in the process of making Toy Story in depth, outtakes, tests)
• Twelve Monkeys, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- feature length commentary, "The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys" documentary)
• UHF, A, #
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape, A+, LTX, #
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A, LTX, #
• (XTR- feature-length audio commentary)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (TV version with "pighead" sequence), A
• War of the Roses, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR- deleted scenes reel, still frame archive with screenplay, sketches, photos)
• Wayne's World, A+, LTX, #
• (XTR - MTV specials for both movies, B+)
• Wayne's World 2, A+, LTX, #
• Wizard Of Speed And Time, A, #
• Yellow Submarine, A, #
• (XTR- "Mod Odyssey" promo film, C; "Hey Bulldog" outtake, B)

MOVIE RELATED

• "Back To The Future" - NBC TV documentary on the films, B
• (Secrets of the) Back to the Future Trilogy, A+, #
• Best of Roger Rabbit (3 shorts: "Tummy Trouble," "Rollercoaster Rabbit," "Trail Mix-Up")
• Jurassic Park: E! Special, B
• Jurassic Park: Movie Magic episode, A-
• Mallrats: Soundtrack EPK, A+, #
• Rocky Horror Picture Show -15th anniversary (TV coverage, MTV's The Big Picture, MTV "Rocky Horror Video Show" and Night Flight salute), B to C
• So I Married An Axe Murderer: Electronic Press Kit (Extra special! Includes clips, interviews, segments prepared for TV, and the RARE Ned's Atomic Dustbin music video, "Saturday Night" featuring cast members of the film!), A+, #
• Star Wars: Fox TV special, circa Special Editions, A, #
• Star Wars: MTV special, circa Special Editions, A, #
• Star Wars: From Star Wars To Jedi: The Making of a Saga, A, #
• Terminator: Making of Terminator 2: 3-D, A, #
• Wayne's World MTV Special, A-
• Wayne's World 2 MTV Special, A-
• Wayne's World Babe-a-licious countdown (MTV), A-

MUSIC

• B-52's 1979-1989 (8 videos), A+, #
• Beach Boys: Pet Sounds Sessions Electronic Press Kit, A, #
• Beatles Anthology (full version - 10 volumes), A+, #
• Beatles Anthology (promotinal loop tape), A+, #
• Beatles Anthology (TV version), A, #
• Beatles at Shea Stadium, B-
• Beatles: Hard Day's Night (see movies)
• Beatles: Help! (see movies)
• Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour, A+, #
• Beatles: Making of Sgt. Pepper, A, #
• Beatles: Yellow Submarine (see movies)
• Ben Folds Five: A Video Portrait (includes "The Battle Of Who Could Care Less"), A+, #
• Garbage (5 videos), A+, #
• John Lennon: Imagine: John Lennon (see movies)
• John Lennon Video Collection, A+, #, 19 videos
• Paul McCartney: Get Back, A+, #
• Paul McCartney: Live In The New World
• Paul McCartney: Put It There
• Paul McCartney in The World Tonight, A, #
• Paul McCartney Special, A+, #
• Paul McCartney Unplugged (uncut), C
• Paul McCartney: Wings Over The World, A, #
• Paul McCartney: 48 Hours with Paul McCartney (CBS special, full 90 min. version), A
• Paul McCartney: Up Close (MTV airing, 90 min. version), A
• Paul McCartney: Saturday Night Live (Paul performs three songs and appears in sketches, host is Alec Baldwin), A
• Paul McCartney Live (Fox TV special), A
• Monkees (all aired episodes), A+, #
• (XTR- unaired pilot, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee special)
• Monkees 1997 TV Special (features songs from "Justus"), A, #
• Monkees: Head (see movies)
• Monkees: Heart And Soul, A+, #
• Monkees: Hey Hey We're The Monkees (Disney Channel special, plus extra interview footage), A+, #
• Muffs ("Lucky Guy," "Sad Tomorrow"), A, #
• Muffs: Crossroad Tracks unaired TV pilot (see TV)
• Queen Greatest Hits (18 videos), A+, #
• R.E.M.: This Film Is On, A+, #
• Rutles:All You Need Is Cash, A+, #
• Soul Asylum: MTV Unplugged, A-
• They Might Be Giants Video Collection (six videos), A+, #
• They Might Be Giants ("The Statue Got Me High", "The Guitar"), A+, #
• Too Much Joy: Dante's Disco Inferno, A+
• Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, A+, #
• XTC: Look Look, B+
• XTC at The Manor, C
• XTC Play At Home, C
• XTC compilation 1986-1992, C
• Weird Al Yankovic: AL TV (late 80s), B-
• Weird Al Yankovic: AL TV (1997), A, #
• Weird Al Yankovic: Alapalooza - The Videos, A+, #
• Weird Al Yankovic: Bad Hair Day - The Videos, A+, #
• Weird Al Yankovic: The Compleat Al, A, #
• Weird Al Yankovic: UHF (see movies)
• Weird Al Yankovic: Video Libraray, A+, #

OTHER

• Hardware Wars and Other Film Farces ("Bambi Meets Godzilla," "Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind," and "Porklips Now"), A
• Hardware Wars: Special Edition, A
• Movie Trailers - many from movies of the 90s, source - demo tapes for non-theatrical exhibition and a few other collections. A list will be up soon!

TV

• Amazing Stories ("The Mission (Spielberg)," "The Wedding Ring (DeVito)," "Go To The Head Of The Class (Zemeckis)" and "Family Dog (Burton)"), A, #
• Back To The Future:The Animated Series (various episodes), A, #
• Cartoon Planet (various segments/whole shows/new years segments), A, #
• Crossroad Tracks (unaired hour-long TV pilot features Tone Loc (acting) and The Muffs(singing)), B
• The Edge (Fox skit comedy show which featured Jennifer Aniston and Julie Brown - I have the episode of Aniston in the "Sports Illustrated" swimsuit parody!), A
• Fishing With John (two episodes), A, #
• The Flash (first few episodes from CBS run), A
• Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, A+, #
• (XTR- "Making Of" special)
• Late Show With David Letterman (first show), A
• Max Headroom (British version and various episodes of ABC series), A to B-
• Monkees (see music)
• Monty Python's Flying Circus (various episodes), A, #
• Monty Python's Flying Circus (German specials), B
• MTV Unplugged: Denis Leary (Rare! Denis Leary performs songs; "day" version which does *not* include the song "Asshole"), A-
• MTV Video Music Awards: 1993, A
• Red Dwarf - Smeg Ups, A+, #
• South Park, A+ to B+, #
• (XTR- both versions of "Spirit of Christmas," Jay Leno short, Cable Ace Awards presentation, Christmas songs, uncut pilot episode)
• Space Ghost Christmas (Cartoon Network special), A, #
• Star Trek Bloopers Plus (both series bloopers plus comedy segments from various shows), A- to C
• Squirt TV (short lived MTV show featuring teenage NYC cable access sensation - various episodes), A, #
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 1&2), A+, #
• Star Trek: The Next Generation Promo Package (series launch), A-
• Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
• The State: Skits and Stickers, A+, #
• The Tick ("Tick Vs. The Idea Men"/"Tick Vs. Chairface Chippendale"), A+, #
• The Tick (all episodes of final season), A-, #
• Tiny Toon Adventures, "Tiny Toon Music Television" (features They Might Be Giants videos), A+, #
• Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (various episodes), A

WANT LIST

• Austin Powers - UK version with extra scenes (not the US laserdisc!)
• Goonies - *low-generation* dubs of Disney Channel version with extra scenes
• The Rutles - original airing version which does not have Eric Idle calling Dan Aykroyd an "asshole"
• MTV Unplugged: Denis Leary (the version including "Asshole")
• 1997 MTV Movie Awards - the one hosted by Mike Myers
• The Muffs (the band) - almost anything you've got - particularly looking for hifi copy of Drew Carey's HBO special featuring them
• Night Flight - USA cable network overnight weekend show from years back. Particularly interested in episodes of the comedy show "Assaulted Nuts"
• Star Wars TV specials (from commerical video release if possible)- "SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back"/"Classic Creatures: Return Of The Jedi"
• The State - CBS Halloween special and/or episodes from MTV
• They Might Be Giants - almost anything you've got!
• Workprints/rough cuts - email with details. I'm looking for these:
• Alladin (supposedly has songs not in the theatrical version)
• Dazed & Confused (has extra footage)
• Heavy Metal (circulating workprint with different music/scenes)
• Hideous Mutant Freakz (uncut version of Alex Winter's "Freaked")
• Kids In The Hall: Brain Candy (with original ending) - (THIS MAY BE ON MY LIST SOON!!)
• Men In Black (workprint with unfinished effects and temp music)
• XTC (the band) - low generation tapes of just about anything wanted

Contact minerwerks@usa.net with offers or questions!