# Commentary Tracks ⭐= priority - [ ] King Kong (1933) w/ film historian Ronald Haver - In 1987, Criterion re-released 1933’s [_King Kong_](https://boxd.it/2aMM) on LaserDisc; first ever “[running commentary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP8NbAjnyCY)” over the feature as a separate audio track - [ ] Hot Fuzz - Commentary with Edgar Wright and Quentin Tarantino ⭐ - [ ] Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Wright and Pegg - [ ] Evil Dead w/ Bruce Campbell ⭐ - [ ] Bubba Ho-tep (2002) - Commentary by "The King" ⭐ - [ ] Jack-O (1995) ⭐ - [ ] They Live (1988) - w/ John Carpenter and Roddy Piper - [ ] Escape from New York (1981) - w/ John Carpenter and Kurt Russell - [ ] Big Trouble in Little China (1986) - w/ John Carpenter and Kurt Russell - [ ] Conan the Barbarian (1982) - w/ Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Milius - [ ] Alien (1979) - w/ Ridley Scott - [ ] The Matrix - w/ Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber - [ ] Total Recall (1990) - Paul Verhoeven is wildly technical and Arnold is all “SHE HAS THREE BOOBS!” - [ ] Top Secret - Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker audio commentary - [ ] Airplane - Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker audio commentary - [ ] C.H.U.D. - they get drunk - [ ] Dark City - ebert commentary - [ ] Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr.) - “I don’t drop character ’till I done the DVD commentary” - [ ] The Limey 1999 - [ ] The Goonies (Director and Cast) - One of the very few (if only) video commentary - [ ] Mallrats 1995 - [ ] Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Kilmer and Downey Jr. fucking around. - [ ] This is Spinal Tap - as the band Spinal Tap - [ ] Apocalypse Now (1979) - Francis Ford Coppola - [ ] The Godfather (1972) - [x] Casablanca -- Commentary track: Film critic Roger Ebert. Rating: 8.3 - [x] Evil Dead II -- Commentary track: Director/co-writer Sam Raimi, actor Bruce Campbell, co-writer Scott Spiegel, and special effects make-up artist Greg Nicotero. Rating: 8.3 - [ ] Sunset Boulevard -- Commentary track: Ed Sikov, author of "On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder". Rating: 8.4 - [ ] Sideways (2004) - w/ Thomas Hayden Church and Paul Giamatti - [ ] Citizen Kane (1941) - w/ Roger Ebert - [ ] Psycho (1960) w/ Steven Rebello - [ ] Cannibal The Musical (1993)- w/ Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Dian Bachar, Jason McHugh and Andy Kemler -- they get drunk and it goes off the rails - [ ] The Conversation (1974) - w/ Francis Ford Coppola - [ ] Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - w / Director Joe Johnston - [ ] Wet Hot American Summer (2001) Arnold Schwarzenegger - apparently does famously good bad commentary Kurt Russell & John Carpenter Roger Ebert famous for audio commentary [50 Audio Commentary Tracks](https://letterboxd.com/leif/list/50-audio-commentary-tracks/detail/) [‎Presented with Commentary: the entertainment and educational values of audio commentaries • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine • Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/journal/audio-commentary-physical-media/) The Consistently Great Commentary The Informative/Historical Commentary The Technical Commentary The About-Face Commentary The Composite Commentary The Self-Serving Commentary