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Old 08-24-05 | 11:59 AM
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Finding all DVD commentaries by a particular person

Here's a cool search feature that other DVD aficionados might be interested in. I was looking for an efficient way to find all DVDs that contain commentaries by a particular person. After giving up finding compiled lists on the internet, I looked into the search features at the Internet Movie Database and was pleasantly surprised. The Word Search section on the advanced search page at http://www.imdb.com/search does the trick: just type in the person's name and select the "DVD" category from the drop down list, and it returns all the movies that contain DVD commentaries or DVD supplementary material by that person.

For example, a "Word Search" for "Jodie Foster" in "DVD" returns:

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Here are the entries containing jodie foster

Contact (1997)
Supplements: Audio commentary (English) by actress Foster, Jodie

Everest: The Death Zone (1998) (TV)
Additional Information: Narrated by Foster, Jodie.

Freaky Friday (1976)
Supplements: A look back with Foster, Jodie

Freaky Friday (2003)
Supplements: A look back with Foster, Jodie

Little Man Tate (1991)
Supplements: Audio commentary by director/star Foster, Jodie

Outbreak (1995)
Supplements: Audio commentary (English) by actress Foster, Jodie

Panic Room (2002)
Supplements: Audio commentary by Foster, Jodie, Forest Whitaker and Dwight Yoakam;Aduio commentary by writer David Koepp and special guest

Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
Supplements: Audio commentary by director Jonathan Demme, actors Foster, Jodie and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally, and FBI agent "John Douglas"

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Old 08-24-05 | 03:34 PM
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Outbreak?! Wtf?!
Old 08-24-05 | 03:38 PM
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Pretty cool feature. Thanks!
Old 08-24-05 | 11:36 PM
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Or you can use this site and just search.

http://ratethatcommentary.com/
Old 08-25-05 | 12:05 AM
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That's a great site, but it's not complete.
Old 08-25-05 | 01:41 PM
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Outbreak?! Wtf?!
I was curious, so I checked the IMDb. I'm pretty sure it's a mistake, that they accidentally put the specs for 'Contact' in, because this is what's listed:

# Audio commentary (English) by actress Jodie Foster
# Audio commentary (English) by director Robert Zemeckis and producer Steve Starkey
# Audio commentary (English) by Ken Ralston and Stephen Rosenbaum
# Computer animation concepts and tests
# Special effects designs

Which is the same as the listing for "Contact".
Old 08-25-05 | 02:01 PM
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Old 08-26-05 | 06:03 PM
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I'll try it. Two commentary participants I love are: Roger Ebert and Joe Bob Briggs

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