The following are examples of the kind of content to be featured in DVD Confidential: Hundreds of Hidden Easter Eggs Revealed. The Godfather DVD Collection There are many eggs buried deep inside Paramount Home Video's "The Godfather DVD Collection". From the main menu, select the 'SetUp' section and then tap the Right button on the DVD remote. A globe will now appear on the screen. Now press Enter (or 'Select' on some DVD players) and enjoy this humorous collage of famous Godfather scenes - but in multiple languages as seen throughout the world. Want to know what "Ba-da-boom" sounds like in German? A second egg can be found in the 'Galleries' section of the disc. Scroll down to 'DVD Credits' and press Enter. Now, click 'Next' four times to be treated to a hidden clip from "The Sopranos" as Tony & co. attempt to watch a bootleg version of "The Godfather" on DVD! Try to find the other eggs on this DVD set: one is James Caan's screen test as Sonny Corleone; the other features author Mario Puzo as he tells Francis Ford Coppola why he wrote "The Godfather" over a game of pool. Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace There are a number of clever eggs well-hidden on LucasFilm/Fox Home Video's DVD release of "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace", including undocumented deleted scenes and a handy THX audio and video setup screen. But the finest egg is a reel of amusing out takes. Here's how to access it: On the first disc, go to the 'Options' menu and type '1138' using your remote control (one of Lucas' first films was "THX 1138"). On some DVD players you may have to press '10+', then '1', and then '3' and '8'. Now, sit back and enjoy an entertaining two-minute out take reel. Who knew R2D2 had such problems keeping upright?
Table of Contents
Basic Instinct - special edition; Bedazzled; Blair Witch 2 - The Book of Shadows; Casablanca; Cast Away; Charlie's Angels; Citizen Kane; Die Hard; Dr No; Little Nicky; Lost in Space; Magnolia; Moulin Rouge; Requiem for a Dream; Shrek; Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; The Godfather DVD Collection; The Lawnmower Man; The Matrix Revisited; The Mummy; The Terminator - special edition; The Wizard of Oz; Tomb Raider; X-MEN.
Author Biography
Marc Saltzman (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada) is a freelance journalist, author, lecturer, consultant, and radio and TV personality. His specialties lie in computers, the Internet, video gaming, telecommunications, digital music initiatives and consumer electronics. Along with his weekly syndicated columns with Gannett News Service, Marc currently contributes to over two dozen prominent publications, reaching millions of readers each month: USA Today, USAToday.com, LA Times, Playboy, Playboy.com, Maxim, Modern Maturity, Yahoo! Internet Life, Electronic Gaming Monthly, PC Gamer, Electronic Playground and many more. Marc Saltzman was one of the first journalists to break the MP3 phenomenon in late 1997 (for CNN.com); he correctly predicted this controversial audio file format would revolutionise the recording industry. Saltzman is the author of seven books including Game Design: Secrets of the Sages (published by Macmillan USA/Pearson in 3 editions, 1999, 2000, 2001) and Internet Games Directory (Macmillan USA/Pearson, 1996). Saltzman has been an official "Best of E3" judge at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, nominating the best computer and console games, and most promising hardware, for the annual trade show.
