Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2032 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-12-06
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Number of discs: 10
• Formats: Box set, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, PAL, Subtitled
• Original language: English, French
• Number of discs: 10

Special Features
DISC ONE – The Matrix The Academy Award®-winning original movie in a new digital transfer supervised by the Wachowski Brothers and Director of Photography Bill Pope - Two all-new audio commentaries with written introduction by the Wachowski Brothers: --The Critics: Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson --The Scholars: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber - Basics – Running Time: 131 mins, Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1; Widescreen Format

DISC TWO – The Matrix Revisited Peel back a new layer of reality with a mind-expanding look at The Matrix from conception to phenomenon. Go behind The Matrix, take the Red Pill and follow the White Rabbit with 17 making-of featurettes, including: - What is Bullet Time? - What is the Concept? - The Music Revisited – 41-Track audio-only selection of nearly three hours of music Basics - Running Time: 123 mins, Full Screen Format

DISC THREE – The Matrix Reloaded The powerful second chapter of the groundbreaking film trilogy - Two all-new audio commentaries with written introduction by the Wachowski Brothers: --The Critics: Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson --The Scholars: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber - Basics – Running Time: 133 mins, Audio: Dolby Surround 5.1; Widescreen Format

DISC FOUR – The Matrix Reloaded Revisited Go to the middle movie’s furthest reaches via five documentary paths revealing 21 featurettes. Plus 23 extra scenes shot for the Enter the Matrix consol videogame - Basics – Running Time: 169 mins, Full Screen Format

DISC FIVE – The Matrix Revolutions The epic war between man and machines reaches an explosive conclusion with the action-packed final chapter in The Matrix Trilogy: - Two all-new audio commentaries with written introduction by the Wachowski Brothers: --The Critics: Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson --The Scholars: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber - Basics – Running Time: 124 mins, Audio: Dolby Surround 5.1; Widescreen Format

DISC SIX – The Matrix Revolutions Revisited The cataclysmic final confrontation chronicled through six documentary pods revealing 28 featurettes. - Basics – Running Time: 181 mins, Full Screen Format

DISC SEVEN – The Animatrix A visionary fusion of CG-animation and Japanese anime with nine short films exploring the world of The Matrix including Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance Part I, The Second Renaissance Part II, Kid’s Story, Program, World Record, Beyond, A Detective Story and Matriculated - Four Audio Commentaries on The Second Renaissance Parts I and II, Program and World Record - Making-of documentaries on each film, profiling the evolution of each one’s unique style through design and animatics - Biographical profiles of the directors and animation producers - Scrolls to Screen: The History and Culture of Anime – explores the phenomenon of this exploding worldwide art form through glimpses of the genre’s greatest achievements and the observations of creators, historians and other leaders in the field - Basics – Running Time: 151 mins, Audio: Dolby Surround 5.1; Widescreen Format

DISC EIGHT – The Roots of the Matrix Probe the philosophical and technological inspirations of The Matrix Trilogy through two insightful documentaries: - Return to Source: Philosophy & The Matrix documentary – Scholars, philosophers and theorists deconstruct the intellectual underpinnings of the trilogy - The Hard Problem: The Science Behind the Fiction documentary – Is the notion of a real Matrix plausible? An investigation of the technologies that inspire the metaphor of the Matrix. - Basics – Running Time: 182 mins, Widescreen Format

DISC NINE – The Burly Man Chronicles Profiles the "society" of craftspeople, actors and filmmakers who shaped the movie trilogy and the Enter the Matrix consol game in a full-length documentary. Follow the White Rabbit to 21 additional featurettes. - Basics – Running Time: 169 mins, Full screen Format

DISC TEN – The Zion Archive Showcases production assets developed for the universe of The Matrix, including concept artwork, storyboards, drawings, music videos, TV spots and trailers, plus a special preview of The Matrix Online, a new multi-player online gaming experience. - Basics – Running Time: 43 mins, Full Screen Format

Synopsis
This definitive ten-disc DVD Set presents the entire Matrix trilogy, the Animatrix and over 35 hours of extras. THE MATRIX TRILOGY has grossed 1.6 billion dollars in world-wide box office receipts, spawned succesful companion DVDs and countless other merchandise. This box set in includes the following:
Disc 1: The Matrix: in a new digital transfer with two new audio commentaries.
Disc 2: The Matrix Revisited: Going behind the Matrix with 17 making-of featurettes.
Disc 3: The Matrix Reloaded: Including two new audio commentaries.
Disc 4: The Matrix Reloaded Revisited: Go behind the Matrix Reloaded with 21 featurettes, plus 23 extra scenes shot for the Enter the Matrix videogame.
Disc 5: The Matrix Revolutions: Including two new audio commentaries.
Disc 6: The Matrix Revolutions Revisited: The final confrontation chronicled through six documentary pods featuring 28 featurettes.
Disc 7: The Animatrix: 9 short films, including four audio commentaries, making-of documentaries, and more extras.
Disc 8: The Roots of the Matrix: A look at the philisophical and technological inspirations of The Matrix Trilogy through two documentaries.
Disc 9: The Burly Man Chronicles: Profiles the people behind the Matrix films and game.
Disc 10:The Zion Archive: Showcases production assets developed for the universe of the Matrix.

Customer Reviews

Matrix fanboy's opinion
Excellent price and quick delivery,the boxset was delivered two weeks before the initial estimated date.
Its always wonderful to watch an insightful and thought provoking sci-fi and the extra stuff just makes it all the more worthwhile.
Highly recommended!

Great Item
Bought one set as a present for husband. We both watched all series of Matrix many times before and now we can do it whenewer we want to. And all the extras are just so great. Excellent collection for Matrix fans.

Awesome Sci-fi carrying a powerful metaphor
The Matrix Trilogy must be one of the most significant films of our time, and is likely to go down as an all time sci-fi classic along with the likes of Blade Runner. It is obviously laden with symbology fished from a variety of sources, but I wonder if the Watchowski brothers realised just exactly how powerful a metaphor for our reality they were creating.

The central premise that our lives are not 'real' but are steeped in illusion in order that our life force may be fed upon whilst we are enfenced unwittingly like cattle - this is a relevant and powerful message on many levels. It can easily be seen that this is true on a superficial level, with the rampant rise of ultra-aggressive capitalist consumerism, whereby everyone is 'sold a dream' in order to siphon off all income to profit the few, but it goes deeper than that, and can be used to catch a glimpse of some ideas on the true nature of reality. The overlap with material such as Castaneda is remarkable, with stories about the archetypal predator who is invisible, and feeds on us because he has 'given us his mind'. In all, it is a striking metaphor for the human condition.

Of course the great thing is that, even if you don't want to explore things to those levels, taken at surface value as a piece of entertainment, the Matrix is still a fantastic sci-fi/action trilogy, with colourful characters, awesome visuals, and a solid original plotline. Taken as a trilogy, this is a fantastic piece of film-making artwork, and this is the best way to enjoy it. For me, like the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, this amazing piece of entertainment should be enjoyed whole, with the complete epic story all in one package. This is an incredibly cheap way to get hold of all three films AND many extras, but more importantly, the several mini-film 'featurettes' which flesh out the background story.