The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' (2003) (V)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot Keywords:

Behind The Scenes | Mutant | Superhero | X Men | Making Of

Cast

Shawn Ashmore	...	Himself
Lee Cleary	...	Himself
Brian Cox	...	Himself
Alan Cumming	...	Himself
Tom DeSanto	...	Himself
Michael Dougherty	...	Himself
Matt Granger	...	Himself
Dan Harris	...	Himself
David Hayter	...	Himself
Kelly Hu	...	Herself (also archive footage)
Hugh Jackman	...	Himself
Famke Janssen	...	Herself
Gary Jensen	...	Himself
James Marsden	...	Himself
Ian McKellen	...	Himself
Anna Paquin	...	Herself
Rebecca Romijn	...	Herself (as Rebecca Romijn-Stamos)
Lauren Shuler Donner	...	Herself
Newton Thomas Sigel	...	Himself (as Tom Sigel)
Bryan Singer	...	Himself
Gordon J. Smith	...	Himself (as Gordon Smith)
Aaron Stanford	...	Himself
Patrick Stewart	...	Himself
Ralph Winter	...	Himself

Produced by
Catherine Hodges	....	on-set material co-producer
Richard Ingber	....	on-set material producer
Robert Meyer Burnett	....	producer
Dave Parker	....	co-producer

Original Music by
John Ottman

Film Editing by
Dave Parker

Thanks
Halle Berry	....	special thanks
Yelena Burnett	....	special thanks
John Byrne	....	special thanks
Dave Cockrum	....	special thanks
Guy Hendrix Dyas	....	special thanks (as Guy Dyas)
Alex Garcia	....	special thanks
David Gorder	....	special thanks
Dan Harris	....	special thanks
John Kaplan	....	special thanks
Jack Kirby	....	special thanks (as Jack 'King' Kirby)
Jim Lee	....	special thanks
Stan Lee	....	special thanks
Mark Miller	....	special thanks
Grant Morrison	....	special thanks
John Ottman	....	special thanks
Bill Sienkiewicz	....	special thanks
Paul Smith	....	special thanks
Len Wein	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• Ludovico Technique

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Image Pacific  on-set material photography
• Keep Me Posted  digital post-production services
• Midtown Edit  digital post-production services

Also Known As:

"The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men" - USA (alternative title)

Runtime:

59 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Company:

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Trivia:

This making-of documentary is featured on the 2 disc DVD for X2 (2003).

Movie Connections:

Edited from X2 (2003)

A fine piece

This is a feature-length documentary on the 2-Disc DVD of X2. This is perhaps said movie's version of the Production Scrapbook, on the first one(found on the 1.5 edition, not the original release), in that both come in at about an hour and are general, one-special-covers-all kind of behind the scenes. This does not adopt the candid tone of aforementioned, but rather goes about its objective in the traditional way, and hey, which way you prefer is completely up to the individual viewer. This consists of BTS footage, stills, interviews and film clips, some inter-cut with each other. The new faces in the cast aren't too bad to listen to, though Cumming doesn't come off as having a whole lot to say, here... Hu is perhaps the best of them(and Stanford is pretty good). The returning players are great, too, Marsden, for example, is funny. The writers and such are quite good, as is Singer. The themes, the extended freedom in making this one and what they wanted to do with the sequel, is gone into. The overall focus/tone of this is perhaps somewhat loose, which is not to say that the editing isn't tight(it is). A measure of material of the rehearsal and/or planning of stunts and effects is included. The entire thing is fairly nicely put together, and is informative. It holds serious spoilers, be mindful of that. I wouldn't call this memorable, but it's got a reasonable pace(59 minute running time and I was never bored), and it's worth watching for any fan and anyone who wants to know more about the title. I recommend this to anyone who fits into either or both groups. 6/10