Purchased DVD to have bonus material, which advertise Cast and Thomas Hughes biographies, History of Rugby School, Production Notes and Picture Gallery. What I was expecting was a short history of Rugby School featuring old clips of the School up to the present day, and perhaps what life is like for boys today at Rubgy School. How the production company cast for the roles, how the different parts were filmed in a School in use. Interviews with the Actors about what drew them to the part and what the film meant to them, the picture gallery featuring off screen images of the actors rehearsing/relaxing. What a disappointment. EVERY section is a let down. The cast biographies only feature four actors, two men and two women. Why, with a film using 99% of male actors, do we have a 50/50 split between men and women. Perhaps it's because most of the actors were young boys with little acting history ? This does not hold up to scrutiny, as the film did feature other well known and established male actors, which are not featured. The two male biographies are Steven Fry ( Doctor Arnold ), and Joe Beattie ( Flashman ), the main actor Alex Pettyfer is not featured, which I find unbelievable. A short History of Rugby School, Thomas Hughes Biography and Production Notes are only text, not even any pictures. The picture gallery was poor. I have seen two lovely images publicising the DVD, including one on the DVD cover itself, yet they are not featured. In conclusion, only buy the DVD for the film, which is very good. For the extras, forget it. Although not experienced in this area, even I could have made far superior bonus features. It seems the production company were not bothered with this part, and it probably only took one person a few hours to produce.
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