MGM's DVD of the 40-million-dollar screwball comedy heist caper Bandits leaves a few things to be desired for something labeled a "special edition." While the film looks and sounds great in the expected high quality anamorphic transfer, there is no commentary by director Barry Levinson or stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett -- a standard by now. Actually, Blanchett does offer commentary during the brief alternate ending, which is basically one sight gag she insisted be shot for the fade-out. On the other hand, two features are rather surprisingly in-depth: the "Creating Scene 71 Featurette," a detailed description by Levinson, writer Harley Peyton, producer Michael Birnbaum, and the stars of the largely improvised love scene between Willis and Blanchett; and the deleted scenes, which are actually entire unused sequences, a few of them being pretty interesting. A "making of" documentary is, happily, hype-free and shows lots of behind-the-camera action including one unedited stunt showing Willis' and Thornton's doubles crashing through a plate glass door. The menu screen gives you a choice of toggling between Willis and Thornton. Choose Willis and you see and hear a Willis scene on the menu page, pick Thornton and you get a close-up of his character in all his paranoid grandeur. It's no big deal, but it's a nice touch.