Alfred Hitchcock : the essentials collection
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Contributors

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980. Director
Hayes, John Michael, 1919-2008. Screenwriter
Stewart, James, 1908-1997. Actor
Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982. Actor
Corey, Wendell, 1914-1968. Actor

Published

Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2011].

Edition

Limited edition, widescreen.

Physical Desc

5 videodisc ( approximately 10 hours) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

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Published

Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2011].

Format

DVD

Edition

Limited edition, widescreen.

Language

English

UPC

025192084546

Notes

General Note

Title from container.

General Note

Disc 1 : Rear Window bonus features: "Rear window ethics : an original documentary" featurette; "A conversation with screenwriter John Michael Hayes" featurette; Production photographs; Production notes; Re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart; Theatrical trailer.

General Note

Disc 2 : Vertigo bonus features: "Obsessed with Vertigo : new life for Hitchcock's masterpiece" featurette; Feature commentary with associate producer Herbert Coleman, restoration team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz and other Vertigo participants; Production notes; Theatrical trailers; Foreign censorship ending; The Vertigo archives.

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Disc 3 : North By Northwest bonus features: Commentary by screenwriter Ernest Lehman; Music-only audio track.

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Disc 4 : Psycho bonus features: Production notes; Theatrical trailer; Re-release trailer; Newsreel footage: the release of Psycho; The shower scene with and without music; The Psycho archives; Production photographs; Behind-the-scenes photographs.

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Disc 5 : The Birds bonus features: Deleted scene; The original ending; Storyboard sequence; Tippi Hedren's screen test; "The birds" is coming (Universal international newsreel); Suspense story : National Press Club hears Hitchcock (Universal international newsreel); Production photographs; Production notes, Theatrical trailer.

Creation/Production Credits

Disc 1 : Rear window / Universal ; a Paramount release ; Patron, Inc. ; screenplay by John Michael Hayes ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; music score by Franz Waxman

Creation/Production Credits

Disc 2 : Vertigo / Universal ; a Paramount release ; screenplay by Alec Coppel & Samuel Taylor ; associate producer, Herbert Coleman ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; music by Bernard Herrmann.

Creation/Production Credits

Disc 3 : North by northwest / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; written by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; music by Bernard Herrmann.

Creation/Production Credits

Disc 4 : Psycho / Universal ; a Paramount release ; screenplay by Joseph Stefano ; Shamley Productions, Inc. ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; music, Bernard Herrmann.

Creation/Production Credits

Disc 5: The Birds / Universal Pictures ; Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by Evan Hunter ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Participants/Performers

Disc 1 : Rear window: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr.

Participants/Performers

Disc 2 : Vertigo: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones.

Participants/Performers

Disc 3 : North by northwest: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Jesse Royce Landis.

Participants/Performers

Disc 4 : Psycho: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Janet Leigh.

Participants/Performers

Disc 5 : The Birds: Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright.

Description

Disc 1 : Rear window : based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich. A photographer confined to his room with a broken leg suspects a murder has been committed in a nearby apartment.

Description

Disc 2 : Vertigo : based upon the novel "D'entre les morts" by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Vertigo is an elaborately constructed murder story and a fascinating study in sexual obsession. A detective with a fear of heights is drawn into a complex plot in which a girl he loves apparently falls to her death. He then meets her double and tries to re-create the image of the woman he has loved but lost in death.

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Disc 3 : In North by northwest, an ad executive is mistaken for a spy by foreign agents.

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Disc 4 : Psycho: based on the novel by Robert Bloch. Psycho is a horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.

Description

Disc 5 : The Birds: based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier. In The Birds, a small California town is attacked by thousands of birds.

Target Audience

Rear window & Vertigo: MPAA rating: PG. The Birds: MPAA rating: PG-13. Psycho: MPAA rating: R. North by northwest: Not rated.

System Details

DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen presentations; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono; dual layer format.

Language

Disc 1 : Rear window, English or dubbed French dialogue with optional English SDH or Spanish subtitles.

Language

Disc 2 : Vertigo In English with optional English SDH, French, or Spanish subtitles.

Language

Disc 3 : North by northwest in English or dubbed French dialogue, with optional English SHD or French subtitles.

Language

Disc 4 : Psycho in English or dubbed French dialogue with optional English SDH or Spanish subtitles.

Language

Disc 5 : The Birds: In English or dubbed French dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hitchcock, A., Hayes, J. M., Stewart, J., Grace, P. o. M., Corey, W., Ritter, T., Burr, R., Coppel, A., Taylor, S., Novak, K., Bel Geddes, B., Helmore, T., Jones, H., Lehman, E., Grant, C., Saint, E. M., Mason, J., Landau, M., Landis, J. R., Stefano, J., Perkins, A., Miles, V., Gavin, J., Balsam, M., McIntire, J., Leigh, J., Hunter, E., Taylor, R., Tandy, J., Pleshette, S., Hedren, T., Cartwright, V., Herrmann, B., Woolrich, C., Boileau-Narcejac., Bloch, R., & Du Maurier, D. (2011). Alfred Hitchcock: the essentials collection (Limited edition, widescreen.). Universal Studios.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. 2011. Alfred Hitchcock: The Essentials Collection. Universal Studios.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. Alfred Hitchcock: The Essentials Collection Universal Studios, 2011.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hitchcock, Alfred, et al. Alfred Hitchcock: The Essentials Collection Limited edition, widescreen., Universal Studios, 2011.

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