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 ed.

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Published

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

Format

DVD

Edition

Limited ed.

Physical Desc

5 videodisc (approx. 610 mins.) sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

UPC

0025192084546, 025192084546

Notes

General Note

Title from container.

General Note

Widescreen presentations.

General Note

Rear window: based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich. Vertigo, based upon the novel "D'entre les morts" by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Psycho: based on the novel by Robert Bloch. The birds: based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier.

General Note

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

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.

General Note

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

General Note

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.

General Note

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

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

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

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

Creation/Production Credits

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

Creation/Production Credits

The birds / Universal Pictures ; Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by Evan Hunter ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Participants/Performers

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

Participants/Performers

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

Participants/Performers

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

Participants/Performers

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

Participants/Performers

The birds: Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright.

Description

In Rear window: A photographer confined to his room with a broken leg suspects a murder has been committed in a nearby apartment.

Description

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.

Description

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

Description

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

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

Rear window & Psycho in English or dubbed French dialogue with optional English SDH or Spanish subtitles.

Language

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

Language

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

Language

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

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 ed.). 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 ed., Universal Studios, 2011.

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