| Description |
5 videodiscs : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
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Rear window: In English, French or Spanish with optional subtitles in French and Spanish; optionally subtitled in English for the hearing impaired (SDH) |
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Vertigo: In English, French or Spanish with optional subtitles in French and Spanish; optionally subtitled in English for the hearing impaired (SDH) |
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North by northwest: In English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish with optional subtitles in Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish; optionally subtitled in English for the hearing impaired (SDH) |
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Psycho: In English or French with optional subtitles in French and Spanish; optionally subtitled in English for the hearing impaired (SDH) |
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The birds: In English, French or Spanish with optional subtitles in French and Spanish; optionally subtitled in English for the hearing impaired (SDH) |
| Note |
For specific features see interactive menu. |
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Blu-ray disc set includes five of Alfred Hitchcock's iconic films, each accompanied by a selection of bonus features: Rear window (115 min.), released in 1954; Vertigo (129 min.), released in 1958; North by northwest (136 min.), released in 1959; Psycho (109 min.), released in 1960; and, The birds (120 min.), released in 1963. |
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Title from set container; information for North by northwest disc from container, only feature film with English language soundtrack and special features onscreen menu accessible. |
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Rear window: Based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich. |
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Vertigo: Based upon the novel "D'entre les morts" by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. |
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Psycho: Based on the novel by Robert Bloch. |
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The birds: Based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier. |
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Rear window disc bonus features include "Rear window ethics : an original documentary" featurette; "A conversation with screenwriter John Michael Hayes" featurette; "Pure cinema: through the eyes of the master" featurette; "Breaking barriers: the sound of Hitchcock" featurette; Hitchcock/Truffaut interview excerpts; "Masters of cinema" featurette; optional feature commentary with John Fawell; Production photographs; Theatrical trailer; Re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart. |
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Vertigo disc bonus features include "Obsessed with Vertigo: new life for Hitchcock's masterpiece" featurette; "Partners in crime: Hitchcock's collaborators" featurette; Hitchcock/Truffaut interview excerpts; Foreign censorship ending; The Vertigo archives; optional feature commentary with director William Friedkin; "100 years of Universal: the Lew Wasserman era" featurette; Theatrical trailers. |
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North By Northwest disc bonus features include "Destination Hitchcock: the making of North by northwest" featurette; "North by northwest: one for the ages" featurette; "The master's touch: Hitchcock's signature style" featurette; "Cary Grant: a class apart" featurette; optional feature commentary by screenwriter Ernest Lehman; stills and trailer galleries. |
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Psycho disc bonus features include "The making of Psycho" featurette; "Psycho sound" featurette; "In the master's shadow: Hitchcock's legacy" featurette; Hitchcock/Truffaut interview excerpts; Newsreel footage: the release of Psycho; The shower scene: with and without music; The shower scene: storyboards by Saul Bass; The Psycho archives; optional feature commentary with Stephen Rebello; Lobby cards; Behind-the-scenes photographs; Production photographs; trailers, posters and Psycho ads. |
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The birds disc bonus features includes a deleted scene; the original ending; "The birds: Hitchcock's monster movie" featurette; "All about The birds" featurette; Storyboard sequence; Tippi Hedren's screen test; Hitchcock/Truffaut interview excerpts; "The birds" is coming (Universal international newsreel); Suspense story: National Press Club hears Hitchcock (Universal international newsreel); Production photographs; "100 years of Universal: restoring the classics" featurette; "100 years of Universal: the lot" featurette; trailer. |
| Contents |
Rear window / Universal ; a Paramount release ; Patron, Inc. ; screenplay by John Michael Hayes ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock -- Vertigo / Universal ; a Paramount release ; screenplay by Alec Coppel & Samuel Taylor ; associate producer, Herbert Coleman ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock -- North by northwest / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; written by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock -- Psycho / Universal ; a Paramount release ; screenplay by Joseph Stefano ; Shamley Productions, Inc. ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock -- The birds / Universal Pictures ; Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by Evan Hunter ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock. |
| Credits |
Rear window: Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music score, Franz Waxman. |
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Vertigo: Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music, Bernard Herrmann. |
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Psycho: Director of photography, John L. Russell ; editor, George Tomasini ; music, Bernard Herrmann. |
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The birds: Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini. |
| Performer |
Rear window: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr. |
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Vertigo: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones. |
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North by northwest: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Jesse Royce Landis. |
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Psycho: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Janet Leigh. |
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The birds: Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright. |
| Summary |
Rear window: "A photographer ... becomes obsessed with watching his neighbors and discovers a possible murder"--Set container. |
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Vertigo: "[A] dizzying web of mistaken identity, passion and murder involving an acrophobic detective and a mysterious blonde"--Set container. |
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North by northwest: "[An] adman ... gets plunged into a realm of spy and counterspy and is abducted, framed for murder, chased and crop-dusted"--Set container. |
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Psycho: "[An] unsuspecting visitor to the Bates Motel ... falls prey to one of cinema's nost notorious psychopaths, Norman Bates"--Set container. |
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The birds: "[A] tale of nature gone berserk, when thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks"--Set container. |
| Audience |
Rear window: MPAA rating: PG. |
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Vertigo: MPAA rating: PG. |
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North by northwest: Not rated. |
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Psycho: MPAA rating: R. |
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The birds: MPAA rating: PG-13. |
| System Details |
Rear window: Blu-ray, color; 1080p High-Definition widescreen 1.66:1; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (English), DTS digital surround 2.0 mono (French, Spanish); requires Blu-ray player. |
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Vertigo: Blu-ray, color; 1080p High-Defintion widescreen 1.85:1; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), DTS digital surround 2.0 (English, French, Spanish); requires Blu-ray player. |
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North by northwest: Blu-ray, color; 1080p High-Definition widescreen 1.78:1; Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround (English), Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English), mono 1.0 (French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish); requires Blu-ray player. |
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Psycho: Blu-ray, black and white; 1080p High-Definition widescreen 1.85:1; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), DTS digital surround 2.0 mono (English, French); requires Blu-ray player. |
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The birds: Blu-ray, color; 1080p High-Definition widescreen 1.85:1; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (English), DTS digital surround 2.0 mono (French, Spanish); requires Blu-ray player. |
| Subject |
Voyeurism -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Murder -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Neighbors -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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People with disabilities -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Acrophobia -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Ex-police officers -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Bates, Norman (Fictitious character) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Disappeared persons -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Hotelkeepers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Birds -- Behavior -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Human-animal relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mistaken identity -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Spies -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Detective and mystery films.
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Horror films.
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Spy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, director.
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Hayes, John Michael, 1919-2008, screenwriter.
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Stewart, James, 1908-1997, actor.
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Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982, actor.
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Corey, Wendell, 1914-1968, actor.
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Ritter, Thelma, actor.
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Burr, Raymond, 1917-1993, actor.
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Coppel, Alec, screenwriter.
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Taylor, Samuel, 1912-2000, screenwriter.
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Novak, Kim, actor.
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Bel Geddes, Barbara, actor.
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Helmore, Tom, actor.
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Jones, Henry, 1912-1999, actor.
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Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005, screenwriter.
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Grant, Cary, 1904-1986, actor.
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Saint, Eva Marie, 1924- actor.
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Mason, James, 1909-1984, actor.
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Landau, Martin, actor.
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Landis, Jessie Royce, 1904-1972, actor.
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Stefano, Joseph, screenwriter.
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Perkins, Anthony, 1932-1992, actor.
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Miles, Vera, actor.
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Gavin, John, 1928- actor.
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Balsam, Martin, 1919-1996, actor.
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McIntire, John, 1907-1991, actor.
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Leigh, Janet, actor.
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Hunter, Evan, 1926-2005, screenwriter.
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Taylor, Rod, 1930- actor.
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Tandy, Jessica, actor.
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Pleshette, Suzanne, 1937-2008, actor.
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Hedren, Tippi, actor.
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Cartwright, Veronica, actor.
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Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967, composer.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975, composer.
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Woolrich, Cornell, 1903-1968.
Rear window.
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Boileau-Narcejac.
D'entre les morts.
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Bloch, Robert, 1917-1994.
Psycho.
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Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989.
Birds.
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Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions.
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Universal Studios, Inc.
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Universal Pictures (Firm)
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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Patron, Inc.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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Shamley Productions.
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| Added Title |
Essentials collection : Rear window ; Vertigo ; North by northwest ; Psycho ; The birds |
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Hitchcock, the essentials collection |
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Rear window (Motion picture)
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Vertigo (Motion picture : 1958)
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North by northwest (Motion picture)
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Psycho (Motion picture : 1960)
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Birds (Motion picture)
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Rear window.
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Vertigo.
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North by northwest.
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Psycho.
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Birds.
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| Standard No. |
025192180583 |
| Music No. |
61125885 |
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2026745 |
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499244 |
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2026435 |
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499241 |
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2026434 |
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5000161243 |
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499245 |
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2026436 |
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499234 |
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2026432 |
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