| Edition |
2-disc special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Universal legacy series |
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Universal legacy series.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 stereo and 2.0 mono. |
| Cast |
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Robert Burks ; edited by, George Tomasini ; music by, Bernard Herrmann. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958. |
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Based on the novel : D'entre les morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. |
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Special features: Disc 1. Feature commentary with associate producer Herbert Coleman, resoration team Robert A Harris and James C. Katz and other Vertigo participants; Feature commentary with film director William Friedkin; Foreign censorship ending; The Vertigo archives; Production notes; Original and restoration trailers; Disc 2. Obsessed with Vertigo : new life for Hitchcock's masterpiece; Partners in crime : Hitchcock's collaborators; Hitchcock/Truffaut interview excerpts; Alfred Hitchcock Presents : "The case of Mr. Pelham." |
| Summary |
San Francisco police detective Scottie Ferguson is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe fear of heights. When a rich shipbuilder hires Scottie to follow his wife, who may be suicidal, Scottie finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually Ferguson becomes obsessed with the chance to re-create her in another woman. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Vertigo -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Police -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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Love -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
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Coppel, Alec.
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Taylor, Samuel, 1912-2000.
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Stewart, James, 1908-1997.
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Novak, Kim.
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Bel Geddes, Barbara.
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Helmore, Tom.
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Jones, Henry, 1912-1999.
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Cockrell, Francis M.
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Armstrong, Anthony, 1897-1976.
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Ewell, Tom, 1909-1994.
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Bailey, Raymond, 1904-1980.
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Boileau-Narcejac.
D'entre les morts. English.
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Narcejac, Thomas, 1908-1998.
D'entre les morts.
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Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo |
| Standard No. |
025195018357 |
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