| Edition |
Two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical mono Dolby Digital 1.0 rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video Region 1 rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 135 |
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Criterion collection ; 135.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural. |
| Language |
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH). |
| Cast |
Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Florence Bates, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Melville Cooper, Leo G. Carroll, Leonard Carey, Lumsden Hare, Edward Fielding, Philip Winter. |
| Credits |
Photographer, George Barnes ; editor, Hal C. Kern, James Newcom ; music, Franz Waxman. |
| Note |
Title from disc surface. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1940. |
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Based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. |
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Full screen (1.33:1). |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
A young woman who believes she has found her heart's desire when she marries the dashing aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter. But upon moving to Manderley, her groom's baroque ancestral mansion, she soon learns that his deceased wife haunts not only the home but the temperamental, brooding Maxim as well. |
| Note |
Special features: Commentary from 1990 by film scholar Leonard J. Leff; isolated music and effects track; new conversation between film critic and author Molly Haskell and scholar Patricia White; new interview with film historian Craig Barron on Rebecca's visual effects; Daphne du Maurier: in the footsteps of Rebecca, a 2016 French television documentary; Making-of-documentary from 2007; Footage of screen, hair, makeup, and costume tests for actors Joan Fontaine, Anne Baxter, Vivien Leigh, Margaret Sullivan, and Loretta Young; Casting gallery with notes by director Alfred Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick; Hitchcock interviewed by Tom Snyder on a 1973 episode of NBC's Tomorrow; Tomorrow interview with Fontaine from 1980; Audio interviews from 1986 with actor Judith Anderson and Fontaine; Three radio versions of Rebecca, from 1938, 1944, and 1950, including Orson Welles's adaptation of the novel for the Mercury Theater; Theatrical release trailer. Container booklet includes an essay "Welcome to the Haunted House" by critic and Selznick biographer David Thompson and selected Selznick production correspondence, including with Hitchcock. |
| Awards |
Academy Award: Best cinematography, black-and-white; Best picture, 1940. |
| Subject |
De Winter, Maximilian (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Wives -- England -- Cornwall (County) -- Drama.
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Wives -- Death -- Drama.
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Country homes -- England -- Cornwall (County) -- Drama.
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England -- Drama.
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De Winter, Mrs. (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Widowers -- Drama.
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Haunted places -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, film director.
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Selznick, David O., 1902-1965, film producer.
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Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955, screenwriter.
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Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989, actor.
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Harrison, Joan, 1907-1994, screenwriter.
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Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013, actor.
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Sanders, George, 1906-1972, actor.
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Anderson, Judith, 1897-1992, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989.
Rebecca.
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United Artists Corporation, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781681433509 |
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1681433508 |
| Standard No. |
715515203418 |
| Music No. |
CC2800DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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