| Edition |
Limited edition, widescreen. |
| Description |
5 videodisc ( approximately 10 hours) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
100000 |
| Description |
digital optical rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Audience |
Rear window & Vertigo: MPAA rating: PG. The Birds: MPAA rating: PG-13. Psycho: MPAA rating: R. North by northwest: Not rated. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Rear window (115 min.) (1954). Based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". |
| 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 |
| Cast |
Disc 1 : Rear window: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr. |
| Summary |
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. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Vertigo (ca. 130 min.) (1958). The story was based on the 1954 novel D'entre les morts (From Among the Dead) by Boileau-Narcejac. |
| 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. |
| Cast |
Disc 2 : Vertigo: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
Disc 3 : North By Northwest bonus features: Commentary by screenwriter Ernest Lehman; Music-only audio track. |
| Contents |
North by northwest (136 min.) (1959). |
| Credits |
Disc 3 : North by northwest / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; written by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; music by Bernard Herrmann. |
| Cast |
Disc 3 : North by northwest: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Jesse Royce Landis. |
| Summary |
Disc 3 : In North by northwest, an ad executive is mistaken for a spy by foreign agents. |
| Note |
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. |
| Contents |
Psycho (109 min.) (1960). Based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. |
| Credits |
Disc 4 : Psycho / Universal ; a Paramount release ; screenplay by Joseph Stefano ; Shamley Productions, Inc. ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; music, Bernard Herrmann. |
| Cast |
Disc 4 : Psycho: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Janet Leigh. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
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. |
| Contents |
The Birds (120 min.) (1963). Loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier |
| Credits |
Disc 5: The Birds / Universal Pictures ; Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by Evan Hunter ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock. |
| Performer |
Disc 5 : The Birds: Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright. |
| Summary |
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. |
| 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. |
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Disc 2 : Vertigo In English with optional English SDH, French, or Spanish subtitles. |
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Disc 3 : North by northwest in English or dubbed French dialogue, with optional English SHD or French subtitles. |
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Disc 4 : Psycho in English or dubbed French dialogue with optional English SDH or Spanish subtitles. |
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Disc 5 : The Birds: In English or dubbed French dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles. |
| Subject |
Voyeurism -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Neighbors -- Drama.
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People with disabilities -- Drama.
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Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
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Acrophobia -- Drama.
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Ex-police officers -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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Bates, Norman (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Disappeared persons -- Drama.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Drama.
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Hotelkeepers -- Drama.
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Birds -- Behavior -- Drama.
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Human-animal relationships -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Mistaken identity -- Drama.
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Spies -- Drama.
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Acrophobia. (OCoLC)fst00796090
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Bates, Norman (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst00828688
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Birds -- Behavior.
(OCoLC)fst00832976
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Disappeared persons. (OCoLC)fst00894675
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Ex-police officers. (OCoLC)fst00917462
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Hotelkeepers. (OCoLC)fst00961760
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Human-animal relationships. (OCoLC)fst00963482
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Mistaken identity. (OCoLC)fst01023960
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Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
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Murder -- Investigation.
(OCoLC)fst01029788
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Neighbors. (OCoLC)fst01200293
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People with disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01057245
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Spies. (OCoLC)fst01129772
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Voyeurism. (OCoLC)fst01169342
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California -- San Francisco.
(OCoLC)fst01204481
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New York (State) -- New York -- Greenwich Village.
(OCoLC)fst01322891
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Spy films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Horror films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Detective and mystery films. (OCoLC)fst01710476
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Horror films. (OCoLC)fst01710373
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Spy films. (OCoLC)fst01710340
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726193
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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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, 1931-2018. 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, 1930-2015. 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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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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Vertigo (Motion picture : 1958)
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Rear window (Motion picture : 1954)
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Psycho (Motion picture : 1960)
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North by northwest (Motion picture)
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Birds (Motion picture)
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Rear window ethics.
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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. |
025192084546 |
| Music No. |
61116498 Universal Studios (set) |
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467165 Universal Studios (Rear window) |
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467166 Universal Studios (Vertigo) |
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467171 Universal Studios (Psycho) |
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467170 Universal Studios (The birds) |
