Showing posts with label Alfred Hitchcock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alfred Hitchcock. Show all posts

Thursday 26 February 2015

The Birds (1963)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, 
Veronica Cartwright and Suzanne Pleshette.


Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2005

50th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2013
119m 30s






 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras - 

All About The Birds" documentary (80mins)
The Birds: Hitchcock’s Monster Movie (14mins)
Storyboards (24mins)
Tippi Hedren’s Screen Test (10mins)
Hitchcock–Truffaut Interview Excerpts (14mins)
Deleted Scene
Original Ending
The Birds Is Coming" newsreel
Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock
Production Photographs
Theatrical trailer

Sunday 22 February 2015

Psycho (1960)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam and Janet Leigh.


Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2004

50th Anniversary Steelbook Blu-ray bought in 2010
108m 51s






 Steelbook Blu-ray







Blu-ray extras - 

Audio Commentary with Stephen Rebello, Author of "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho"
The Making of Psycho (94mins)
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy (26mins)
Hitchcock / Truffaut (16mins)
Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho
The Shower Scene: With & Without Music
The Shower Sequence: Storyboards by Saul Bass
The Psycho Sound
The Psycho Archives
Posters and Psycho Ads
Lobby Cards
Behind the Scenes Photographs
Publicity Shots
Theatrical Trailer

Friday 20 February 2015

North by Northwest (1959)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jesse Royce Landis and Martin Landau.


DVD bought in 2000

50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray bought in 2009

Steelbook Blu-ray bought in 2014
136m 25s





 Blu-ray




 Steelbook Blu-ray






Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary by Writer Ernest Lehman
Music Only Audio Track
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style (58mins)
Cary Grant: A Class Apart (87mins)
North by Northwest: One for the Ages (26mins)
Destination Hitchcock: the Making of North by Northwest (40mins)
Stills Gallery
A Guided Tour with Alfred Hitchcock Trailer
Theatrical Trailer

Thursday 19 February 2015

Vertigo (1958)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes.


DVD bought in 2000

Blu-ray bought in 2013
129m 43s







 Blu-ray





Audio commentary with William Friedkin
Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Alfred Hitchcock's Masterpiece (30mins)
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators (55mins)
Hitchcock/Truffaut interview excerpts
Foreign Censorship Ending
The Vertigo Archives
Theatrical trailer
Restoration trailer

Wednesday 18 February 2015

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie and Bernard Miles.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
120m 18s






The Making of The Man Who Knew Too Much
Production Photos
Theatrical Trailer

Tuesday 17 February 2015

To Catch a Thief (1955)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jesse Royce Landis and John Williams.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
106m 31s






Audio Commentary by Hitchcock film historian, Dr. Drew Casper
A Night with the Hitchcocks
Unaccpetable Under the Code: Film Censorship in America
Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief
The Making of To Catch a Thief
Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly
Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation
Edith Head – The Paramount Years
If You Love To Catch a Thief You'll Love This
Photo galleries
Theatrical trailer

The Trouble With Harry (1955)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe and Shirley MacLaine.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
99m 23s






The Trouble with Harry Isn’t Over (32mins)
Photo Gallery
Theatrical Trailer

Monday 16 February 2015

Rear Window (1954)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr.


DVD bought in 2002

Blu-ray bought in 2013
112m 26s





DVD






Blu-ray extras - 

Audio commentary with author John Fawell
Rear Window Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
Conversation with screenwriter John Michael Hayes
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
Hitchcock/Truffaut" interviews
Masters of Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock" interview
Production photographs
Theatrical trailer
Re-release trailer