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Saturday, 22 January 2005 |
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Specs Warner Home Video widescreen and fullscreen English Dolby stereo and mono Color and Black and White
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Hitch is considered Hollywood's greatest director by many and this collection is an excellent sampling of his work. Warner has cleaned up the films and has done a good job with most films. Each disc in this set contains extras dealing with each movie, with commentary from Pat Hitchcock, and film historians and is a real bonus for Hitch fans, including rare film stills and stories from those who were there. Any Hitchcock lover will love this set.
Strangers On A Train-Picture A Sound B, Contents A, Extras A Farley Granger and Robert Walker star in this outstanding thriller. Granger is approached by demented Walker who proposes a murder swap. When Walker comes through with part of the bargain, Granger must find a way to stop him. This disc set includes two versions of the film. I Confess-Picture B, Sound B, Contents A, Extras B Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter star as forbidden lovers. Clift is a priest accused of a murder in which he has heard a confessional from the real murderer. Baxter is his secret lover and panics when details of his life come to surface during the trial. Karl Malden stars as the cop. North By Northwest-Picture A, Sound B, Content A, Extras A Cary Grant as the wrongly accused man in a true Hitchcock classic. Memorable scenes include Grant being chased by a crop duster, hanging off of Mt. Rushmore, a murder at the U.N., and comical but harrowing car roll down a mountain after Grant has been forceably given a lot of alcohol. Beautiful picture and stunning Bernard Herrmann music. Suspicion-Picture B, Sound B, Content A, Extras B Grant stars along with Joan Fontaine as a newly married couple but Grant becomes the object of his new wife's suspicions when she starts to observe strange behavior she can't dismiss. A great psychological thriller, Hitchcock keeps us wondering about Grant until almost the last frame of the film. The famous "light bulb" glass of milk is a highlight. Dial "M" For Murder-Picture A, Sound B, Content A, Extras A Ray Milland, Grace Kelly and Robert Cummings star in this murder plot to kill Grace Kelly by money grubbing Milland. Cummings stars as Kelly's secret lover. When the murder goes awry Milland must frame his wife for the killing. Gorgeous color and gorgeous Kelly make this a must for all Hitchcock fans. Originally shot in 3-D , Hitchcock was the first to make the 50's fad part of the movie's excellent camera work which takes place for the most part on one set. Adapted from a stage play. Stage Fright-Picture B, Sound B, Content A, Extras B Stars Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, and Richard Todd star in this old but still thrilling who done it which takes place in the theater. Performances by Wyman and Dietrich are outstanding. Mr. and Mrs Smith-Picture B, Sound B, Content B, Extras B Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard star in this screw-ball comedy which is a rarity for Hitchcock. It seems the feuding couple never got legally hitched and must decide whether they want to go through the legal hassle to reunite. Interesting but not one of Hitch's strongest films. Foreign Correspondent-Picture B, Sound B, Content A, Extras A Joel McCrea stars as a bumbling reporter assigned to cover a Nazi operation in Europe. Excellent blend of suspense and comedy by McCrea and Larraine Day. Memorable scenes include the crashing of a sea plane and its aftermath. Great early Hollywood Hitchcock. The Wrong Man-Picture B, Sound B, Content A, Extras B Henry Fonda, Hollywood's "everyman" is perfectly cast in this true story of how the justice system failed. Hitchcock took this one very seriously, using his own experience from his youth to portray the fears brought on by imprisonment. He even skipped his usual cameo role and instead introduces the film in shadow. Vera Miles costars in an excellent performance as Fonda's suffering wife, who mentally loses it during the trial.
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