sábado, 1 de noviembre de 2008

HITCHCOCK en DVD, RE-EDICIONES para COLECCIONISTAS

HITCHCOCK en DVD, RE-EDICIONES para COLECCIONISTAS

A la espera de que anuncien alguna película del gran Alfred Hitchcock en Blu-ray, por ahora habrá que conformarse con las eternas re-ediciones de sus películas, en donde la calidad de imagen mejora muy poquito pero los extras (documentales y demases) y el empaque suelen ser el atractivo principal.

Universal y MGM han re-editado 3 películas cada uno a saber:


La Ventana Indiscreta (1954), Vértigo (1958) y Psicosis (1960)



Rebecca (1940), Spellbound (1945) y Notorious (1946)


Hitchcock siempre fue un gran maestro del cine, hasta los títulos de sus películas son geniales, 1 ó 2 palabras son suficiente si son bien elegidos. ;-)



Rear Window: Universal Legacy Series / DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.66:1 Color (Anamorphic) / Production Year: 1954 / Region 1






Disco 1 (Menúes)



Video: 1.66:1 Original Aspect Ratio, 16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 8.2 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: English, Spanish and none


Disco 2 (Menúes)



Edition Details:
• audio commentary by John Fawell, author of Hitchcock's Rear Window: The Well-Made Film
• Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master (25:09)
• Hitchcock /Truffaut interview excerpts (16:14)
• Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock (23:30)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mr. Blanchard's Secret (26:15)
• original theatrical trailer

Carried over from the 2001 Collector's Edition:
• Rear Window Ethics: An Original Documentary (55 minutes)
• A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes (13 minutes on the Collector's Edition)
• 1983 re-release trailer for Rear Window, narrated by James Stewart
• production photographs
• production notes

DVD Release Date: October 7, 2008
Bookstyle case







Comparación con otras ediciones: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCom...rearwindow.htm



Vertigo: Universal Legacy Series / DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) / Production Year: 1958 / Region 1





Widescreen 16:9 enhanced - 1.85:1
Average Bitrate: 7.26 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) , English Dolby Digital 2.0 , English Audio Commentaries Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtítulos: Spanish, French, English (captions), None


Edition Details:

Disc 1: Main Feature



• Commentary by associate producer Herbert Coleman, restoration team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz, and Steven Smith (III), author of "A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann" and Vertigo participants
• Feature Commentary with Director William Friedkin
• Foreign Censorship Ending (2:10)
• The Vertigo Archives (gallery)
• Production Notes
• Original Theatrical Trailer (2:30)
• Restoration Theatrical Trailer (1:23)


Disc 2: Extra Features



• "Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Alfred Hitchcock's Masterpiece", an original American Movie Classic documentary, narrated by Roddy McDowall and featuring new interviews with Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes, Alfred Hitchcock's daughter Patricia Hitchcock, producer Herbert Coleman, restoration team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz, and others involved in the movie's production (30 minutes)
• Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators (54:52)
- Saul Bass: Title Champ
-Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
- Bernard Herrmann - Hitchcock's Maestro
- Alma - The Masters Muse
• Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts (14:18)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents "The Case of Mr. Pelham" (25:35)

DVD Release Date: October 7, 2008
Bookstyle case





Comparación con otras ediciones: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare/vertigo.htm



Psycho: Universal Legacy Series / DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.85:1 B&W (Anamorphic) / Production Year: 1960 / Region 1



Video: 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio, 16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 8.22 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), DUB French Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish, French None


Edition Details:

Disc 1



• Commentary with Stephen Rebello (Author of Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho)
• Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho (7:40)
• The Shower Scene - (music optional) - 2:31
• The Shower Scene - Storyboards by Saul Bass (4:10)
• The Psycho Archives, (Posters, Lobby Cards etc.)
• Production Notes - (text)
• Theatrical trailer and re-release trailer


Disc 2 (dual-layered)



• The Making of Psycho (1:34:06)
• In the Master's Shadow - Hitchcock's Legacy (25:56)
• Hitchcock Truffaut - (audio interview with scenes from the film etc.) - 15:21
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Lamb to the Slaughter" (26:12)

DVD Release Date: October 7th, 2008
Book Style Case







Comparación con otras ediciones: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare6/psycho.htm



El pack de MGM del cual vienen estas ediciones individuales está advertido como defectuoso, veremos que pasa a futuro...


Alfred Hitchcock Premier Collection / DVD-Video
Standard 1.33:1 B&W / Region 1



NOTE: Defective MGM Hitchcock Premiere Collection

Reports are coming in by the droves about the MGM Hitchcock Premiere Collection. We do not yet own the entire set and have only covered Notorious and Rebecca which played without issue on my Malata - but we understand many individual's players are having problems with all, or selective transfers from the set. These represent faults such as the disc wobbling in the tray, unsubstantiated noise in playback, freezing and chapter skips. MGM must recall this set immediately. If you own the set please verify if you too have these problems and report them to the outlet you purchased them or MGM directly. If we find an email to use we will post it here.




Rebecca / DVD-Video
Standard 1.33:1 B&W / Production Year: 1940 / Region 1



Studio: MGM
Aspect Ratio: Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1


Edition Details:



• Commentary with critic Richard Schickel
• Isolated music and effects track
• Rare screen, hair, makeup, and costume tests including Margaret Sullavan, Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine (9:11)
• The Making of Rebecca featurette (28:05)
• The Gothic World of Daphne du Maurier featurette (19:01)
• 3 X 1 hour Radio Plays
• Hitchcock on Rebecca: excerpts from the director's conversations with filmmaker Francois Truffaut (9:19) and Peter Bogdanovich (4:26)
• Trailer
• Stills Gallery (Posters, Portraits, Behind the Scenes)





DVD Release Date: October 14th, 2008
Keep Case

Comparación con otras ediciones: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare/rebecca.htm



Spellbound / DVD-Video
Standard 1.33:1 B&W / Production Year: 1945 / Region 1



Features:

- Commentary with Author and Film Professor Thomas Schatz and Film Professor Charles Ramirez Berg
- Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism and Salvador Dali Featurette
- Guilt By Association: Psychoanalyzing Spellbound Featurette
- A Cinderella Story: Rhonda Fleming Featurette
- 1948 Radio Play Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Peter Bogdanovich Interviews Hitchcock
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Still Gallery

Video: Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Audio: ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French





Comparación con otras ediciones: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare/spellbound.htm



Notorious / DVD-Video
Standard 1.33:1 B&W / Production Year: 1946 / Region 1



Video: 1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio
Average Bitrate: 7.22
NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s



Edition Details:

• Commentary by Rick Jewell
• Commentary by Drew Casper
• Theatrical trailer
• Isolated Music track
• The Ultimate Romance: the Making of Notorious (28:20)
• Alfred Hitchcock The Ultimate Spymaster (13:09)
• The American Film Institute Award: The Key to Hitchcock (3:19)
• Complete broadcast of the 1948 Lux Radio Theater adaptation, starring Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten
• Hitchcock Interviews - excerpts from the director's conversations with filmmaker Francois Truffaut (16:22) and Peter Bogdanovich (2:19)
• Restoration Comparison (2:54)
• Trailer
• Stills Gallery (Posters, Portraits, Behind the Scenes)

DVD Release Date: October 14th, 2008
Keep Case



Comparación con otras ediciones: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare/notorious.htm

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