BRING HOME TIMELESS CLASSICS FROM THE ‘MASTER OF SUSPENSE’
IN ALL-NEW LIMITED-EDITION COLLECTION
TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME ON 4K ULTRA HD DISC AND DIGITAL
ALFRED HITCHCOCK: THE ICONIC FILM COLLECTION
FEATURING SIX UNFORGETTABLE ALFRED HITCHCOCK FILMS
AVAILABLE ON NOVEMBER 26, 2024
AND PACKED WITH OVER 15 HOURS OF BONUS FEATURES
Universal City, California, October 15, 2024 – From one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema comes the all-new ALFRED HITCHCOCK: THE ICONIC FILM COLLECTION, releasing on 4K Ultra HD disc and Digital on November 26, 2024 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. This must-own collection consists of some of the most unforgettable and groundbreaking films of all time including Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, Vertigo, North By Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds.
In partnership with Warner Bros. and Paramount Home Entertainment, the collection features the newly released 4K Ultra HD remasters of North by Northwest and To Catch a Thief. It’s the very first time you can own all six films together on 4K Ultra HD disc and includes digital codes of each film.
The premium book style-packaging consists of rare photos, bios, trivia, and original cover art by renowned artist Tristan Eaton. It features over 15 hours of revealing bonus features including Psycho Uncut (the extended version of the movie originally seen in theaters), audio interviews with Alfred Hitchcock, behind-the-scenes featurettes, rare production photographs, creative storyboards, insightful feature commentaries, and so much more! It is limited-edition item and will be available to purchase at participating retailers including Amazon and GRUV.
Starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, Rear Window is Alfred Hitchcock’s voyeuristic masterpiece about a photographer who develops an obsession after thinking he witnessed a neighbor’s murder. To Catch a Thief, courtesy of Paramount Pictures, stars Cary Grant along with Grace Kelly and centers on a reformed jewel thief in the French Riviera. Considered one of Hitchcock’s greatest cinematic achievements, Vertigo stars James Stewart and Kim Novak in a dizzying web of mistaken identity, passion and murder. North by Northwest, courtesy of Warner Bros., stars Cary Grant alongside Eva Marie Saint as a man on the run who is abducted and framed for murder, and it's considered one of Hitchcock’s most visually stunning films. Perhaps regarded as Hitchcock’s most well-known film, Psycho stars Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins as a mild-mannered motel manager who turns out to be not what he seems. Finally, Hitchcock’s one true “monster” movie, The Birds, stars Tippi Hedren as she fights to survive an unexplainable attack by birds in a quiet seaside town.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK FILMS INCLUDE:
- Rear Window
- To Catch A Thief (NEW TO 4K ULTRA HD)
- Vertigo
- North By Northwest (NEW TO 4K ULTRA HD)
- Psycho (including Psycho Uncut)
- The Birds
BONUS FEATURES INCLUDE:
- REAR WINDOW (1954):
- Rear Window Ethics: An Original Documentary
- A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes
- Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master
- Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
- Hitchcock/Truffaut
- Masters of Cinema
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- Re-release Trailer Narrated by James Stewart
- Feature Commentary with John Fawell, Author of Hitchcock's Rear Window: the Well Made Film
- TO CATCH A THIEF (1955):
- Filmmaker Focus: Leonard Maltin on To Catch a Thief
- Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly (2009)
- Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper, Hitchcock Film Historian, and more!
- VERTIGO (1958):
- Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life of Hitchcock's Masterpiece
- Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
- Foreign Censorship Ending
- Hitchcock/Truffaut
- Feature Commentary with Film Director William Friedkin
- Theatrical Trailer
- Restoration Theatrical Trailer
- 100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era
- NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959):
- North by Northwest: Cinematography, Score, and the Art of the Edit
- Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest
- The Master’s Touch: Hitchcock’s Signature Style
- North by Northwest: One for the Ages
- A Guided Tour with Alfred Hitchcock
- Commentary by Screenwriter Ernest Lehman
- PSYCHO (1960):
- Psycho Uncut
- The extended version of the movie as seen in theaters in 1960 is exactly as intended by Alfred Hitchcock.
- The Making of Psycho
- Psycho Sound
- In The Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
- Hitchcock/Truffaut
- Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho
- The Shower Scene: With and Without Music
- The Shower Sequence: Storyboards by Saul Bass
- The Psycho Archives
- Posters and Psycho Ads
- Lobby Cards
- Behind-the-Scenes Photographs
- Production Photographs
- Psycho Theatrical Trailers
- Psycho Re-release Trailers
- Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello, author of "Alfred Hitchcock and The Making of Psycho"
- Psycho Uncut
- THE BIRDS (1963):
- The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
- All About The Birds
- Tippi Hedren's Screen Test
- Deleted Scenes
- The Original Ending
- Hitchcock/Truffaut
- The Birds Is Coming (Universal International Newsreel)
- Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel)
- Theatrical Trailer
- 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics
- 100 Years of Universal: The Lot
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REAR WINDOW (1954) FILMMAKERS:
Cast: James Stewart (L.B. 'Jeff' Jeffries), Grace Kelly (Lisa Carol Fremont), Raymond Burr (Lars Thorwald), Wendell Corey (Det. Lt. Thomas J. Doyle), Thelma Ritter (Stella)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay: John Michael Hayes
Based on the Work(s) of: Cornell Woolrich
Director of Photography: Robert Burks
TO CATCH A THIEF (1955) FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Cary Grant (John Robie), Grace Kelly (Frances Stevens), Jessie Royce Landis (Jessie Stevens)
Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay By: John Michael Hayes
Based on the Novel By: David Dodge
VERTIGO (1958) FILMMAKERS:
Cast: James Stewart (Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson), Kim Novak (Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton), Barbara Bel Geddes (Marjorie 'Midge' Wood), Tom Helmore (Gavin Elster)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay: Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Based on the Work(s) of: Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Henry Bumstead, Sam Comer, Frank McKelvy
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Cary Grant (Roger O. Thornhill), Eva Marie Saint (Eve Kendall), James Mason (Phillip Vandamn), Jessie Royce Landis (Clara Thornhill)
Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock
Written By: Ernest Lehman
PSYCHO (1960) FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates), Janet Leigh (Marion Crane), Vera Miles (Lila Crane), John Gavin (Sam Loomis), Martin Balsam (Milton Arbogast), John McIntire (Dep. Sheriff Al Chambers)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay: Joseph Stefano
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Based on the Work(s) of: Robert Bloch
Director of Photography: John L. Russell
Art Direction: Joseph Hurley, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo
THE BIRDS (1963) FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Tippi Hedren (Melanie Daniels), Rod Taylor (Mitch Brenner), Jessica Tandy (Lydia Brenner), Suzanne Pleshette (Annie Hayworth), Veronica Cartwright (Cathy Brenner), Malcolm Atterbury (Deputy Al Malone)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay: Evan Hunter
Visual Effects: Ub Iwerks
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
- REAR WINDOW (1954):
- Layers: BD 100
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.66:1 Widescreen
- Rating: PG
- Subtitles: English SDH, French Canadian, and Latin Spanish
- Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), French European (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)
- Run Time: 01:55:00
- TO CATCH A THIEF (1955):
- Layers: BD 66
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen
- Rating: PG
- Subtitles: English SDH, English, and French
- Languages/Sound: English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
- Run Time: 01:46:00
- VERTIGO (1958):
- Layers: BD 100
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen
- Rating: PG
- Subtitles: English SDH, French Canadian, and Latin Spanish
- Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), English (DTS: X Master Audio), French European (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)
- Run Time: 02:09:00
- NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959):
- Layers: BD 66
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.78:1 Widescreen
- Rating: Not Rated
- Subtitles: English SDH, Parisian French, and Latin Spanish
- Languages/Sound: English (Dolby Atmos TrueHD), English (2.0 DTS-HDMA), Parisian French, Latin Spanish
- Run Time: 02:16:00
- PSYCHO (1960):
- Layers: BD 100
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen
- Rating: R
- Subtitles: English SDH, French Canadian, and Latin Spanish
- Languages/Sound: English (DTS:X Master Audio), English (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), French Canadian (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)
- Run Time: 01:49:00
- THE BIRDS (1963):
- Layers: BD 100
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen
- Rating: PG-13
- Subtitles: English SDH, Brazilian Portuguese, French Canadian, Japanese and Latin Spanish
- Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), Brazilian Portuguese (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), French European (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Japanese (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)
- Run Time: 02:00:00
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