Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection (1927-1947)
7xDVD9 + 1xDVD5 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | 832 mins | Total: 52 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, French, Spanish (See below) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War, Romance, Film-Noir | UK, USA
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | 01:39:29 | 6,94 Gb
Audio: Score AC3 5.1/2.0 @ 448/192 Kbps
English intertitles with French and Spanish subtitles Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery | UK
Lifeboat (1944) [Special Edition]
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | 01:37:20 | 7,14 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, Spanish Genre: Thriller, War | Nominated for 3 Oscars | USA
After their ship is sunk in the Atlantic by Germans, eight people are stranded in a lifeboat, among them a glamorous journalist , a tough seaman, a nurse and an injured sailor. Their problems are further compounded when they pick up a ninth passenger - the Nazi captain from the U-boat that torpedoed them. With its powerful interplay of suspense and emotion, this legendary classic is a microcosm of humanity, revealing the subtleties of man's strengths and frailties under extraordinary duress.
Nominated for three Academy Awards, Alfred Hitchcock's World War II drama, is a remarkable story of human survival.
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Special features:
• Commentary by University of Southern California School of Cinema & Television Hitchcock professor and film critic, Drew Casper
• “The Making of Lifeboat” featurette
• The original theatrical trailer
• Still gallery featuring photographs from the set
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Spellbound (1945)
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | 01:51:18 | 6,97 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, French, Spanish Genre: Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance | Won Oscar | USA
Special features:
• Commentary with film historians Thomas Schatz & Charles Ramirez Berg
• Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing Spellbound Featurette
• A Cinderella Story: Rhonda Fleming Featurette
• Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism and Salvador Dali Featurette
• 1948 Radio Play Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Audio Interview: Peter Bogdanovich Interviews Hitchcock
• Audio Interview: Film Historian Rudy Belhemer Interviews Composer Miklós Rózsa
• Still Gallery
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When troubled beauty Alicia Huberman (Bergman) is recruited by American agent T.R. Devlin (Grant) to infiltrate a German spy ring in postwar Rio, she accepts... but soon finds herself falling in love with Devlin. And when she receives orders to seduce a Nazi kingpin (Rains), Alicia must sacrifice the only happiness she's ever known for a perilous mission that could ultimately cost her and Devlin their lives.
From legendary director Alfred Hitchcock comes this "torrid, tense, tinglingly suspenseful" (Cosmopolitan) film that ranks as one of his best. Oscar Winner Ingrid Bergman "is literally ravishing" (Pauline Kael), and Cary Grant and Claude Rains give "excellent performances" (Variety) in this "taut spy movie that delivers a romantic punch" (The New Yorker)!
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Special features:
• Commentary with film historian Rick Jewell
• Commentary with film historian Drew Casper
• Isolated Music and Effects Track
• The Ultimate Romance: The Making of Notorious Featurette
• Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster Featurette
• AFI Tribute to Hitchcock
• 1948 Radio Play Starring Joseph Cotton and Ingrid Bergman
• Audio Interview: Peter Bogdanovich Interviews Hitchcock
• Audio Interview: François Truffaut Interviews Hitchcock
• Restoration Comparision
• Still Gallery
The Paradine Case (1947)
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | 01:54:25 | 7,26 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, French, Spanish Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance | Nominated for Oscar | USA
When arrestingly attractive Elena Paradine is charged with poisoning her husband, she hires famous London barrister Anthony Keane (Gregory Peck) to defend her. But as Keane unravels Elena's exotic past, the young attorney becomes hopelessly infatuated with his captivating client. now, allowing his heart to rule his head, Keane's blind obsession could cost him the case -- and his marriage -- as the shocking truth is revealed in a sensational courtroom climax!
From master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock, comes this nail-biting thriller that "packs a punch" (Variety)! Hollywood icon Gregory Peck headlines a "brilliant" (The New York Times) cast in this masterful story of murder trial that will keep you guessing until the final frame.
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Special features:
• Commentary with film historians Stephen Rebello & Bill Krohn
• Isolated Music and Effects Track
• 1949 Radio Play Starring Joseph Cotton
• Audio Interview: Peter Bogdanovich Interviews Hitchcock
• Restoration Comparision
• Still Galleries
On the basis of the movies, and even on the basis of the intentions of this set, I would classify Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection as not just "Highly Recommended," but I'd push it all the way up to our Collector Series. It's a good looking package with truly excellent films, and any film fan should have as much Hitchcock in their possession as possible. With the master of suspense's early American pictures, as well as three of his important British productions.
This Hitchcock box set is filled with terrific extras, great commentary tracks, and of course, eight varied gems by the great Alfred Hitchcock.