Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection - Universal (USA, 2005)

Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection

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Box Set Contents Overview

• Saboteur (1942)
• Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
• Rope (1948)
• Rear Window (1954)
• The Trouble with Harry (1955)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
• Vertigo (1958)
• Psycho (1960)
• The Birds (1963)
• Marnie (1964)
• Torn Curtain (1966)
• Topaz (1969)
• Frenzy (1972)
• Family Plot (1976)
• documentaries for each film
• 15 minute "AFI (American Film Institute) Salute to Alfred Hitchcock"
• 34 minute "Masters of Cinema" interviews with Hitchcock
• 80 minute "All About The Birds" documentary
• 94 minute "The Making of Psycho" documentary

DVD Information

• released by Universal in 2005 (USA)
• region encoding: region 1
• format: 15 discs, dual layer (DVD9), in a multipiece Digipak case
• release date: 04/Oct/2005
• UPC/EAN: 025192834622
• ISBN: 1417059168
• catalogue: MHV28346DVD
• main transfer: NTSC colour
• database ID: 9049

DVD Contents - Detailed Information

• Saboteur (1942) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 109 minutes (01:48:44)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 7.93 Mb/sec

• Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 108 minutes (01:47:48)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0) and Spanish mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English and French
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 8.14 Mb/sec

• Rope (1948) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 81 minutes (01:20:42)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0), French mono (DD2.0) and Spanish mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 8.76 Mb/sec

• Rear Window (1954) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 114 minutes (01:54:08)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0) and French mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.66:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 5.77 Mb/sec

• The Trouble with Harry (1955) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 99½ minutes (01:39:21)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0) and Spanish mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English and French
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 8.50 Mb/sec

• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 120 minutes (02:00:08)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0) and French mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 6.89 Mb/sec

• Vertigo (1958) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 129½ minutes (02:09:28)
  • audio: English (DD5.1) surround and English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English (hard of hearing), French, and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 6.9 Mb/sec

• Psycho (1960) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 109 minutes (01:48:44)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0) and French mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 8.43 Mb/sec

• The Birds (1963) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 119 minutes (01:59:24)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0) and French mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 7.8 Mb/sec

• Marnie (1964) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 130 minutes (02:10:16)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0) and French mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English (hard of hearing)
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 5.44 Mb/sec

• Torn Curtain (1966) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 128 minutes (02:07:36)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0) and French mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 6.8 Mb/sec

• Topaz (1969) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 142 minutes (02:22:00)
  • audio: English mono DD2.0
  • subtitles: English, French, and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 5.76 Mb/sec

• Frenzy (1972) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 116 minutes (01:55:44)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0) and French mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English and Spanish
  • ratio: 2.00:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 6.99 Mb/sec

• Family Plot (1976) - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 120 minutes (02:00:00)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0), and French mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 5.93 Mb/sec

• "AFI (American Film Institute) Salute to Alfred Hitchcock"
  • heavily edited version of the original 1979 TV broadcast, with approximately 56 minutes of footage removed
  • features Alfred Hitchcock, Henry Fonda, Ingrid Bergman, James Stewart, and George Stevens Jnr
  • length: 15 minutes (00:15:05)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 4.75 Mb/sec

• "All About The Birds" documentary - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 80 minutes (01:19:42)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 4.59 Mb/sec

• "Masters of Cinema"
  • archive interviews from 1972 conducted by Pia Lindstrom (daughter of Ingrid Bergman) and film historian Willian Everson
  • the longer versions of the interviews (approx 55 minutes) were originally broadcast by CBS as part of their "Camera Three" series
  • length: 34 minutes (00:33:37)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 4.56 Mb/sec

• "The Making of Psycho" documentary - view full details and screengrabs
  • length: 94 minutes (01:34:03)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 4.81 Mb/sec

Booklet/Insert

• 36 page booklet

Comments and Notes

• The Digipac cases are housed in a fake-velvet cardboard box.
• Unfortunately, the 36 page booklet does not contain the same content as the excellent individual booklets from the original releases.
• The box set contains 14 films on separate DVDs, with a bonus 15th disc containing further extras.

Reviews

• DVD Savant
• DVDBeaver
• Home Theatre Forum
• DVD Times - reviewed by Mike Sutton

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Images

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Digipak 2 front cover scan

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Digipak 3 front cover scan

Digipak 3 back cover scan

Digipak 4 front cover scan

Digipak 4 back cover scan

extras DVD scan

extras DVD main menu

extras DVD language menu

extras DVD "Making of Psycho" menu

extras DVD "Making of Psycho" language menu

extras DVD "Making of Psycho" chapter list

"AFI Salute" scene (Ingrid Bergman) - compare with other DVDs & Blu-rays

"AFI Salute" scene (Alma and Alfred) - compare with other DVDs & Blu-rays

"AFI Salute" scene - compare with other DVDs & Blu-rays

"Masters of Cinema" (Hitchcock and Pia Lindstrom) - compare with other DVDs & Blu-rays

"Masters of Cinema" (Pia Lindstrom) - compare with other DVDs & Blu-rays

"Masters of Cinema" (Hitchcock and Willian Everson) - compare with other DVDs & Blu-rays

"All About the Birds" (Tippi Hedren)

"All About the Birds" (Robert Boyle)

"All About the Birds" (Veronica Cartwright)

"Making of Psycho" (Joseph Stefano)

"Making of Psycho" (Janet Leigh)

"Making of Psycho" (Hilton A Green)