Le Crime Était Presque Parfait (1954) - Warner Brothers (France, 2005)

Le Crime Était Presque Parfait (1954) - Édition Collector

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DVD Contents - Overview

• Dial M for Murder (1954)
• 22 minute "Hitchcock et Le crime Était presque parfait" documentary
• 55 minute "Le Crime était presque parfait: Tuer est horriblement difficile" documentary

DVD Information

• released by Warner Brothers in 2005 (France)
• region encoding: region 2, region 4, and region 5
• format: 2 discs (5.46GB and 3.77GB), dual layer (DVD9) and single layer (DVD5), in clear Amaray case with thick cardboard sleeve
• release date: 23/Nov/2005
• catalogue: 7221230
• main transfer: PAL colour
• database ID: 4906

DVD Contents - Detailed Information

• Dial M for Murder (1954)
  • length: 101 minutes (01:41:03)
  • audio: English mono (DD1.0), French mono (DD1.0), and Italian mono (DD1.0)
  • subtitles: English, English (hard of hearing), French, Italian, Italian (hard of hearing), Dutch, Arabic, and Bulgarian
  • ratio: 1.78:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 5.93 Mb/sec

• "Hitchcock et Le crime Était presque parfait" (Hitchcock and Dial M) documentary
  • featuring Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Osborne (film historian), M Night Shyamalan (director of "Sixth Sense"), Richard Franklin (director of "Psycho II"), Patricia Hitchcock, Richard Schickel (film historian), and Nat Benchley (writer and actor)
  • length: 21½ minutes (00:21:35)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, Italian, and Dutch
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• "La 3D au cinéma: courte histoire d'un genre mort-né" (3D: A Brief History)
  • featuring Robert Osborne (film historian), Joe Alves (director of "Jaws 3D"), Peter Bogdanovich, and Richard Franklin (director of "Psycho II")
  • length: 7 minutes (00:07:07)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, Italian, and Dutch
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• Bande-annonce (trailer)
• Theatrical trailer
  • length: 2½ minutes (00:02:29)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• "Le Crime était presque parfait: Tuer est horriblement difficile" documentary -- view full details
  • length: 55 minutes (00:54:58)
  • audio: French (DD2.0) with some English dialogue
  • subtitles: French for portions with English dialogue
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 9.13 Mb/sec

Booklet/Insert

• none

Comments and Notes

• The main DVD is identical to the UK release, but the French language second disc containing the 55 minute documentary is exculsive to this release.