Lifeboat (1944) - Fox Home Entertainment (France, 2006)

Lifeboat (1944) - Cinéma Référence

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the details of this release have been confirmed as accurate

DVD Contents - Overview

• Lifeboat (1944) with feature length commentary track
• 20 minute "making of" documentary
• 50 minute interview with Hitchcock

DVD Information

• released by Fox Pathé Europa in 2006 (France)
• region encoding: region 2
• format: 2 discs, dual layer (DVD9) and single layer (DVD5), in cardboard case
• release date: 04/Jan/2006
• UPC/EAN: 3344428021320
• catalog: OFRS - 0139348
• main transfer: PAL black & white
• database ID: 3605

DVD Contents - Detailed Information

• Lifeboat (1944)
  • length: 93½ minutes (01:33:30)
  • audio: English stereo (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, and Dutch
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 8.36 Mb/sec

• Feature length commentary
  • by film historian Dr. Drew Casper
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, and Dutch

• Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat: The Theater of War (2005) documentary
  • featuring Patricia Hitchcock, Dr. Drew Casper, Robert Demott, and Mary Stone
  • length: 20 minutes (00:19:56)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, Spanish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Swedish
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • transfer: colour and black & white
  • bitrate: 8.29 Mb/sec

• "A Talk With Hitchcock"
  • two part interview, previously available on the US "A Talk With Hitchcock" DVD
  • length: 49½ minutes (00:49:34)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, Spanish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Swedish
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • transfer: black & white
  • bitrate: 8.28 Mb/sec

• Still gallery
  • promotional material

Booklet/Insert

• 8 part poster, with publicity stills, DVD chapter list, and 4 sections of notes.

Comments and Notes

• The cardboard case is relatively flimsy.
• The DVD menus are in English (not French).

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"Making of Lifeboat" sample

Still Gallery sample

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