The Early Hitchcock Collection - Optimum Releasing (UK, 2007)

The Early Hitchcock Collection

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the details of this release have been confirmed

Box Set Contents Overview

Initially announced as a 5 disc set, a further 4 films have been added:

• The Ring (1927)
• Champagne (1928)
• The Farmer's Wife (1928)
• The Manxman (1929)
• Blackmail (1929)
• Murder! (1930)
• Rich and Strange (1931)
• The Skin Game (1931)
• Number Seventeen (1932)

DVD Information

• released by Optimum Releasing in 2007 (UK)
• region encoding: region 2
• format: 9 discs
• release date: 26/Feb/2007
• UPC/EAN:
• catalogue:
• main transfer: PAL black & white
• database ID: 9062

Box Set Contents - Detailed Information

• The Ring (1927) - view full details and screen grabs
  • length: length 86 minutes (01:25:51)
  • audio: silent with stereo soundtrack (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 5.57 Mb/sec

• Champagne (1928) - view full details and screen grabs
  • length: length 86 minutes (01:25:39)
  • audio: silent with stereo piano soundtrack (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 5.56 Mb/sec

• The Farmer's Wife (1928) - view full details and screen grabs
  • length: length 94 minutes (01:33:57)
  • audio: silent with stereo piano soundtrack (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 5.27 Mb/sec

• The Manxman (1929) - view full details and screen grabs
  • length: length 80 minutes (01:20:03)
  • audio: silent with stereo piano soundtrack (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 6.5 Mb/sec

• Blackmail (1929) - view full details and screen grabs
  • length: 82 minutes (01:22:03)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 5.56 Mb/sec

• Murder! (1930) - view full details and screen grabs
  • length: length 98 minutes (01:38:00)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 6.5 Mb/sec

• The Skin Game (1931) - view full details and screen grabs
  • length: 79 minutes (01:18:54)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 6.24 Mb/sec

• Rich and Strange (1931) - view full details and screen grabs
  • length: 80 minutes (01:19:48)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 6.4 Mb/sec

• Number Seventeen (1932) - view full details and screen grabs
  • length: length 61 minutes (01:01:10)
  • audio: silent with stereo piano soundtrack (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 7.78 Mb/sec

• "Hitchcock: The Early Years" documentary
  • filmed by Noël Simsolo, with Claude Chabrol and Bernard Eisenschitz
  • length: 52 minutes (00:52:22)
  • audio: French (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • birate: 6.5 Mb/sec

Comments and Notes

• Secret Agent (1936) was initially listed as being included in the set, but this no longer appears to be the case.
• The transfers are reported to be licensed from Studio Canal and Granada.

Reviews

• DVD Times - review by Gary Couzens (part 1)
• DVD Times - review by Gary Couzens (part 2)

Relevant Message Board Topics

• new UK DVD releases in Q1 2007

Images

• see individual DVDs for screen grabs and menu shots:
  • The Ring (1927) - Optimum Releasing (UK, 2007)
  • Champagne (1928) - Optimum Releasing (UK, 2007)
  • The Farmer's Wife (1928) - Optimum Releasing (UK, 2007)
  • The Manxman (1929) - Optimum Releasing (UK, 2007)
  • Blackmail (1929) - Optimum Releasing (UK, 2007)
  • Murder! (1930) - Optimum Releasing (UK, 2007)
  • The Skin Game (1931) - Optimum Releasing (UK, 2007)
  • Rich and Strange (1931) - Optimum Releasing (UK, 2007)
  • Number Seventeen (1932) - Optimum Releasing (UK, 2007)

DVD packaging

DVD packaging