Vertigo (1958) - Universal (USA, 2008)

Vertigo (1958) - Legacy Series

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DVD Contents - Overview

• Vertigo (1958) with 2 feature length commentary tracks
• 29 minute documentary Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece (1997)
• 55 minute Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators (2008) featurette comprising:
  • Saul Bass: Title Champ (2008)
  • Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies (2008)
  • Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro (2008)
  • Alma: The Master's Muse (2008)
• 14 minute Hitchcock/Truffaut interview audio extracts
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Case of Mr. Pelham"

DVD Information

• released by Universal in 2008 (USA)
• region encoding: region 1
• format: 2 discs in a bookstyle case
• release date: 07/Oct/2008
• UPC/EAN: 025195018357
• catalogue: 61102355
• main transfer: NTSC colour
• database ID: 5409

DVD Contents - Detailed Information

DVD 1

• Vertigo (1958)
  • length: 129 minutes (02:09:28)
  • audio: English (DD5.1, 448Kb/s) surround and English stereo (DD2.0, 192Kb/s)
  • subtitles: English (hard of hearing), French, and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 7.26 Mb/sec

• Feature length commentary track - featuring restoration team Robert A Harris and James C Katz, Herbert Coleman and others
  • audio: English (DD2.0, 192Kb/s)
  • subtitles: none

• Feature length commentary track - featuring director William Friedkin
  • audio: English (DD2.0, 192Kb/s)
  • subtitles: none

• Foreign censorship ending
  • length: 2 minutes (00:02:09)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, Spanish, and French
  • ratio: 1.85:1 widescreen letterbox
  • bitrate: 5.0 Mb/sec

• Theatrical trailers
  • original theatrical trailer, and restoration theatrical trailer
  • length: 4 minutes (00:03:55)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• "The Vertigo Archive" - production photographs and storyboards
  • ratio: 1.33

• Production notes
  • ratio: 1.85:1

DVD 2

• Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece (1997) — documentary
  • length: 29 minutes (00:29:18)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, Spanish, and French
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators (2008)
  • featurettes about Saul Bass, Edith Head, Bernard Herrmann and Alma Reville
  • length: 55 minutes (00:54:50)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, Spanish, and French
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• "Hitchcock/Truffaut" - audio interviews with a montage of footage from the film
  • length: 14 minutes (00:14:18)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Case of Mr. Pelham
  • length: 26 minutes (00:25:34)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 7.48 Mb/sec

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Comments and Notes

• Released as part of the "Legacy Series".
• Unlike the previous "Masterpiece Collection" DVD, this version does not contain the original mono soundtrack. The second audio mix, which is described as "mono" on the packaging, is in fact a stereo mix down of the main 5.1 audio track.

Reviews

• DVD Talk - content rating 4.5 out of 5
• DVD Beaver

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DVD 1 - main menu

DVD 1 - main language menu

DVD 1 - chapter list

DVD 1 - extras menu 1

DVD 1 - extras menu 2

DVD 1 - foreign censorship ending

DVD 1 - production notes sample

DVD 1 - "Vertigo Archives" sample

DVD 1 - original theatrical trailer

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DVD 2 - main menu

DVD 2 - main language menu

DVD 2 - extras menu

DVD 2 - "Obsessed with Vertigo" menu

DVD 2 - "Partners in Crime" menu

DVD 2 - "Obsessed with Vertigo" sample

DVD 2 - "Partners in Crime - Saul Bass" sample

DVD 2 - "Partners in Crime - Edith Head" sample

DVD 2 - "Partners in Crime - Bernard Herrmann" sample

DVD 2 - "Partners in Crime - Alma Reville" sample

DVD 2 - "The Case of Mr Pelham" sample