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Alfred Hitchcock: The Iconic Film Collection will be released on November 26 via Universal. The 4K Ultra HD + Digital set collects six of the Master of Suspense's classic thrillers: Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, Vertigo, North By Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds.

Limited to 5,150, the six-disc collection is housed in premium book-style packaging featuring artwork by Tristan Eaton along with photos, bios, and trivia.

The uncut version of Psycho is included. Special features are detailed below.

1954's Rear Window is written by John Michael Hayes (To Catch a Thief), based on Cornell Woolrich’s 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder." James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr star.

Rear Window special features:

Audio commentary by Hitchcock’s Rear Window: The Well-Made Film author John Fawell

Rear Window Ethics - 2000 documentary

Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of The Master

Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

Masters of Cinema

Hitchcock/Truffaut - Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut’s in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Rear Window

Production photo gallery

Theatrical trailer

Re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

1955's To Catch a Thief is written by John Michael Hayes (Rear Window), based on David Dodge’s 1952 novel of the same name. Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, and John Williams star.

To Catch a Thief special features:

Audio commentary by Hitchcock historian Dr. Drew Casper

Filmmaker Focus: Leonard Maltin on To Catch a Thief

Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly

A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.

1958's Vertigo is written by Alec Coppel (No Highway in the Sky) and Samuel A. Taylor (Sabrina), based on Boileau-Narcejac’s 1954 novel The Living and the Dead. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, and Henry Jones star.

Vertigo special features:

Audio commentary by filmmaker William Friedkin (The Exorcist)

Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock’s Masterpiece

Partners In Crime: Hitchcock’s Collaborators

Saul Bass: Title Champ

Edith Head: Dressing the Master’s Movies

Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock’s Maestro

Alma: The Master’s Muse

Foreign censorship ending

100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era

Hitchcock/Truffaut - Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut’s in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Vertigo

Theatrical trailer

Restoration theatrical trailer

A former police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a hauntingly beautiful woman.

1959's North by Northwest is written by Ernest Lehman (The Sound of Music, West Side Story). Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, and Jessie Royce Landis star.

North by Northwest special features:

Audio commentary by writer Ernest Lehman

North by Northwest: Cinematography, Score, and the Art of the Edit

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest

The Master’s Touch: Hitchcock’s Signature Style

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

A Guided Tour with Alfred Hitchcock

A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.

1960's Psycho is written by Joseph Stefano (The Outer Limits), based on Robert Bloch’s 1959 novel of the same name. Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, and Janet Leigh star.

Psycho special features:

Original uncut and standard re-releases version of the film

The Making of Psycho

The Making of Psycho audio commentary with Alfred Hitchcock and The Making of Psycho author Stephen Rebello

Psycho Sound

In The Master’s Shadow: Hitchcock’s Legacy

Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho

The Shower Scene: With and Without Music

The Shower Sequence: Storyboards by Saul Bass

The Psycho Archives

Hitchcock/Truffaut - Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut’s in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Psycho

Posters and ad gallery

Lobby card gallery

Behind-the-scenes photo gallery

Production photo gallery

Psycho theatrical trailers

Psycho re-release trailer

A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.

1963's The Birds is written by Evan Hunter (High and Low), based on Daphne du Maurier’s 1952 short story of the same name. Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, and Veronica Cartwright star.

The Birds special features:

The Birds: Hitchcock’s Monster Movie

All About The Birds

Original ending

Deleted scene

Tippi Hedren’s screen test

The Birds is coming (Universal International Newsreel)

Suspense Story: National Press Club hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel)

100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Hitchcock/Truffaut - Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut’s in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Vertigo

Theatrical trailer

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

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James Stewart and Kim Novak in Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Konstantin Shayne, Lee Patrick. Screenplay: Alec Coppel, Samuel A. Taylor, based on a novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Cinematography: Robert Burks. Art direction: Henry Bumstead, Hal Pereira. Film editing: George Tomasini. Music: Bernard Herrmann. 

Yes, Vertigo is a great movie. No, it's not the greatest movie ever made, and to call it that does the film a disservice, inviting skeptics to investigate and overemphasize its flaws. The central flaw is narrative; Vertigo is at heart a preposterous melodrama, and the film raises questions that probably shouldn't be asked: How, for instance, did Scottie (James Stewart) get down from that gutter he was hanging onto after the cop fell to his death? How did Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore) arrange to be at the top of that tower with his dead wife at the exact time when Madeleine (Kim Novak) and Scottie were climbing it? Why is the coroner (Henry Jones) so needlessly hostile to Scottie at the inquest? And so on, until the screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel A.Taylor reveals itself to be a thing of shreds and patches. If it is a great film, it's because it had a great director, and that almost no one will gainsay. Alfred Hitchcock drew a magnificent performance from Novak, an actress everyone else underestimated. (And one that he, initíally, didn't want: He was grooming Vera Miles for the role until she became pregnant.) He helped Stewart to one of the highlight performances of his career. He inspired Bernard Herrmann to compose one of the most powerful and evocative film scores ever written -- one whose expression of erotic longing rivals passages in Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. He worked with cinematographer Robert Burks to transform San Francisco and environs into one of the great movie sets. And he turned what could have been a routine thriller (which is what many critics thought it was at the time of its release) into one of the most analyzed and commented-upon films ever made. It will never be my favorite Hitchcock film: I place it below Notorious (1946), Rear Window (1954), North by Northwest (1959), and Psycho (1960) in my personal ranking of his greatest films, and I enjoy rewatching The 39 Steps (1935), The Lady Vanishes (1938), Foreign Correspondent (1940), and Strangers on a Train (1951) more than I do Vertigo. Yet I still yield to its portrayal of passionate obsession and its masterly blend of all the elements of cinema technology into a kind of Gesamtkunstwerk in which the whole transcends the sometimes indifferent parts.

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2023 Home Viewing #26: Diabolique. (dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955)

This has been in my to-watch stack for a good while; it got fast-tracked when I learned it, like Hitchcock’s Vertigo, was based on a novel by the French duo Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. I recently rewatched Vertigo, after which I read its Boileau/Narcejac origin novel. Vertigo is an undisputable classic, largely for its groundbreaking visuals, but like some ’50s critics I have some issues with it; there is a plot aspect that doesn’t add up very well, though with time these have been forgiven and few people dare criticize the film. The novel helped me reconcile my issues with the plot; Boileau and Narcejac present things more clearly than Hitchcock is able to in the rush of the film’s final third. I should also mention that the novel’s ending is much different than the ending concocted by screenwriters Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor. (I will add that Jimmy Stewart’s character feels better developed to me in the film than the novel. The sympathetic character Midge, played by Barbara Bel Geddes, is a creation of the screenwriters, by the way; she has no parallel in the novel.)

I have not read the Boileau/Narcejac novel on which Diabolique was based, though I’d like to. Despite all of the appeal of Hitchcock’s Vertigo, I find Diabolique the superior film. It’s an excellent thriller and I did not see its apex coming. 

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Obsession

Where else can you see Long John Silver hold Luke Skywalker’s Uncle Owen in the basement of a bombed-out apartment block than in the wonderful world of film noir? Edward Dmytryk made OBSESSION (1949, TCM), aka THE HIDDEN ROOM, in England while he was on the Blacklist and cast Robert Newton as a psychiatrist who plots what he thinks is the perfect murder when he tires of wife Sally Gray’s infidelities. He chains up her latest lover (Phil Brown, another Blacklist victim who spent most of his career in England) until the time is right to kill him and dispose of his body. The film is very British in its talkiness (it’s adapted from a play and novel by screenwriter Alec Coppel) and a twee final scene that should please animal lovers. But Dmytryk also works with cinematographer C.M. Pennington-Richards to capture the devastation of German bombing that persisted into the 1950s and create some great chiaroscuro effects in Newton’s lab and the nighttime streets. The scenes in the hidden room, where Brown is chained to the wall and Newton has taped out his ambit, have an offbeat, almost kinky feel. Despite its talkiness, the picture builds up a good level of suspense, helped by Miklos Rosza’s score. The cast, including Naunton Wayne as a classier predecessor to Columbo, is uniformly good, and Gray has a field day turning the wife into a film noir femme fatale.  There’s also a great dog and even a cat who contributes to the climax. If you’re like me (meaning still 13 on the inside), you’ll hoot when a bobby runs into a police call box. I felt sure he was headed to another planet in a different century.

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Yes, Vertigo is a great movie. No, it's not the greatest movie ever made, and to call it that does the film a disservice, inviting skeptics to investigate and overemphasize its flaws. The central flaw is narrative; Vertigo is at heart a preposterous melodrama, and the film raises questions that probably shouldn't be asked: How, for instance, did Scottie (James Stewart) get down from that gutter he was hanging onto after the cop fell to his death? How did Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore) arrange to be at the top of that tower with his dead wife at the exact time when Madeleine (Kim Novak) and Scottie were climbing it? Why is the coroner (Henry Jones) so needlessly hostile to Scottie at the inquest? And so on, until the screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor reveals itself to be a thing of shreds and patches. If it is a great film, it's because it had a great director, and that almost no one will gainsay. Alfred Hitchcock drew a magnificent performance from Novak, an actress everyone else underestimated. (And one that he, initíally, didn't want: He was grooming Vera Miles for the role until she became pregnant.) He helped Stewart to one of the highlight performances of his career. He inspired Bernard Herrmann to compose one of the most powerful and evocative film scores ever written -- one whose expression of erotic longing is surpassed perhaps only by passages in Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. He worked with cinematographer Robert Burks to transform San Francisco and environs into one of the great movie sets. And he turned what could have been a routine thriller (which is what many critics thought it was at the time of its release) into one of the most analyzed and commented-upon films ever made. It will never be my favorite Hitchcock film: I place it below Notorious (1946), Rear Window (1954), North by Northwest (1959), and Psycho (1960) in my personal ranking of his greatest films, and I enjoy rewatching The 39 Steps (1935), The Lady Vanishes (1938), Foreign Correspondent (1940), and Strangers on a Train (1951) more than I do Vertigo. Yet I still yield to its portrayal of passionate obsession and its masterly blend of all the elements of cinema technology into a kind of Gesamtkunstwerk in which the whole transcends the sometimes indifferent parts.

VERTIGO + 💐 dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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Джо - комедия, детектив Франция 1971 Луи де Фюнес, Клод Жансак, Мишель Галабрю

Драматург Антуан, создающий остросюжетные детективные произведения, очень обеспокоен. Некий монсеньёр Джо шантажирует Антуана и грозит раскрыть скандальное прошлое его дорогой жены, известной во Франции актрисы. Антуан втянут в затянувшуюся историю с шантажом, и единственным выходом из создавшейся ситуации является для него разработка идеального преступления. С какой позиции лучше всего стрелять в будущую жертву, какие условия создать для совершения убийства и — самое главное — куда потом спрятать труп? Пригласив Джо к себе, он намеревается убить его и спрятать тело в фундаменте нового здания. Все проходит идеально... Но вдруг обнаруживается, что Джо уже кто-то убил. И если тот, кого он убил, не Джо, то кого же он убил?  Фильм снят по пьесе Алека и Миры Коппел (Alec Coppel, Myra Coppel).

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Выпущено: Франция, Trianon Productions Режиссер: Жан Жиро В ролях: Луи де Фюнес, Клод Жансак, Мишель Галабрю, Бернард Блие, Гай Трежан, Ферди Мэйн, Ивонн Клеш, Флоранс Бло, Мишлин Люссьони, Кристиана Мюллер, Поль Пребуа, Жак Марен, Жан Валменс, Карло Нелл, Доминик Зарди

Перевод - одноголосый закадровый (Максим Жолобов)

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📣 Kino Cat / Cine Tulipán, presenta:

🎬 “VÉRTIGO. DE ENTRE LOS MUERTOs”

🔎 Género: Intriga / Drama Psicológico / Thriller / Película de Culto

⌛️ Duración: 120 minutos

✍️ Guion: Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor y Maxwell Anderson

📕 Novela: Pierre Boileau y Thomas Narcejac

🎼 Música: Bernard Herrmann

📷 Fotografía: Robert Burks

💥 Argumento: Scottie Fergusson (James Stewart) es un detective de la policía de San Francisco que padece de vértigo. Cuando un compañero cae al vacío desde una cornisa mientras persiguen a un delincuente, Scottie decide retirarse. Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore), un viejo amigo del colegio, lo contrata para un caso aparentemente muy simple: que vigile a su esposa Madeleine (Kim Novak), una bella mujer que está obsesionada con su pasado.

👥 Reparto: Kim Novak (Madeleine Elster, Judy Barton), James Stewart (John Ferguson), Barbara Bel Geddes (Midge Wood), Jack Ano, Tom Helmore (Gavin Elster), Ellen Corby (Administradora de Hotel McKittrick), Raymond Bailey (Médico de Scottie), Henry Jones (Juez de Instrucción), Lee Patrick (Dueño del Coche perdido por Madeleine), Konstantin Shayne (Pop Leibel) y Joanne Genthon (Carlotta Valdes)

📢 Dirección: Alfred Hitchcock

© Productoras: Paramount Pictures & Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions

🌎 País: Estados Unidos

📅 Año: 1958

📽 Proyección:

📆 Martes 30 de Julio

🕘 9:30pm. 

🐈‍ El Gato Tulipán (Bajada de Baños 350 – Barranco)

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Vertigo 1958 Movie Poster Framed Vertigo is a 1958 American film noir psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The story was based on the 1954 novel D'entre les morts (From Among the Dead) by Boileau-Narcejac. The screenplay was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor. The film stars James Stewart as former police detective John "Scottie" Ferguson, who has retired because an incident in the line of duty has caused him to develop acrophobia (an extreme fear of heights) and vertigo, a false sense of rotational movement. Scottie is hired by an acquaintance, Gavin Elster, as a private investigator to follow Gavin's wife Madeleine (Kim Novak), who is behaving strangely. Starring: James Stewart Kim Novak Barbara Bel Geddes Tom Helmore Henry Jones The film was shot on location in the city of San Francisco, California, Molding:Professional 1" Flat Top Black (solid-wood) 1.5 inch mat. Includes glass and metal wire for hanging on your wall. Print: Bonded & Dry-mounted Print on Foam Core. Perfectly flat and smooth finish High Resolution and Quality Full Color Poster Print The double mat adds depth giving the display a unique "looking through a window'' appearance. The poster print is bonded to foam core on a hot vacuum press. This bonding gives the print a perfect flat and smooth texture. This process also insures the print will never fold or fade with age or moisture. This wonderful display makes a thoughtful and original gift containing a classic vintage touch yet modern design, allowing it to fit alongside both modern and classic decor. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE. ALL OF MY DELICATE ITEMS ARE SHIPPED WITH A SPECIAL 3 LAYER PROTECTION SYSTEM.

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The Captain's Paradise(1953)

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Pink Panther series 2 - A Shot in the Dark

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The backstory behind this week’s review is almost as interesting as the movie itself. With the huge success of The Pink Panther, United Artists immediately approached Peter Sellers to star in an adaptation of the stage musical, L’idiote. The stage musical is a comedy mystery, first released in France. The English version released on Broadway in 1961 under the title A Shot in the Dark. That…

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Vertigo (1958)

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Vertigo (1958) Review

John “Scottie” Ferguson had recently retired early as a Detective for the San Francisco Police Department due to his vertigo. His obsessive nature will not work out well when he becomes involved with Madeline Elster the wife of his client Gavin.

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Vertigo, dir. Alfred Hitchcock (1958)

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Vertigo (1958), US Movie Poster

Artist: Saul Bass (1920-1996).

Unframed: 41 x 27 in. (104 x 69 cm). Framed: 47 1/2 x 33 in. (120.6 x 84 cm).

The image on this poster is the most recognisable and iconic of all Saul Bass's designs. This is one of the best examples of this poster to surface in many years, as the colour is exceptionally vivid. The majority of pieces that have surfaced are more orange in colour, and not as red as this piece.

This is the fourth and final time that James Stewart would work with Alfred Hitchcock, in one of his best loved thrillers. The mood of the film was greatly enhanced by the score, which was written by Bernard Herrmann.

Vertigo is a 1958 American film noir psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The story was based on the 1954 novel D'entre les morts (From Among the Dead) by Boileau-Narcejac. The screenplay was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor. The film stars James Stewart as former police detective John "Scottie" Ferguson, who has retired because an incident in the line of duty has caused him to develop acrophobia (an extreme fear of heights) and vertigo (a false sense of rotational movement). Scottie is hired by an acquaintance, Gavin Elster, as a private investigator to follow Gavin's wife Madeleine (Kim Novak), who is behaving strangely.

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The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection will be released on September 8 via Universal Pictures. The 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray and Digital) box set collects four films directed by the Master of Suspense: Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds.

1954's Rear Window is a mystery thriller written by John Michael Hayes (To Catch a Thief), based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder. James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr star.

1958's Vertigo is a psychological thriller written by Alec Coppel (No Highway in the Sky) and Samuel A. Taylor (Sabrina), based on Boileau-Narcejac's 1954 novel The Living and the Dead. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, and Henry Jones star.

1960's Psycho is a horror-thriller film written by Joseph Stefano (The Outer Limits), based on Robert Bloch's 1959 novel of the same name. Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, and Janet Leigh star.

1963's The Birds is a horror-thriller film written by Evan Hunter (High and Low), based on Daphne du Maurier’s 1952 short story of the same name. Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, and Veronica Cartwright star.

The box set features Discbook packaging. Notably, it includes the original, uncut version of Psycho for the first time since its theatrical debut, in addition to the standard version. A full list of extras is below.

Rear Window special features:

Audio commentary by Hitchcock's Rear Window: The Well-Made Film author John Fawell

Rear Window Ethics - 2000 documentary

Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of The Master

Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

Masters of Cinema

Hitchcock/Truffaut - Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut’s in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Rear Window

Production photo gallery

Theatrical trailer

Re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Vertigo special features:

Audio commentary by filmmaker William Friedkin (The Exorcist)

Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece

Partners In Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

Saul Bass: Title Champ

Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies

Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro

Alma: The Master's Muse

Foreign censorship ending

100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era

Hitchcock/Truffaut - Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut’s in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Vertigo

Theatrical trailer

Restoration theatrical trailer

A former police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a hauntingly beautiful woman.

Psycho special features:

Original uncut and standard re-releases version of the film

The Making of Psycho

The Making of Psycho audio commentary with Alfred Hitchcock and The Making of Psycho author Stephen Rebello

Psycho Sound

In The Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho

The Shower Scene: With and Without Music

The Shower Sequence: Storyboards by Saul Bass

The Psycho Archives

Hitchcock/Truffaut - Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut’s in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Psycho

Posters and ad gallery

Lobby card gallery

Behind-the-scenes photo gallery

Production photo gallery

Psycho theatrical trailers

Psycho re-release trailer

A Phoenix secretary embezzles forty thousand dollars from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

The Birds special features:

The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie

All About The Birds

Original ending

Deleted scene

Tippi Hedren's screen test

The Birds is coming (Universal International Newsreel)

Suspense Story: National Press Club hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel)

100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Hitchcock/Truffaut - Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut’s in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Vertigo

Theatrical trailer

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

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Episode 23 - Vertigo

In Episode 23 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Joe talk about one of Joe’s favorite movies, Vertigo!

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