Alfred Hitchcock: Iconic Film Collection (4K + Digital) (Deluxe Coffee Table Style Book Limited Edition) [USA]

[paulboland]

Release date: November 26, 2024
Purchase links: Amazon - Gruv
Price: $173.99 (Amazon) - $129.99 (Gruv)
Notes: Limited to 5150 - Deluxe Coffee Table Style Book - Includes following Films on 4K UHD + Digital copies (Rear Window - To Catch a Thief - Vertigo - North by Northwest - Psycho - The Birds)

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[paulboland]

Universal Studios Home Entertainment in partnership with Paramount Home Entertainment and Warner Brothers Home Entertainment will deliver six of Hitchcock's best in a deluxe book set. Rear Window, To Catch A Thief, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds will be housed together on 4K UHD for the first time.

A year in physical media releases wouldn't be complete without another Hitchcock set to drool over. This time we're getting a little bit of everything. Rather than rehash the discs they've already delivered in 2160p with HDR, Universal smartly partnered up with Paramount and Warner Brothers to give fans of Hitchcock a taste of his most famous works in a deluxe coffee table-style book. Think along the lines of what Universal dropped for their Universal Monsters Collection, with articles and essays for each film along with the discs themselves. Now, by the time this set reaches shelves, all of these films will have been released in single-title, or box set form - and it doesn't look like we're getting anything "new" in that arena. If you're buying Warner Bros. upcoming North by Northwest or already have picked up Paramount's new 4K of To Catch a Thief then you've got everything on disc this set will have to offer.

However, if you haven't picked these up yet, this is a stylish piece to consider for the shelf!

Alfred Hitchcock: The Iconic Film Collection​

REAR WINDOW (1954):

Layers: BD 100
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.66:1 Widescreen
Rating: PG
Subtitles: English SDH, French Canadian, and Latin Spanish
Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), French European (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)
Run Time: 01:55:00

Bonus Features:

• Rear Window Ethics: An Original Documentary
• A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes
• Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master
• Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
• Hitchcock/Truffaut
• Masters of Cinema
• Production Photographs
• Theatrical Trailer
• Re-release Trailer Narrated by James Stewart
• Feature Commentary with John Fawell, Author of Hitchcock's Rear Window: the Well Made Film

TO CATCH A THIEF (1955):

Layers: BD 66
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen
Rating: PG
Subtitles: English SDH, English, and French
Languages/Sound: English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Run Time: 01:46:00

Bonus Features:

• Filmmaker Focus: Leonard Maltin on To Catch a Thief
• Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly (2009)
• Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper, Hitchcock Film Historian, and more!

VERTIGO (1958):

Layers: BD 100
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen
Rating: PG
Subtitles: English SDH, French Canadian, and Latin Spanish
Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), English (DTS: X Master Audio), French European (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)
Run Time: 02:09:00

Bonus Features:

• Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life of Hitchcock's Masterpiece
• Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
• Foreign Censorship Ending
• Hitchcock/Truffaut
• Feature Commentary with Film Director William Friedkin
• Theatrical Trailer
• Restoration Theatrical Trailer
• 100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959):

Layers: BD 66
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.78:1 Widescreen
Rating: Not Rated
Subtitles: English SDH, Parisian French, and Latin Spanish
Languages/Sound: English (Dolby Atmos TrueHD), English (2.0 DTS-HDMA), Parisian French, Latin Spanish
Run Time: 02:16:00

Bonus Features:

• 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
• Commentary by Screenwriter Ernest Lehman

PSYCHO (1960):

Layers: BD 100
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen
Rating: R
Subtitles: English SDH, French Canadian, and Latin Spanish
Languages/Sound: English (DTS:X Master Audio), English (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), French Canadian (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)
Run Time: 01:49:00

Bonus Features:

• Psycho Uncut
  • The extended version of the movie as seen in theaters in 1960 is exactly as intended by Alfred Hitchcock.
• The Making of Psycho
• Psycho Sound
• In The Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
• Hitchcock/Truffaut
• Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho
• The Shower Scene: With and Without Music
• The Shower Sequence: Storyboards by Saul Bass
• The Psycho Archives
• Posters and Psycho Ads
• Lobby Cards
• Behind-the-Scenes Photographs
• Production Photographs
• Psycho Theatrical Trailers
• Psycho Re-release Trailers
• Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello, author of "Alfred Hitchcock and The Making of Psycho"

THE BIRDS (1963):

Layers: BD 100
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen
Rating: PG-13
Subtitles: English SDH, Brazilian Portuguese, French Canadian, Japanese and Latin Spanish
Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), Brazilian Portuguese (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), French European (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Japanese (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)
Run Time: 02:00:00

Bonus Features:

• The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
• All About The Birds
• Tippi Hedren's Screen Test
• Deleted Scenes
• The Original Ending
• Hitchcock/Truffaut
• The Birds Is Coming (Universal International Newsreel)
• Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel)
• Theatrical Trailer
• 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics
• 100 Years of Universal: The Lot

 

[paulboland]

Amazon and Gruv live to pre order

 

[Robsonmonkey]

They’ve never really beaten the Ultimate Film maker collection they did years back.

 

[Noodles]

This'll go very nicely with the Universal Monsters set they released which used the same artist. Think I'll wait for it to hit the sales as I did with that one though.

 

[Noodles]

They’ve never really beaten the Ultimate Film maker collection they did years back.

Yeah, love that edition. Although, for some reason, the clear perspex box that sits over it gradually started to crack in multiple areas on mine

 

[Robsonmonkey]

Yeah, love that edition. Although, for some reason, the clear perspex box that sits over it gradually started to crack in multiple areas on mine

Oh has it? Damn. I need to check on mine, I have it displayed but it’s so high up on the top shelve I’ve never taken it down for a long time.

 

[I'm Spartacus]

They should've included Rope. It's probably my 2nd favourite Hitchcock movie yet never appears to get the credit it deserves. Absolutely brilliant movie.

 

[Noodles]

Oh has it? Damn. I need to check on mine, I have it displayed but it’s so high up on the top shelve I’ve never taken it down for a long time.

Similar to me lol. Had it up high on my shelves for years, then finally took it down when cleaning and noticed tons of cracks... weirdly another set I had that also used perspex had done the same. I remember Googling it at the time and didn't come across anyone else who'd experienced it. Only thing I can think that may have caused it is the fact that I have a radiator behind that particular shelving unit, so maybe it had something to do with it heating the plastic and then it suddenly cooling when the heating went off.

 

[Noodles]

They should've included Rope. It's probably my 2nd favourite Hitchcock movie yet never appears to get the credit it deserves. Absolutely brilliant movie.

I honestly hadn't checked what films were included, but assumed it would be the classics, which Rope certainly is! Definitely going to wait on a price drop now I realise that isn't included.

Out of interest... what's your #1 favourite Hitchcock movie?

 

[I'm Spartacus]

I honestly hadn't checked what films were included, but assumed it would be the classics, which Rope certainly is! Definitely going to wait on a price drop now I realise that isn't included.

Out of interest... what's your #1 favourite Hitchcock movie?

Rear Window.

Most would expect to hear Psycho but for me, Psycho isn't as good on repeat viewings once you know the ending. Brilliant when first time viewing though.

 

[Noodles]

Rear Window.

Most would expect to hear Psycho but for me, Psycho isn't as good on repeat viewings once you know the ending. Brilliant when first time viewing though.

Ha same! And yeah, definitely agree about Psycho, although it is still a great film.