The Alfred Hitchcock classics collection.
(4K Blu-ray) 

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Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 film director,
Hayes, John Michael, 1919-2008, screenwriter.
Coppel, Alec, screenwriter.
Taylor, Samuel, 1912-2000 screenwriter.
Stefano, Joseph, screenwriter.
Published
Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, [2020].
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Published
Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, [2020].
Format
4K Blu-ray
Physical Desc
4 4K blu-ray discs : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 4 blu-ray discs
Language
English
UPC
191329143667

Notes

General Note
Collective title and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray details from container. Cast and production credits from Blu-ray title screens.
General Note
'Rear window' based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich. 'Vertigo' based upon the novel 'D'entre les morts' by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. 'Psycho' based on the novel by Robert Bloch. 'The birds' based on the story by Daphne Du Maurier.
General Note
Originally released as motion pictures between 1954-1963.
General Note
Includes 2 versions of 'Psycho': Psycho uncut (extended version as intended by Alfred Hitchcock and now available with additional footage for the first time), Psycho (the most widely seen version was edited for content and subsequently used for TV broadcasts, theatrical re-releases and home entertainment over the last 60 years).
General Note
Wide screen (1.66:1): Rear window; (1.85:1): Vertigo, Psycho, The birds.
General Note
Special features (Rear window): feature commentary with John Fawell, author of 'Hitchcock's Rear window: the well-made film'; 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 interview excerpts; Masters of cinema; production photographs; theatrical trailer; re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart.
General Note
Special features (Vertigo): feature commentary with film director William Friedkin; Obsessed with Vertigo: new life for Hitchcock's masterpiece; Partners in crime: Hitchcock's collaborators; Hitchcock/Truffaut interview excerpts; Foreign censorship ending; The Vertigo archives; theatrical trailer; restoration theatrical trailer; 100 years of Universal: the Lew Wasserman era.
General Note
Special features (Psycho): feature commentary with Stephen Rebello (author of Alfred Hitchcock and the making of Psycho); The making of Psycho; Psycho sound; In the master's shadow: Hitchcock's legacy; Hitchcock/Truffaut interview excerpts; 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; theatrical trailers; re-release trailer.
General Note
Special features (The birds): deleted scene; the original ending; The birds: Hitchcock's monster movie; All about The birds; storyboard sequence; Tippi Hedren's screen test; Hitchcock/Truffaut interview excerpts; The birds is coming (Universal International newsreel); Suspense story: National Press Club hears Hitchcock (Universal International newsreel); production photographs; theatrical trailer; 100 years of Universal: restoring the classics; 100 years of Universal: the lot.
Creation/Production Credits
Rear window: director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music score, Franz Waxman ; costumes, Edith Head ; art direction, Hal Pereira and Joseph MacMillan Johnson.
Creation/Production Credits
Vertigo: director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music, Bernard Herrmann ; costumes, Edith Head ; art direction, Hal Pereira & Henry Bumstead.
Creation/Production Credits
Psycho: director of photography, John L. Russell ; editor, George Tomasini ; music, Bernard Herrmann ; costume supervisor, Helen Colvig ; art direction, Joseph Hurley & Robert Clatworthy.
Creation/Production Credits
The birds: director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; costumes, Edith Head ; production design, Robert Boyle
Participants/Performers
Rear window: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, Ross Bagdasarian, Georgine Darcy, Sara Berner, Frank Cady, Jesslyn Fax, Rand Harper, Irene Winston, Havis Davenport.
Participants/Performers
Vertigo: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Konstantin Shayne, Lee Patrick.
Participants/Performers
Psycho: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Frank Albertson, Pat Hitchcock, Vaughn Taylor, Lurene Tuttle, John Anderson, Mort Mills, Janet Leigh.
Participants/Performers
The birds: Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Charles McGraw, Ruth McDevitt, Lonny Chapman, Joe Mantell, Doodles Weaver, Malcolm Atterbury, John McGovern, Karl Swenson, Richard Deacon, Elizabeth Wilson, William Quinn, Doreen Lang.
Description
Rear window: A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
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Vertigo: A former police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a hauntingly beautiful woman.
Description
Psycho: A Phoenix secretary embezzles cash 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.
Description
The birds: 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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG (Rear window, Vertigo); R (Psycho); PG-13 (The birds).
System Details
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray; 2160p Ultra High Definition; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (Rear window: English), DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (The birds: English), DTS:X (Vertigo, Psycho: English), DTS Digital Surround 2.0 mono (Rear window, Psycho: Spanish, French; Vertigo: English, Spanish, French; The birds: Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese); requires 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR, Ultra HD Blu-ray player, High-speed HDMI (category 2) cable.
System Details
Blu-ray; 1080p High Definition; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (Rear window, The birds: English), DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (Vertigo: English), DTS:X (Psycho: English), DTS Digital Surround 2.0 mono (Rear window, Psycho, The birds: Spanish, French; Vertigo: English, Spanish, French), DTS 2.0 original audio (Psycho: English); requires Blu-ray player.
Language
In English, Spanish, or French with optional Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). 'The birds' 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray also includes Brazilian Portuguese or Japanese audio and subtitles.
Awards
Golden Globes, 1961 (Psycho): Best Supporting Actress (Janet Leigh).
Awards
National Film Registry, 1997 (Rear window).
Awards
National Film Registry, 1989 (Vertigo).
Awards
National Film Registry, 1992 (Psycho).
Awards
National Film Registry, 2016 (The birds).
Local note
BLU-RAY

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hitchcock, A., Hayes, J. M., Coppel, A., Taylor, S., Stefano, J., Hunter, E., Stewart, J., Grace, P. o. M., Corey, W., Ritter, T., Burr, R., Evelyn, J., Bagdasarian, R., Darcy, G., Berner, S., Cady, F., Fax, J., Harper, R., Winston, I., Davenport, H., Novak, K., Bel Geddes, B., Helmore, T., Jones, H., Bailey, R., Corby, E., Shayne, K., Patrick, L., Perkins, A., Miles, V., Gavin, J., Balsam, M., McIntire, J., Oakland, S., Albertson, F., Hitchcock, P., Taylor, V., Tuttle, L., Anderson, J., Mills, M., Leigh, J., Taylor, R., Tandy, J., Pleshette, S., Hedren, T., Cartwright, V., Griffies, E., McGraw, C., McDevitt, R., Chapman, L., Mantell, J., Weaver, D., Atterbury, M., McGovern, J., Swenson, K., Deacon, R., Wilson, E., Quinn, B., Lang, D., Burks, L. R., Russell, J. L., Tomasini, G., Waxman, F., Herrmann, B., Head, E., Colvig, H., Pereira, H., Johnson, J. M., Bumstead, H., Hurley, J., Clatworthy, R., Boyle, R., Woolrich, C., Boileau-Narcejac., Bloch, R., & Du Maurier, D. (2020). The Alfred Hitchcock classics collection (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray.). Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. 2020. The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection. Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hitchcock, Alfred, et al. The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray., Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, 2020.

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