| Edition |
Collector's ed., widescreen version. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Alfred Hitchcock collection
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| Note |
Based on a short story "Rear window" by Cornell Woolrich. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954. |
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Accompanying booklet contains production notes. |
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Special features: an original documentary; featurette: "A conversation with screenwriter John Michael Hayes"; production photographs; re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart; the script; DVD-ROM features include access to the original script and other related materials. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music, Franz Waxman ; art direction, Joseph MacMillian Johnson, Hal Pereira ; costume designer, Edith Head. |
| Cast |
James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr. |
| Summary |
As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in film history. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital. |
| Language |
English or French dialogue, Spanish subtitles. |
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Closed captioned. |
| Subject |
Voyeurism -- Drama.
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Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Suspense in motion pictures, television, etc.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
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Hayes, John Michael, 1919-2008.
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Stewart, James, 1908-1997.
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Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982.
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Corey, Wendell, 1914-1968.
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Ritter, Thelma.
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Burr, Raymond, 1917-1993.
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Woolrich, Cornell, 1903-1968.
Rear window.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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Universal City Studios.
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| Added Title |
Alfred Hitchcock's Rear window |
| ISBN |
0783237391 |
| Music No. |
20395 Universal Studios |
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