| Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Issued as part of Alfred Hitchcock, the essentials collection box set. |
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Previously issued as part of The Alfred Hitchcock collection. |
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Widescreen. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono; dual layer format. |
| Source |
NAV 1/12 PPL |
| Language |
In English with optional English SDH, French, or Spanish subtitles. |
| Cast |
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Konstantin Shayne, Lee Patrick. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Robert Burks ; art direction, Hal Pereira & Henry Bumstead ; special photographic effects, John P. Fulton ; set decoration, Sam Comer & Frank McKelvy ; edited by George Tomasini ; assistant director, Daniel McCauley ; costumes, Edith Head ; music by Bernard Herrmann ; conducted by Muir Mathieson. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. |
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Based upon the novel "D'entre les morts" by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Summary |
Scottie Ferguson, a recently retired San Francisco police detective, is hired to shadow a rich shipbuilder 's tragically suicidal wife, Madeleine Elster. After he saves her from drowning in the San Francisco Bay, Scottie's interest in the beautiful but icy blonde shifts from business to romance. But when tragedy strikes again, Scottie must overcome the vertigo that haunts his dreams in order to unravel the secrets of the past and find the key to his future. |
| Note |
Bonus features: "Obsessed with Vertigo : new life for Hitchcock's masterpiece" featurette; Feature commentary with associate producer Herbert Coleman, restoration team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz and other Vertigo participants; Production notes; Theatrical trailers; Foreign censorship ending; The Vertigo archives. |
| Subject |
Murder -- Drama.
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Ex-police officers -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Detective and mystery films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980. Director.
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Coppel, Alec, 1907-1972.
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Taylor, Samuel, 1912-2000. Screenwriter.
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Coleman, Herbert, 1907-2001.
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Stewart, James, 1908-1997. Actor.
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Novak, Kim, 1933-
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Bel Geddes, Barbara, 1922-2005.
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Helmore, Tom, 1904-1995.
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Jones, Henry, 1912-1999. Actor.
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Bailey, Raymond, 1904-1980. Actor.
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Corby, Ellen, 1911-1999.
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Shayne, Konstantin, 1888-1974.
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Patrick, Lee, 1906-1982. Actor.
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Burks, Robert, 1909-1968.
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Pereira, Hal.
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Bumstead, Henry, 1915-2006.
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Comer, Sam, 1893-1974.
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McKelvy, Frank R., 1914-1980.
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Tomasini, George.
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Head, Edith.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975. Composer.
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Mathieson, Muir, 1911-1975.
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Boileau-Narcejac.
D'entre les morts.
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Universal Pictures (Firm)
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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| Added Title |
Alfred Hitchcock's vertigo |
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Alfred Hitchcock, the essentials collection.
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| Standard No. |
025192084546 set |
| Music No. |
6116498 Universal Studios (set) |
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467166 Universal Studios |
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