Description: Offered with this listing – in BRAND NEW and SEALED Condition – is the 2012 14-Film, 14-Disc, Universal StudiosBritish import region-free Blu-ray release entitled “Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection” (or, more accurately, “Alfred Hitchcock: The MasterpieceCollection”). This VERY RARE and OUT-OF-PRINT release isstill shrink-wrapped in the much sought-after “disc photo album” layout encasedin a black-based, clear plexiglass case. The contents of the elaborate collectionare fourteen of Hitch’s seminal and best-known films produced during his timeworking in the US from the 1940s through the 1970s – each with supporting bonusmaterial – and an accompanying 16-page luxury book, 16-page companion booklet,14 movie poster art cards, storyboards, filmset plans, costume drawings,original letters, and much more. The entire package measures roughly 13.5inches by 7.5 inches by 3 inches and weighs over four pounds. The titles containedin the collection were either produced by Universal Studios or at some timeafter production acquired by Universal. The films included are:– “Saboteur” (1942, Universal Studios, black-and-white): A spy thriller filmdirected by Alfred Hitchcock with a screenplay written by Peter Viertel, JoanHarrison and Dorothy Parker. The film stars Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane andNorman Lloyd. The story famously depicts a confrontation between a suspectedsaboteur (Cummings) and a real saboteur (Lloyd) atop the Statue of Liberty.Hitchcock took a three-day tour of New York City to scout for the film’s filminglocations.– “Shadow of a Doubt” (1943, Universal Studios, black-and-white): A psychologicalthriller film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright andJoseph Cotten. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, thefilm was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Gordon McDonell. Charlotte“Charlie” Newton (Wright) and her parents live in very quiet Santa Rosa,California. An unexpected visit by Charles Oakley (Cotten), her charming andsophisticated “Uncle Charlie”, brings much excitement to her family and thesmall town. That excitement turns to fear as young Charlie slowly realizes heruncle is in fact a wanted serial murderer known as the “Merry Widow” killer.The fear escalates when Oakley realizes she knows his secret.– “Rope” (1948, Transatlantic Pictures Corp., color): Apsychologicalcrime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1929 play of thesame name by Patrick Hamilton. The film was adapted by Hume Cronyn (yes, THATHume Cronyn) with a screenplay by Arthur Laurents. The film stars JamesStewart, John Dall, and Farley Granger. It is the first of Hitch’s Technicolorfilms, and is notable for taking place in real time and being edited so as toappear as four long shots through the use of stitched-together long takes. Itis the second of Hitchcock's “limited setting” films, the first being 1944’s “Lifeboat”.The original play was said to be inspired by the real-life murder of14-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924 by University of Chicago students NathanLeopold and Richard Loeb.– “Rear Window” (1954, Patron, Inc., color): A mystery thriller film directedby Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich’s1942 short story “It Had to Be Murder”. Originally released by ParamountPictures, the film stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, ThelmaRitter, and Raymond Burr. It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival. “RearWindow” is considered by many filmgoers, critics, and scholars to be one ofHitchcock's best, as well as one of the greatest films ever made. It receivedfour Academy Award nominations, was ranked number 42 on AFI’s “100 Years...100Movies” list, and in 1997 was added to the United States National Film Registryin the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aestheticallysignificant.”– “The Trouble withHarry” (1955, Alfred J. HitchcockProductions, Inc., color): A black comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.The screenplay by John Michael Hayes was based on the 1950 novel by Jack TrevorStory. It starred Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Jerry Mathers,and Shirley MacLaine in her film debut. The story in “The Trouble with Harry”is about how nine residents of a small Vermont village react when the dead bodyof a man named Harry is found on a hillside. The film is, however, not a murdermystery: it is a light comedy-drama with a touch of romance, in which thecorpse serves as a MacGuffin. Four village residents end up working together tosolve the problem of what to do with Harry. In the process, the younger two (anartist and a very young, twice-widowed woman) fall in love and become a couple,soon to be married. The older two residents (a captain and a spinster) alsofall in love.– “The Man Who KnewToo Much” (1956, Filwite Productions,Inc., color): A mystery thriller film directed and produced by AlfredHitchcock, starring James Stewart and Doris Day. It is Hitch’s second filmusing this title, following his own 1934 film of the same name but featuring asignificantly altered plot and script. In the book-length interview “Hitchcock/Truffaut”(1966), in response to fellow filmmaker François Truffaut’s assertion thataspects of the remake were by far superior, Hitchcock replied, “Let’s say thefirst version is the work of a talented amateur and the second was made by aprofessional.” The film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “QueSera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)”, sung by Day, which became hertrademark number.– “Vertigo” (1958, Alfred Hitchcock Productions, Inc., color): Apsychological thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. Thestory was based on the 1954 novel “D'entre les morts” (“From Among the Dead”)by Boileau-Narcejac, with a screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor. Thefilm stars James Stewart as a former San Francisco police detective who hasretired after an incident in the line of duty caused him to develop an extremefear of heights accompanied by vertigo. He is hired as a private investigatorto report on the strange behavior of an acquaintance’s wife (Kim Novak). Thefilm received mixed reviews on release, but it has since come to be consideredHitch’s magnum opus and one of the greatest films of all time. In 1989, it wasone of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservationin the United States National Film Registry for being “culturally,historically, or aesthetically significant”. The film appears repeatedly inpolls of the best films by the American Film Institute, including a 2007ranking as the ninth-greatest American film ever.– “Psycho” (1960, Shamley Productions, Inc., black-and-white): A horrorfilm directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay, written byJoseph Stefano, was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch.The film stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and MartinBalsam. The plot centers on an encounter between on-the-run embezzler MarionCrane (Leigh) and shy motel proprietor Norman Bates (Perkins) and itsaftermath, in which a private investigator (Balsam), Marion’s lover Sam Loomis(Gavin), and her sister Lila (Miles) investigate her disappearance. “Psycho” isconsidered one of Hitch’s best films, and is arguably his most famous andinfluential work. It has been hailed as a major work of cinematic art byinternational film critics and scholars who praise its slick direction, tenseatmosphere, impressive camerawork, memorable score and iconic performances.Often ranked among the greatest films of all time, it set a new level ofacceptability for violence, deviant behavior and sexuality in American films,and has been considered to be one of the earliest examples of the slasher filmgenre. In 1992, the Library of Congress deemed the film “ “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and selected it forpreservation in the United States National Film Registry.– “The Birds” (1963, Alfred Hitchcock Productions, Inc., color): A naturalhorror-thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. Loosely basedon the 1952 short story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, it focuses on aseries of sudden and unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of BodegaBay, California, over the course of a few days. The film stars Rod Taylor andTippi Hedren in her screen debut, alongside Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette,and Veronica Cartwright. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told byHitch to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping duMaurier’s title and concept of unexplained bird attacks. While it initiallyreceived mixed reviews when originally released, its reputation improved overtime and it has since been considered to be one of the greatest horror films ofall time. In 2016, The Birds was deemed “culturally, historically, oraesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress, andselected for preservation in its National Film Registry.– “Marnie” (1964, Geoffrey Stanley Productions, Inc., color): Apsychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock from a screenplay byJay Presson Allen, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Winston Graham.The film stars Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery. “Marnie” became a milestone forseveral reasons. It was the last time a “Hitchcock blonde” would have a centralrole in one of his films. It also marked the end of Hitch’s collaborations withcinematographer Robert Burks, who died in 1968; editor George Tomasini, whodied soon after Marnie's release; and composer Bernard Herrmann, who was firedduring Hitchcock’s next film, “Torn Curtain” (1966), when Hitchcock andUniversal studio executives wanted a pop-and-jazz-influenced score for thefilm.– “Torn Curtain” (1966, Universal Studios, color): A spy political thriller filmdirected by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews.Written by Brian Moore, the film is set in the Cold War. It is about anAmerican scientist who appears to defect behind the Iron Curtain to East Germany.It is the first of Hitch’s films to be released without a score by BernardHerrmann, after the end of their collaboration.– “Topaz” (1969, Universal Studios, color): An espionage thriller filmdirected by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin,Karin Dor, John Vernon, Claude Jade, Michel Subor, Michel Piccoli, PhilippeNoiret, and John Forsythe. Based on the 1967 novel of the same title by LeonUris, the film is about a French intelligence agent (Stafford) who becomesentangled in Cold War politics before the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and thenthe breakup of an international Soviet spy ring. The story is loosely based onthe 1962 Sapphire Affair, which involved the head of France's SDECE in theUnited States, the spy Philippe Thyraud de Vosjoli, a friend of Uris’, whoplayed an important role in “helping the U.S. discover the presence of Russianoffensive missiles in Cuba.”– “Frenzy” (1972, Universal Studios, color): A British thriller filmdirected by Alfred Hitchcock. It is the second-to-last feature film of hisextensive career. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer was based on the 1966 novel“Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square” by Arthur La Bern. The filmstars Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, and Barry Foster and features Billie Whitelaw,Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bernard Cribbins, and Vivien Merchant. Theoriginal music score was composed by Ron Goodwin. The plot centres on a serialkiller in contemporary London and the ex-RAF serviceman he implicates. In avery early scene there is dialogue that mentions two actual London serialmurder cases: the Christie murders in the 1940s-1950s and the Jack the Rippermurders in 1888. “Frenzy” was the third and final film that Hitchcock made inBritain after he moved to Hollywood in 1939 and was the only Hitchcock filmgiven an “R” rating during its initial release. Some critics consider “Frenzy”the last great Hitchcock film and a return to form after his two previousworks.– “Family Plot” (1976, Universal Studios, color): A black comedy thriller filmdirected by Alfred Hitchcock in his final directing role prior to his death inApril 1980. It was based on Victor Canning’s 1972 novel “The Rainbird Pattern”,which Ernest Lehman adapted for the screen. The film stars Karen Black, BruceDern, Barbara Harris, and William Devane. The story involves two couples: one a“fake” psychic and her cab-driving boyfriend, the other a pair of professionalthieves and kidnappers. Their lives come into conflict because of a search fora missing heir. The film’s title is a pun: “family plot” can refer to an areain a cemetery that has been bought by one family for the burial of its variousrelatives; in this case it also means a dramatic plot line involving variousfamily members. Regarding the man himself, SirAlfred Joseph Hitchcock (KBE) was an English film director. He is widelyregarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In acareer spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of whichare still widely watched and studied today. Known as the “Master of Suspense”,Hitchcock became as well-known as any of his actors thanks to his manyinterviews, his cameo appearances in most of his films, and his hosting andproducing the television anthology “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (1955–65). Hisfilms garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although henever won the award for Best Director, despite five nominations. Hitchcock initially trained as atechnical clerk and copywriter before entering the film industry in 1919 as atitle card designer. His directorial debut was the British-German silent film “ThePleasure Garden” (1925). His first successful film, “The Lodger: A Story of theLondon Fog” (1927), helped to shape the thriller genre, and “Blackmail” (1929)was the first British “talkie”. His thrillers “The 39 Steps” (1935) and “TheLady Vanishes” (1938) are ranked among the greatest British films of the 20thcentury. By 1939, he had international recognition and producer David O.Selznick persuaded him to move to Hollywood. A string of successful filmsfollowed, including “Rebecca” (1940), “Foreign Correspondent” (1940), “Suspicion”(1941), “Shadow of a Doubt” (1943), and “Notorious” (1946). “Rebecca” won theAcademy Award for Best Picture, with Hitchcock nominated as Best Director.[5]He also received Oscar nominations for “Lifeboat” (1944), “Spellbound” (1945), “RearWindow” (1954), and “Psycho” (1960). Hitchcock made multiple filmswith some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, including four with Cary Grant,four with James Stewart, three with Ingrid Bergman, and three consecutivelywith Grace Kelly. Hitchcock became an American citizen in 1955. In 2012,Hitchcock’s psychological thriller “Vertigo”, starring Stewart, displaced OrsonWelles’ “Citizen Kane” (1941) as the British Film Institute’s greatest filmever made based on its world-wide poll of hundreds of film critics. Nine of hisfilms had been selected for preservation in the United States National FilmRegistry. 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Case Type: Blu-ray Disc Album in Plexiglass Case
Rating: R
Subtitle Language: Brazilian, Cantonese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
UPC: 5050582912814
Studio: Universal Studios
Format: Blu-ray
Region Code: Blu-ray: Region Free
Unit Type: Unit
Release Year: 2012
Language: Brazilian, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
Actor: James Stewart, Tippy Hedren
Features: Behind The Scenes Featurette, Book Included, Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Full Screen, Retrospective Interviews, Widescreen, Documentaries, Storyboards, Photographs, Trailers
Movie/TV Title: Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection
Season: not applicable
Unit Quantity: 1
Video Format: NTSC
Sub-Genre: Conspiracy, Dark Humor, Mystery, Crime, War
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Franchise: not applicable
Edition: Box Set, Collector's Edition, Deluxe Edition, Director's Cut, Extended Edition
Aspect Ratio: various
Type: Movie
Producer: Frank Lloyd, Jack H. Skirball, Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Bernstein
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Espionage, Gangster, Horror, Political, Psychological, Thriller & Mystery
Run Time: 26h 55m
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
