| Edition |
Special edition; widescreen ed. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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mono |
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Dolby digital 5.1 |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) format ; Dolby digital 5.1 stereo and 2.0 mono ; NTSC 1. |
| Cast |
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Robert Burks ; edited by George Tomasini ; music by Bernard Herrmann ; associate producer, Herbert Coleman. |
| Note |
Release date: Oct. 7, 2008. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958. |
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Based on the novel D'entre les morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. |
| Audience |
Rating: PG. |
| Summary |
San Francisco police detective Scottie Ferguson is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. When a rich shipbuilder hires Scotty to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide, Scotty falls in love with her. She is later murdered and Ferguson becomes demonic in his desire to re-create her in another woman. |
| Note |
Special features: feature commentary with director and production team, foreign censorship ending, the Vertigo archives, production notes, original and restoration trailers, "Obsessed with Vertigo: new life for Hitchcock's masterpiece" featurette, "Partners in crime: Hitchcock's collaborators" features "Hitchcock Films" author Jack Sullivan, professor at Rider University, Hitchcock / Truffaut interview excerpts, episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "The case of Mr. Pelham." |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional French or Spanish subtitles ; subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Subject |
Vertigo -- Drama.
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Vertigo. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Murder -- Drama.
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Murder. |
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Police -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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Police. |
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California -- San Francisco. |
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Love -- Drama.
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Love. |
| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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| Subject |
Police. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
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Stewart, James, 1908-1997.
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Novak, Kim.
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Bel Geddes, Barbara.
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Helmore, Tom.
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Jones, Henry, 1912-1999.
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Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
025195018357 |
| Music No. |
61102355 Universal |
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