Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound /
Dr. Constance Petersen is a psychiatrist with a firm understanding of human nature--or so she thinks. That is until the mysterious Dr. Anthony Edwardes becomes the new chief of staff at the Green Manors Mental Asylum. The bookish and detached Constance plummets into a whirlwind of tangled identities...
| Uniform Title: | Spellbound (Motion picture : 1945) |
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| Corporate Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
[2002]
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| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
136. |
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| Summary: | Dr. Constance Petersen is a psychiatrist with a firm understanding of human nature--or so she thinks. That is until the mysterious Dr. Anthony Edwardes becomes the new chief of staff at the Green Manors Mental Asylum. The bookish and detached Constance plummets into a whirlwind of tangled identities and feverish psychoanalysis, where the greatest risk is to fall in love. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1945. Based on the novel: The house of Dr. Edwardes / by Francis Beeding. Aspect ratio 1.33:1. Special features: Spectacular new digital transfer with film and sound rstoration, including rare theater entrance and exit music cues by composer Miklos Rozsa -- Commentary by Hitchcock scholar Marian Keane -- "A nightmare ordered by telephone," an in-depth, illustrated essay on the Salvador Dali-designed dream sequence by James Bigwood -- Excerpts from a 1973 audio interview with composer Miklos Rosza -- Complete 1948 "Lux Radio Theater" adaption staring Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli -- "The Fishko files": a WNYC/New York Public Radio piece on the theremin -- Essays by noted Hitchcock scholars Leonard Leff (Hitchcock and Selznick) and Lesley Brill (The Hitchcock romance) -- Hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos and documents chronicling the film's production, from set photos, ads, posters, and publicity material -- Theatrical trailer. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (17 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital mono. |
| Awards: | Academy Awards, 1945: Best Score (Miklos Rozsa) |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, George Barnes ; art director, James Basevi ; original music, Miklos Rozsa. |
| ISBN: | 155940924X |