Cover Image

Hitchcock /

"Plagued by both a reckless ego and nagging self-doubt, Hollywood legend Alfred Hitchcock ... becomes obsessed with a grisly murder story that the studios won't back. Determined, he risks his reputation, his home and even the love of his wife Alma ... as he sets out to make the film"-...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elfman, Danny (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Gervasi, Sacha (Director), McLaughlin, John J. (Screenwriter), Reitman, Ivan (Producer), Hopkins, Anthony, 1937- (Actor), Mirren, Helen (Actor), Johansson, Scarlett, 1984- (Actor), Collette, Toni (Actor), Huston, Danny, 1962- (Actor), Biel, Jessica, 1982- (Actor), Stuhlbarg, Michael (Actor), D'Arcy, James, 1975- (Actor), Wincott, Michael, 1959- (Actor), Smith, Kurtwood, 1943- (Actor), Portnow, Richard, 1950- (Actor), Rebello, Stephen
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles; optionally subtitled in English for the hearing impaired (SDH); optionally described in English for the visually impaired.
DVD: closed-captioned.
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2013]
Subjects:
Hitchcock, Alfred, > 1899-1980 > Drama.
Motion picture producers and directors > Drama.
Motion pictures > Production and direction > Drama.
Biographical films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Description
Summary:"Plagued by both a reckless ego and nagging self-doubt, Hollywood legend Alfred Hitchcock ... becomes obsessed with a grisly murder story that the studios won't back. Determined, he risks his reputation, his home and even the love of his wife Alma ... as he sets out to make the film"--Container.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
Blu-ray disc includes the feature film in high definition and a selection of special features; DVD videodisc includes the feature film in standard definition.
Based on the book Alfred Hitchcock and the making of Psycho, by Stephen Rebello.
"Blu-ray + DVD"--Container.
Special features on Blu-ray disc only include a deleted scene; the featurettes Becoming the master: from Hopkins to Hitchcock, and, Obsessed with Hitchcock; Sacha Gervasi's behind-the-scenes cell phone footage; Hitchcock cell phone PSA; the story; the cast; Danny Elfman maestro; the featurette Hitch and Alma; remembering Hitchcock; and optional commentary with Sacha Gervasi and Stephen Rebello.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc; region A; 50GB dual layer, AVC @ 32 MBPS; widescreen 2.40:1 presentation; 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (English), 5.1 (English Descriptive Audio), 5.1 Dolby digital (Spanish, French); requires Blu-ray player.
DVD; region 1; NTSC; dual layer; widescreen 2.40:1; Dolby digital 5.1 (English), 5.1 (English Descriptive Audio), Dolby digital 2.0 surround (Spanish, French).
Audience:Rating: PG-13; for some violent images, sexual content and thematic material.
Production Credits:Music, Danny Elfman ; editor, Pamela Martin ; director of photography, Jeff Cronenweth.