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post #61 of 184
9/11/09 at 12:18am
Psycho, Vertigo and The Birds are pre-orders for me, same as North by Northwest. If I'd seen 39 Steps that might be too, but generally I watch the colour ones more than the b/w ones. Strangers on a Train is prob my favourite b/w aside from Psycho.
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post #62 of 184
9/14/09 at 7:43pm
 Thanks for the update on The 39 Steps! This one will be released in the US by Criterion at a later date then? I will most likely hold out for a proper release if this is the case. 

Very excited about North By Northwest on blu ray! I think that one and the new Star Trek film are the 2 remaining blu ray titles that I am most looking forward to. 

This is of course subject to change if MGM would finish the remaining 9 James Bond titles of course... 

: ) 
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post #63 of 184
9/14/09 at 10:29pm


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Originally Posted by Tim Haxton View Post

 Thanks for the update on The 39 Steps! This one will be released in the US by Criterion at a later date then? I will most likely hold out for a proper release if this is the case.
"Maybe" is probably the best one can say at this moment. It may very well never happen.

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post #64 of 184
9/19/09 at 10:56pm
My hope for the blu of Vertigo concerns 2 things:
1) that they fix the mistake with the color in the opening shots.
2) that they include the original mono audio track (even if it is from a 4th or 5th gen source like the Masterpiece Collection boxset).

If Universal can get those 2 things corrected and give us a fine transfer then it will be a perfect release for me (as I am going to assume all the dvd extras will get ported across)!
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post #65 of 184
10/15/09 at 1:19am
Blu-ray.com review of The 39 Steps - oh dear...
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post #66 of 184
10/15/09 at 9:18am
Yikes. Hopefully Criterion gets around to it, because no way they release it like that.
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post #67 of 184
10/15/09 at 6:37pm
 Disappointing news on the 39 Steps UK blu ray..

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-39-Steps-Blu-ray-Review/6621/

Edit - Oops. Sorry for the double post... 
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post #68 of 184
10/16/09 at 2:07am

Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho listed with "no release date" on bluray.com

And yes, terrible news on 39 Steps, or perhaps its good news, in that it means I know not to buy it...

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post #69 of 184
10/16/09 at 9:55am


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Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho listed with "no release date" on bluray.com


That's promising. These are easily the first 3 titles Universal would release, so it all seems to make sense.
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post #70 of 184
10/20/09 at 12:32pm
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Blu-ray.com review of The 39 Steps - oh dear...

In defence of ITV DVD, I've read comments from other owners of this disc who are adamant that this is most definitely NOT an SD DVD upconvert. I really must get my hands on it...
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post #71 of 184
10/21/09 at 3:36pm
Screenshot comparison between the new The 39 Steps BD (top) and the Criterion SD (bottom) here; click on each image to view full size. No, the ITV DVD disc is not perfect (far from it) - but it appears to be a damn sight better than any SD version I've seen.
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post #72 of 184
12/14/09 at 6:59am
Some of Hitchcock's biggest titles - including Rear Window, Psycho and Vertigo - have started appearing on-demand in HD. Hopefully, the blu-ray releases won't be too far behind.
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post #73 of 184
12/14/09 at 7:37am


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Some of Hitchcock's biggest titles - including Rear Window, Psycho and Vertigo - have started appearing on-demand in HD. Hopefully, the blu-ray releases won't be too far behind.
 

Actually, they've been seen on the premium movie channels (can't remember which - Universal HD?) for about a year, or maybe more.  If somebody can compare, and they seem to be newer transfers, then I'd take that as evidence of an impending release.  Otherwise, I'm more cautious.

Doug

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post #74 of 184
12/19/09 at 12:07pm
 Hopefully the films are coming to blu ray very soon!

North By Northwest looked amazing and the sound was wonderful too. 
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post #75 of 184
12/20/09 at 8:39am
Psycho will be released on Blu-ray in the Netherlands by Universal, as part of the Hitchcock Collection on April 25th. If it's part of a collection, there's bound to be more to come but I couldn't find more information on that.
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post #76 of 184
4/25/10 at 3:53pm
 Is there any truth to the rumor about Dial M for Murder coming to blu ray in 2010?

See link.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4276



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post #77 of 184
4/25/10 at 5:24pm
"Psycho" is up on amazon for pre-order with no specific release date.
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post #78 of 184
4/26/10 at 4:00pm
 Any news on Dial M For Murder? There was an online story at blu ray.com saying that the title may be coming this year. 
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post #79 of 184
4/26/10 at 4:32pm
Dial M for Murder was originally released in 3D, wasn't it?  It would make an excellent 3D release now that the Blu-ray 3D spec has been finalized and 3D televisions are available.
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post #80 of 184
4/30/10 at 7:27am


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Dial M for Murder was originally released in 3D, wasn't it?  It would make an excellent 3D release now that the Blu-ray 3D spec has been finalized and 3D televisions are available.

Yeah. I don't think Hitch cared for 3D and it's only in a few scenes though. 

Hopefully there is some more news on this title and some others in 2010... 
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post #81 of 184
4/30/10 at 7:54am
"Having shot Dial M for Murder in 3-D, Alfred Hitchcock was so displeased by the result that he released it in 2-D at its New York opening."

From Roger Ebert's article disdaining 3D in the current Newseek.

www.newsweek.com/id/237110

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post #82 of 184
4/30/10 at 12:33pm
Having seen the 3D version of "Dial M" I have to say that the process doesn't really add a lot. It's used very conservatively and apart from the scissor stabbing, there's not a whole lot more that's memorable about the use of 3-D in this particular film.
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post #83 of 184
4/30/10 at 1:48pm
I saw a 3-D reissue of Dial 'M' for Murder at some point during the 1982-1983 revival of interest in the process. The thing I noticed most especially about the director's use of 3-D was not in the things-in-your-face aspects of the production but that fact that the apartment where most of the action takes place seemed ACRES larger than it does in 2-D. Because these are folks living a fairly lavish lifestyle, the more spacious seeming apartment appeared much more logical when watching the movie in 3-D. All of those furniture pieces Hitchcock placed in the foreground seem cramped in 2-D but wildly dimensional in 3-D. I'd love to experience this film again in 3-D.
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post #84 of 184
4/30/10 at 3:59pm
I like Matt's review. I'd like to see this one in 3D too...That stuff about the apt. makes sense. I does seem a bit cramped in the regular version...Although in London, like in NY, even well off people live in relatively small flats sometimes.
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post #85 of 184
4/30/10 at 7:20pm
 I saw "Dial 'M' for Murder" in 3D last September at the Redford Theater in Detroit.  As Matt pointed out, the 3D is used mostly to create a sense of space in the apartment.  For most of its running time, it does not so much give the sense of things sticking out of the screen as an extended depth *into* the screen, kind of like a stage play with camera angles.  The reaching for scissors effect and the arrangement of elements like lamps and titles in the extreme foreground are the occasional purposeful exceptions.

Regards,
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post #86 of 184
5/3/10 at 5:59am


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I saw a 3-D reissue of Dial 'M' for Murder at some point during the 1982-1983 revival of interest in the process. The thing I noticed most especially about the director's use of 3-D was not in the things-in-your-face aspects of the production but that fact that the apartment where most of the action takes place seemed ACRES larger than it does in 2-D. Because these are folks living a fairly lavish lifestyle, the more spacious seeming apartment appeared much more logical when watching the movie in 3-D. All of those furniture pieces Hitchcock placed in the foreground seem cramped in 2-D but wildly dimensional in 3-D. I'd love to experience this film again in 3-D.

I was at the 3-D Film Festival in Hollywood in 2003 where I saw this and six of the other classic 1950s 3-D features in true, polarized 3-D. My sentiments echo yours, and I'd buy a 3-D BD of this in a second.

After the debacles of Out of Africa and Gladiator (a Paramount release with a master supplied by Universal), which are Best Picture Oscar Winners for crying out loud, should we be worried about the quality of the eventual Hitchcock BDs?
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post #87 of 184
5/16/10 at 8:21am


 

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I was at the 3-D Film Festival in Hollywood in 2003 where I saw this and six of the other classic 1950s 3-D features in true, polarized 3-D. My sentiments echo yours, and I'd buy a 3-D BD of this in a second.

After the debacles of Out of Africa and Gladiator (a Paramount release with a master supplied by Universal), which are Best Picture Oscar Winners for crying out loud, should we be worried about the quality of the eventual Hitchcock BDs?

As a big Hitchcock fan, it's distressing to me to how many of his titles are owned by Universal. Even with RAH's measured and diplomatic words about their operation, I'd say there's trouble in river city...
 

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post #88 of 184
5/16/10 at 9:03pm

The last time I spoke to someone at WB (November), there were no plans to release DIAL 'M' on BD.  There is a French BD coming out from what I understand.'

 

Hitchcock had nothing to do with the film's flat engagements.  During its premiere, it was found that running the film flat was drawing better than in 3D (sync problems were keeping patrons away from theaters).  WB decided to drop the 3D angle, although it was still available for booking that way.  It was almost unanimously played flat in 1954, but there are a few theaters I've run across advertisements for playing it in 3D.

 

Unfortunately to some, it is ok to glance over little facts like that.

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post #89 of 184
5/17/10 at 12:40am

your facts keep getting in the way of the autruth, Jack.

 

Better not post that info at that other forum, facts are nasty business over there. ;)

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post #90 of 184
5/17/10 at 5:29am

Everybody's an "expert."

 

Also, the oft-printed statement that Hitch did 3D against his will is bunk— paperwork at USC on the film shows he was very enthusiastic about shooting in the new format.

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