Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Limited Edition) Blu-ray Available Preorder (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

Disc 1 - Saboteur:

Saboteur: A Closer Look

Storyboards

Alfred Hitchcock's Sketches

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

My Scenes

 

 

Disc 2 - Shadow of a Doubt:

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock’s Favorite Film

Production Drawings by Art Director Robert Boyle

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

My Scenes

 

 

Disc 3 - Rope:

Rope Unleashed

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

My Scenes

 

 

Disc 4 - Rear Window:

Rear Window Ethics: An Original Documentary

A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master

Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts

Masters of Cinema

Feature Commentary with John Fawell, Author of Hitchcock’s Rear Window: The Well-Made Film

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

Re-Release Trailer Narrated by James Stewart

My Scenes

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BD-Live

 

 

Disc 5 - The Trouble with Harry:

The Trouble With Harry Isn’t Over

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

My Scenes

 

 

Disc 6 - The Man Who Knew Too Much:

The Making of The Man Who Knew Too Much

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

Re-Release Trailer

My Scenes

 

 

Disc 7 - Vertigo:

Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece

Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

Hitchcock / Truffaut

Foreign Censorship Ending

The Vertigo Archives

Feature Commentary with Film Director William Friedkin

Theatrical Trailer

Restoration Theatrical Trailer

100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era

My Scenes

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BD-Live

 

 

Disc 8 - North by Northwest:

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

The Master’s Touch: Hitchcock’s Signature Style

Feature Commentary by Screenwriter Ernest Lehman

Stills Gallery

Theatrical Trailer

 

 

Disc 9 - Psycho (1960):

The Making of Psycho

Psycho Sound

In The Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts

Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho

The Shower Scene: With and Without Music

The Shower Scene: Storyboards by Saul Bass

The Psycho Archives

Posters and Psycho Ads

Lobby Cards

Behind-the-Scenes Photographs

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

Re-release Trailers

My Scenes

Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello (author of "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho")

BD-Live

 

 

Disc 10 - The Birds:

Deleted Scene

The Original Ending

The Birds: Hitchcock’s Monster Movie

All About The Birds

Storyboard Sequence

Tippi Hedren’s Screen Test

Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts

The Birds Is Coming (Universal International Newsreel)

Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel)

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

My Scenes

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Disc 11 - Marnie:

The Trouble With Marnie

The Marnie Archives

Theatrical Trailer

My Scenes

 

 

Disc 12 - Torn Curtain:

Torn Curtain Rising

Scenes Scored by Bernard Herrmann

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

My Scenes

 

 

Disc 13 - Topaz:

Alternate Endings

Topaz: An Appreciate by Film Historian and Critic Leonard Maltin

Storyboards: The Mendozas

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

My Scenes

 

 

Disc 14 - Frenzy:

The Story of Frenzy

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

My Scenes

 

 

Disc 15 - Family Plot:

Plotting Family Plot

Storyboards: The Chase Scene

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

My Scenes

 

 

 

 

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[Mike2001]

Deja vu

 

[Ronald Epstein]

This is listed as "Limited Edition," so I am uncertain if anything new is being offered in this collection over the previous.


If not, I'll remove this announcement.

 

[warnerbro]

What is this? How is it different from what we already have?

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Darrell, perhaps nothing.


This just appeared on Amazon. Either it is a re-release at a lower price point, or, a Limited version with new extras.


You guys tell me.

 

[warnerbro]

Thanks, Mr. Epstein. I got the British version for about 50 bucks and love it. It didn't have NORTH BY NORTHWEST, but I already had that. The transfers were outstanding -- I even loved THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

I am awaiting the British version as well. Just bought it for under $40

 

[atfree]

Thanks, Mr. Epstein. I got the British version for about 50 bucks and love it. It didn't have NORTH BY NORTHWEST, but I already had that. The transfers were outstanding -- I even loved THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH.

Same here...already had the great digibook of NBNW too so the UK set was a no-brainer. Got it 2 years ago for considerably less than the US version.

 

[albert_m2]

I have the British set and am also very happy with it.

 

[Garysb]

It could be something like they had in Britain when the set was first released where they released a limited edition set. Is the new limited is missing North by Northwest since it was not included in the details of the set?

Perhaps Universal's agreement with Warner Bros. has expired

 

[Garysb]

There was also a limited edition where the films were housed in film cans instead of a book. This one included North By Northwest apparently.


Announcement:

"If you bought the limited edition version of last year’s The Masterpiece Collection then you have permission to feel aggrieved, since this new Alfred Hitchcock ‘Ultimate Filmmaker Collection’ has similarities in terms of presentation and includes Vertigo, which was missing from the 2012 set.

On the other hand, if you don’t own any Hitchcock on blu-ray and are tempted to splash out, this is the one to go for. Smartly packaged in individual film cans, this collection of Alfred Hitchcock movies on Blu-ray includes 16 classics such as Psycho, The Birds and the Man That Knew Too Much, showcasing more than 34 years of filmmaking from the king of suspense.

Fans not only get the films digitally restored in high definition, but this set also comes with a host of extras.

Included in the collection is a 16-page companion booklet, movie poster art cards, new original letters, a storyboard and much more. "

I think the promo copy above is in error. It was North By Northwest that was missing, not Vertigo.

 

[Konstantinos]

Thanks, Mr. Epstein. I got the British version for about 50 bucks and love it. It didn't have NORTH BY NORTHWEST, but I already had that. The transfers were outstanding -- I even loved THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH.

I have the British set and am also very happy with it.

I would have got the UK set too because it was cheaper when I got the US one, BUT it didn't have the original audio for Vertigo. It included only the new remix with newly recorded effects and I usually want to watch my movies with the original audio, especially when there are altered/new effects in the remixes.

 

[Dick]

I just don't get it. Unless Universal has (appropriately) gone back to remaster FAMILY PLOT, MARNIE, and THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, their lavishing so much time, effort and expense on a re-issue of the same 15 movies with (apparently) the same features but with different packaging, rather than allocating at least some of that time, effort and expense on new-to-U.S.Blu-ray releases (COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT, THIS ISLAND EARTH, The Hammer titles, etc. etc.) kind of infuriates me.

 

[Worth]

I would have got the UK set too because it was cheaper when I got the US one, BUT it didn't have the original audio for Vertigo. It included only the new remix with newly recorded effects and I usually want to watch my movies with the original audio, especially when there are altered/new effects in the remixes.

I ended up buying the UK set and the single of Vertigo to get the mono track, and it still cost considerably less than it would have to buy the US set.

 

[Craig Beam]

Wait, which Vertigo single has the mono track? The US, or UK?

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Thanks, Mr. Epstein. I got the British version for about 50 bucks and love it. It didn't have NORTH BY NORTHWEST, but I already had that. The transfers were outstanding -- I even loved THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH.

I did the same thing, because I hate double-dipping on titles.

 

[Hollywoodaholic]

Nothing to see here, just new packaging, let's move along. I have the UK version with the Birds case. Wouldn't trade it.

 

[Konstantinos]

Wait, which Vertigo single has the mono track? The US, or UK?

The US one.

 

[Dr Griffin]

I'm a little confused about this release. Is there a cover picture for this one.The only Masterpiece Collection I'm seeing out there is the previous release. The others with that title are listed as unavailable, the ones from 2013.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Stan,


Just went to the Universal press site and there is still no photo depicting the new packaging.


The more I think about it, the more I am convinced this is just a reissue with a lower price (or suspecting a lower price)