Pre-Order Alfred Hitchcock The Ultimate Collection (Blu-ray) (Re-Release) Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

Disc 1 - Saboteur:

• Saboteur: A Closer Look

• Storyboards

• Alfred Hitchcock's Sketches

• Production Photographs

• Theatrical Trailer

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

Disc 3 - Rope:

• Rope Unleashed

• Production Photographs

• Theatrical Trailer

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

Disc 5 - The Trouble with Harry:

• The Trouble With Harry Isn't Over

• Production Photographs

• Theatrical Trailer

Disc 6 - The Man Who Knew Too Much:

• The Making of The Man Who Knew Too Much

• Production Photographs

• Theatrical Trailer

• Re-Release Trailer

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

• Restoration Theatrical Trailer

• Feature Commentary with Film Director William Friedkin

• Theatrical Trailer

• 100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era

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

• Cary Grant: A Class Apart

• 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

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

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

Disc 11 - Marnie:

• The Trouble With Marnie

• The Marnie Archives

• Theatrical Trailer

Disc 12 - Torn Curtain:

• Torn Curtain Rising

• Scenes Scored by Bernard Herrmann

• Production Photographs

• Theatrical Trailer

Disc 13 - Topaz:

• Alternate Endings

• Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Historian and Critic Leonard Maltin

• Storyboards: The Mendozas

• Production Photographs

• Theatrical Trailer

Disc 14 - Frenzy:

• The Story of Frenzy

• Production Photographs

• Theatrical Trailer

Disc 15 - Family Plot:

• Plotting Family Plot

• Storyboards: The Chase Scene

• Production Photographs

• Theatrical Trailer

Disc 16:

• The Best of Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Disc 17:

• The Best of the Alfred Hitchcock Hour

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[Robin9]

Presumably this box-set will have the same appalling transfers of Marnie and The Man Who Knew Too Much as the previous box-set?

 

[Robert Crawford]

Presumably this box-set will have the same appalling transfers of Marnie and The Man Who Knew Too Much as the previous box-set?

What do you think?

 

[Matt Hough]

Don't we have this already?

Oops. I see Re-release in the title of the thread. Never mind.

 

[benbess]

The first set didn't have the discs with the TV shows.

 

[TravisR]

The first set didn't have the discs with the TV shows.

Yeah, I'm wondering what that's about. At $100, I could be suckered into rebuying the set if they included all of the Hitch directed episodes. Unfortunately, since one disc is The Best Of AHP and the other is The Best Of AH Hour, I doubt that's what they're doing.

 

[Robin9]

What do you think?

Until someone with good eyesight and good knowledge confirms these are new transfers, I'm assuming the worst!

 

[Lord Dalek]

Yeah well good luck finding good elements for The Man Who Knew Too Much in this day and age.

 

[Garysb]

I am sure this is just a re release at a cheaper list price. As the UK region free release without North By Northwest has been as cheap as $20 to $25 there is nothing I need here. Glad to see Hitchcock still sells enough to warrant promoting a new release. This no doubt will be at Costco this fall as part of their diminished holiday offerings.

 

[Mark-P]

The first set didn't have the discs with the TV shows.

I'm wondering if those extra discs are DVDs, Blu-rays with the TV episodes in HD, or Blu-rays with a ton of episodes in SD? In any case most of us would probably want to buy the shows in complete seasons instead of just "best of" collections.

 

[David Norman]

I'm wondering if those extra discs are DVDs, Blu-rays with the TV episodes in HD, or Blu-rays with a ton of episodes in SD? In any case most of us would probably want to buy the shows in complete seasons instead of just "best of" collections.

90% chance it will be a few episodes on a Bluray.

I thought a bunch of SD episodes on a BD wasn't allowed for US BDs. I know there are some Germans sets that do so, but I was under the impression that was highly discouraged by the official specs.

 

[Robin9]

Yeah well good luck finding good elements for The Man Who Knew Too Much in this day and age.

Clearly you know something that I don't know.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Clearly you know something that I don't know.

Just that those Paramount-era Hitches that Universal controls are usually sourced from dupes several generations off the onegs.

 

[Gary16]

Just that those Paramount-era Hitches that Universal controls are usually sourced from dupes several generations off the onegs.

Perhaps Mr. Harris can enlighten us.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Perhaps Mr. Harris can enlighten us.

I think he already did.

 

[haineshisway]

Let me just say that since I just this minute finished watching all three seasons of the Hitchcock Hour on a region two DVD set - this Blu-ray will obviously contain The Jar and An Unlocked Window, the two finest Hitchcock Hours and two of the greatest hour shows in the history of television. They alone would make this worth buying again IF they are indeed taken from the negatives, and I cannot imagine Universal would have the chutzpah to do anything else. I don't know how many episodes they'd squeeze on one BD 50 but four or five would be no problem at all since they really only run forty-six minutes and change. It would be nice to also have the Hitch directed I Saw the Whole Thing. It will be interesting to see what's included on the half-hour Blu - I don't need all the Hitch directed episodes, as they're not all classics - but Lamb to the Slaughter, Revenge, Breakdown - those are must-haves - and I would hope for Specialty of the House, Man from the South, and a few others that are brilliant.

 

[Richard Gallagher]

Let me just say that since I just this minute finished watching all three seasons of the Hitchcock Hour on a region two DVD set.

How is the quality of the region two set? Amazon UK has it priced at £64.99 (about $84), but inexplicably if you buy them in three single series sets you can get them for £13.99 apiece, which works out to about $54.

 

[haineshisway]

The quality varies from episode to episode - some look fantastic, some look awful.

 

[Craig Beam]

Universal continues to regurgitate the hit-and-miss Hitchcock Blu-ray set, yet they can't be bothered to release the ONE remaining season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents on DVD (region 1, that is). Effers.

 

[Garysb]

Amazon now lists the TV episodes included in this set.
Disc 16:

• Revenge (Season 1, Episode 1)

• Mr. Blanchard's Secret (Season 2, Episode 13)

• Lamb to the Slaughter (Season 3, Episode 28)

• Poison (Season 4, Episode 1)

• Arthur (Season 5, Episode 1)

• Mr. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (Season 6, Episode 1)

• Bang! You're Dead! (Season 7, Episode 2)

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Look Back

Disc 17:

• I Saw the Whole Thing (Season 1, Episode 4)

• Three Wives Too Many (Season 2, Episode 12)

• Death Scene (Season 3, Episode 20)

• Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock