Press Release USHE Press Release: Alfred Hitchcock: The Iconic Film Collection (4k UHD) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

BRING HOME TIMELESS CLASSICS FROM THE ‘MASTER OF SUSPENSE’

IN ALL-NEW LIMITED-EDITION COLLECTION

TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME ON 4K ULTRA HD DISC AND DIGITAL





ALFRED HITCHCOCK: THE ICONIC FILM COLLECTION





FEATURING SIX UNFORGETTABLE ALFRED HITCHCOCK FILMS



AVAILABLE ON NOVEMBER 26, 2024

AND PACKED WITH OVER 15 HOURS OF BONUS FEATURES ​

Universal City, California, October 15, 2024 – From one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema comes the all-new ALFRED HITCHCOCK: THE ICONIC FILM COLLECTION, releasing on 4K Ultra HD disc and Digital on November 26, 2024 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. This must-own collection consists of some of the most unforgettable and groundbreaking films of all time including Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, Vertigo, North By Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds.



In partnership with Warner Bros. and Paramount Home Entertainment, the collection features the newly released 4K Ultra HD remasters of North by Northwest and To Catch a Thief. It’s the very first time you can own all six films together on 4K Ultra HD disc and includes digital codes of each film.



The premium book style-packaging consists of rare photos, bios, trivia, and original cover art by renowned artist Tristan Eaton. It features over 15 hours of revealing bonus features including Psycho Uncut (the extended version of the movie originally seen in theaters), audio interviews with Alfred Hitchcock, behind-the-scenes featurettes, rare production photographs, creative storyboards, insightful feature commentaries, and so much more! It is limited-edition item and will be available to purchase at participating retailers including Amazon and GRUV.



Starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, Rear Window is Alfred Hitchcock’s voyeuristic masterpiece about a photographer who develops an obsession after thinking he witnessed a neighbor’s murder. To Catch a Thief, courtesy of Paramount Pictures, stars Cary Grant along with Grace Kelly and centers on a reformed jewel thief in the French Riviera. Considered one of Hitchcock’s greatest cinematic achievements, Vertigo stars James Stewart and Kim Novak in a dizzying web of mistaken identity, passion and murder. North by Northwest, courtesy of Warner Bros., stars Cary Grant alongside Eva Marie Saint as a man on the run who is abducted and framed for murder, and it's considered one of Hitchcock’s most visually stunning films. Perhaps regarded as Hitchcock’s most well-known film, Psycho stars Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins as a mild-mannered motel manager who turns out to be not what he seems. Finally, Hitchcock’s one true “monster” movie, The Birds, stars Tippi Hedren as she fights to survive an unexplainable attack by birds in a quiet seaside town.



ALFRED HITCHCOCK FILMS INCLUDE:

Rear Window

To Catch A Thief (NEW TO 4K ULTRA HD)

Vertigo

North By Northwest (NEW TO 4K ULTRA HD)

Psycho (including Psycho Uncut)

The Birds



BONUS FEATURES INCLUDE:



REAR WINDOW (1954):

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

Masters of Cinema

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

Re-release Trailer Narrated by James Stewart

Feature Commentary with John Fawell, Author of Hitchcock's Rear Window: the Well Made Film

TO CATCH A THIEF (1955):

Filmmaker Focus: Leonard Maltin on To Catch a Thief

Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly (2009)

Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper, Hitchcock Film Historian, and more!

VERTIGO (1958):

Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life of Hitchcock's Masterpiece

Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

Foreign Censorship Ending

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Feature Commentary with Film Director William Friedkin

Theatrical Trailer

Restoration Theatrical Trailer

100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959):

North by Northwest: Cinematography, Score, and the Art of the Edit

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest

The Master’s Touch: Hitchcock’s Signature Style

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

A Guided Tour with Alfred Hitchcock

Commentary by Screenwriter Ernest Lehman

PSYCHO (1960):

Psycho Uncut

The extended version of the movie as seen in theaters in 1960 is exactly as intended by Alfred Hitchcock.

The Making of Psycho

Psycho Sound

In The Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho

The Shower Scene: With and Without Music

The Shower Sequence: Storyboards by Saul Bass

The Psycho Archives

Posters and Psycho Ads

Lobby Cards

Behind-the-Scenes Photographs

Production Photographs

Psycho Theatrical Trailers

Psycho Re-release Trailers

Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello, author of "Alfred Hitchcock and The Making of Psycho"

THE BIRDS (1963):

The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie

All About The Birds

Tippi Hedren's Screen Test

Deleted Scenes

The Original Ending

Hitchcock/Truffaut

The Birds Is Coming (Universal International Newsreel)

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

Theatrical Trailer

100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

​

REAR WINDOW (1954) FILMMAKERS:

Cast: James Stewart (L.B. 'Jeff' Jeffries), Grace Kelly (Lisa Carol Fremont), Raymond Burr (Lars Thorwald), Wendell Corey (Det. Lt. Thomas J. Doyle), Thelma Ritter (Stella)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Producer: Alfred Hitchcock

Screenplay: John Michael Hayes

Based on the Work(s) of: Cornell Woolrich

Director of Photography: Robert Burks



TO CATCH A THIEF (1955) FILMMAKERS:

Cast: Cary Grant (John Robie), Grace Kelly (Frances Stevens), Jessie Royce Landis (Jessie Stevens)

Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock

Screenplay By: John Michael Hayes

Based on the Novel By: David Dodge



VERTIGO (1958) FILMMAKERS:

Cast: James Stewart (Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson), Kim Novak (Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton), Barbara Bel Geddes (Marjorie 'Midge' Wood), Tom Helmore (Gavin Elster)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Producer: Alfred Hitchcock

Screenplay: Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor

Music: Bernard Herrmann

Based on the Work(s) of: Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac

Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Henry Bumstead, Sam Comer, Frank McKelvy



NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) FILMMAKERS:

Cast: Cary Grant (Roger O. Thornhill), Eva Marie Saint (Eve Kendall), James Mason (Phillip Vandamn), Jessie Royce Landis (Clara Thornhill)

Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock

Written By: Ernest Lehman



PSYCHO (1960) FILMMAKERS:

Cast: Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates), Janet Leigh (Marion Crane), Vera Miles (Lila Crane), John Gavin (Sam Loomis), Martin Balsam (Milton Arbogast), John McIntire (Dep. Sheriff Al Chambers)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Producer: Alfred Hitchcock

Screenplay: Joseph Stefano

Music: Bernard Herrmann

Based on the Work(s) of: Robert Bloch

Director of Photography: John L. Russell

Art Direction: Joseph Hurley, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo



THE BIRDS (1963) FILMMAKERS:

Cast: Tippi Hedren (Melanie Daniels), Rod Taylor (Mitch Brenner), Jessica Tandy (Lydia Brenner), Suzanne Pleshette (Annie Hayworth), Veronica Cartwright (Cathy Brenner), Malcolm Atterbury (Deputy Al Malone)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Producer: Alfred Hitchcock

Screenplay: Evan Hunter

Visual Effects: Ub Iwerks



TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

REAR WINDOW (1954):

Layers: BD 100

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.66:1 Widescreen

Rating: PG

Subtitles: English SDH, French Canadian, and Latin Spanish

Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), French European (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)

Run Time: 01:55:00

TO CATCH A THIEF (1955):

Layers: BD 66

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen

Rating: PG

Subtitles: English SDH, English, and French

Languages/Sound: English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)

Run Time: 01:46:00

VERTIGO (1958):

Layers: BD 100

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen

Rating: PG

Subtitles: English SDH, French Canadian, and Latin Spanish

Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), English (DTS: X Master Audio), French European (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)

Run Time: 02:09:00

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959):

Layers: BD 66

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.78:1 Widescreen

Rating: Not Rated

Subtitles: English SDH, Parisian French, and Latin Spanish

Languages/Sound: English (Dolby Atmos TrueHD), English (2.0 DTS-HDMA), Parisian French, Latin Spanish

Run Time: 02:16:00

PSYCHO (1960):

Layers: BD 100

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen

Rating: R

Subtitles: English SDH, French Canadian, and Latin Spanish

Languages/Sound: English (DTS:X Master Audio), English (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), French Canadian (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)

Run Time: 01:49:00

THE BIRDS (1963):

Layers: BD 100

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen

Rating: PG-13

Subtitles: English SDH, Brazilian Portuguese, French Canadian, Japanese and Latin Spanish

Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), Brazilian Portuguese (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), French European (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Japanese (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)

Run Time: 02:00:00


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[jayembee]

So...a US version of the previous European (German) announcement?

 

[HDVizion]

So...a US version of the previous European (German) announcement?

Same films, and artwork,but very different packaging. This is a coffee table style book, similar to the one Universal did for their Universal Monsters collection.

 

[darkrock17]

Scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point when it comes to releases like this.

What's the point of Universal releasing WB's and Paramount's 4K NXNW and Thief?

 

[haineshisway]

Finally, they're calling it correctly - Psycho Uncut - Exactly as seen in theaters in 1960.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Amazon preorder is live in top post

Amazon.com

 

[JPCinema]

Finally, they're calling it correctly - Psycho Uncut - Exactly as seen in theaters in 1960.

Why is the uncut version not streaming?

 

[Neil S. Bulk]

Why is the uncut version not streaming?

It's an iTunes Extra now.

 

[Nelson Au]

I saw this set earlier today on the GRUV site, so I figured this is for Region A. What I found interesting is Warner and Paramount collaborated with Universal for their new 4K Hitchcock titles.

I like the artwork but I already have the Universal titles on 4K and have To Catch A Thief on the way and North by Northwest pre-ordered. It would be cool to check out the book.

 

[HDVizion]

Scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point when it comes to releases like this.

What's the point of Universal releasing WB's and Paramount's 4K NXNW and Thief?

Because these are considered his best, and and most popular films. It's not the first time a Hitchcock collection included films from other studios. It was done on BD as well.

 

[jayembee]

I saw this set earlier today on the GRUV site, so I figured this is for Region A. What I found interesting is Warner and Paramount collaborated with Universal for their new 4K Hitchcock titles.

It's no surprise for North by Northwest, at least. Warner and Universal are collaborating on the SDS distribution outfit, and Universal had previously licensed North by Northwest from Warner for their Hitchcock Ultimate Collection BD set.

 

[HDVizion]

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[JoeDoakes]

Scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point when it comes to releases like this.

What's the point of Universal releasing WB's and Paramount's 4K NXNW and Thief?

For someone like me, without those, to be able to get them in one place.

 

[Konstantinos]

I wish we could get a 15 film collection to get rid of this:

 

[jayembee]

I wish we could get a 15 film collection to get rid of this:

I waffled on getting that at the time, as I had the equivalent DVD set in a nice fuzzy box. Good thing I waited, as I ended up upgrading to this:

which also included episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents that Hitch directed.

 

[Nelson Au]

I’m really glad all these Hitchcock titles are being released in UHD and I’m happy to keep the earlier BD sets. Plus it will be necessary to keep DVD copies of the very early titles from England.

 

[Garysb]

Sorry but at $174 currently on Amazon or $130 at GRUV (less 20% if you can get code to work) this is an absurd release. I guess you are paying for the packaging because the individual films, including the 4K films released in 2024 are much cheaper individually or as a part of a set. The films included are Volume 1 of the 4K Universal Hitchcock set plus "North By Northwest" and "To Catch A Thief." Extras, in my opinion, should be added value, not the thing that is driving up the price. At the end of the day it should be about the best presentation of the movies and not glossy pictures, new artwork, and expert commentary much as these are appreciated.

 

[Nick*Z]

I really don't know how many more ways Uni can rape the Hitchcock legacy for extra coin while it continues to pay its monumental holdings little mind elsewhere. I mean, can we just get remastered Blu's of Charade, Tammy and the Bachelor, Mirage, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Paper, House Sitter, and many others that need a little TLC?

Let's see: Hitch' on Blu...there was the Masterpiece Collection and its individually packaged discs. Then there was the 'ultimate collection', followed by the 'essentials' and then the 'house of Hitchcock' and all the endlessly repackaged singles, and then, the 3, 4K classic collections and all of their singles.

Is there anyone at this point who doesn't already own at least one copy of the Psycho, Birds, Vertigo and Rear Window that would be willing to drop coin again, just for re-re-re-repackaging and the ability to own North by Northwest and To Catch a Thief as part of this set for around $200 when you can just spend approximately $60 for those two MIA titles and just add them to what you already own?

 

[compson]

I really don't know how many more ways Uni can rape the Hitchcock legacy for extra coin while it continues to pay its monumental holdings little mind elsewhere. I mean, can we just get remastered Blu's of Charade, Tammy and the Bachelor, Mirage, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Paper, House Sitter, and many others that need a little TLC?

Universal rape the Hitchcock legacy? Please. They’ve produced, presumably at considerable expense, beautiful 4K versions of all 14 titles they control, including those not likely to be crowd pleasers. Movie lovers will enjoy the fruits of their work for many years to come. But I guess they haven’t done much with The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, so . . . .

 

[B-ROLL]

Universal rape the Hitchcock legacy? Please. They’ve produced, presumably at considerable expense, beautiful 4K versions of all 14 titles they control, including those not likely to be crowd pleasers. Movie lovers will enjoy the fruits of their work for many years to come. But I guess they haven’t done much with The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, so . . . .

Well they may be waiting for the "Latest erection results ... with David Dick ..."