Notorious (1946) and Spellbound?? • Home Theater Forum

Does anyone know what happened to the Blu-rays of Notorious (1946) and Spellbound? These two were released along with Rebecca by MGM back in 2012. The Rebecca disc continues to be available and there is another Criterion Rebecca disc that was released in 2017. However, the Notorious (1946) and Spellbound are both of out print for some reason. My understanding is that ABC owns the rights to all three films… so what’s up? You could say Criterion is preparing discs for both, maybe but why is the Rebecca MGM blu ray still in print!?

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Feb 25, 2018

#2 of 46

TheSteig

Screenwriter

Most likely the rights are with Criterion, and it would not surprise me at all to see them both announced on any given 15th of the month.. or the 16th

Feb 25, 2018

#3 of 46

Osato

Senior HTF Member

I have the older mgm blu rays. I have been wanting to upgrade Rebecca to the criterion.

So far, I have not done so though..

Feb 25, 2018

#4 of 46

warnerbro

Supporting Actor

You can still get the bluray combo of all three together for 99 bucks and separately for a small fortune. Don't worry, they'll get a new release then 4k and on and on. Hitchcock films aren't going anywhere.

Feb 25, 2018

#5 of 46

Kevin EK

Reviewer

Senior HTF Member

I know where my copies of those Blu-rays are. On the shelf, next to the other Hitchcocks.
Although I did augment the group with the Criterion Rebecca. I'd be happy to augment the other two with Criterion editions as well.

Feb 26, 2018

#6 of 46

Robert Crawford

Crawdaddy

Moderator

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Kevin EK said:
I know where my copies of those Blu-rays are. On the shelf, next to the other Hitchcocks.
Although I did augment the group with the Criterion Rebecca. I'd be happy to augment the other two with Criterion editions as well.

Same here.

Feb 26, 2018

#7 of 46

TravisR

Senior HTF Member

Nothing more than a guess but since Criterion released Rebecca last fall, I figure that Spellbound will come out this fall and Notorious will be out in fall 2019.

Feb 26, 2018

#8 of 46

warnerbro

Supporting Actor

I'm sure Criterion will release all of those eventually, but the ABC versions were excellent, but bare bones. They were very cheap at first, but now they are being sold by private buyers for high prices.

Feb 26, 2018

#9 of 46

Kevin EK

Reviewer

Senior HTF Member

I don’t find the ABC Blu-rays to be bare bones. They have commentaries, radio play versions directed by Hitchcock and other goodies. Granted, they may feel bare bones when compared to Criterion, but I always want to be fair on this stuff...

Feb 26, 2018

#10 of 46

Garysb

Senior HTF Member

Wouldn't Kino have these films via their Disney deal which seems to include all the Selznick films in the ABC library.

Feb 26, 2018

#11 of 46

Derrick King

Supporting Actor

Garysb said:
Wouldn't Kino have these films via their Disney deal which seems to include all the Selznick films in the ABC library.

Not necessarily. Mr. Lime mentioned that a small batch are not with Kino, and since Criterion has re-released two of their four OOP ABC titles, the odds are good that they regained the rights to these two.

Feb 26, 2018

#12 of 46

AlexNH

Second Unit

What are the two?

Feb 26, 2018

#13 of 46

AlexNH

Second Unit

TravisR said:
Nothing more than a guess but since Criterion released Rebecca last fall, I figure that Spellbound will come out this fall and Notorious will be out in fall 2019.

Why do you think 2019 and not 2018?

Feb 26, 2018

#14 of 46

Matt Hough

Reviewer

Senior HTF Member

I reviewed all three of those Hitchcock/MGM Blu-rays, so the bonus material is spelled out in those reviews. A simple search will lead anyone to them.

Feb 26, 2018

#15 of 46

TravisR

Senior HTF Member

AlexNH said:
Why do you think 2019 and not 2018?

Since they're basically a re-release for many consumers, I figure they want to spread those out over time. I could be totally wrong though.

Feb 27, 2018

#16 of 46

Derrick King

Supporting Actor

AlexNH said:
What are the two?

Straw Dogs and Rebecca, both came out last year in new 4K transfers. Unless there is a big problem with the elements, I suspect that both Notorious and Spellbound are coming later this year .

Mar 4, 2018

#17 of 46

Osato

Senior HTF Member

Derrick King said:
Straw Dogs and Rebecca, both came out last year in new 4K transfers. Unless there is a big problem with the elements, I suspect that both Notorious and Spellbound are coming later this year .

Hmm. May be a good time to sell my mgm copies then. I’ll want the new versions..

Mar 4, 2018

#18 of 46

AlexNH

Second Unit

The Rebecca MGM disc is cheap but it's a good time to sell the other two.

Mar 4, 2018

#19 of 46

Osato

Senior HTF Member

If these are new 4K scans... how long till we see UHd releases?

I feel like I’m on a fence with purchases of blu rays even though I haven’t switched to 4K.