riotinmyskull

anyone know what's been added to this double dip?

http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_ite...earchID=511155

alfonsosoriano

Sweet, I never picked up the other version for my Hitchcock collection, so I'll get this one if it's a lot better.

darkside

Damn, I just bought this. Oh well, I only paid $5 for it.

MBoyd

I will only double dip if it comes to HD DVD.

Geofferson

The current release is pretty good. I don't think I'll be double-dipping on this one.

Mr. Cinema

I didn't realize the previous version had extras. Paramount usually doesn't double dip unless the previous dvd was barebones. Maybe they've added a commentary from a Hitchcock historian. Needless to say, I don't own the first release, so I'll just wait for this one. Nice list price of $14.99

meritocracy

The price is quite nice and I'll wait until more details emerge, but this will have to be a rather substantial upgrade to what is already a solid release for me to bite.

PatrickMcCart

I hope this better presents the VistaVision image than the old DVD. The color is good, but it could have been made in 16mm from how it looks.

This isn't exactly in the same league as Vertigo, Rear Window, Psycho, and Frenzy, but it's fun. It has Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, and wonderful French Riviera settings (which helped win an Oscar for cinematography).

At least it's a regular collector's edition instead of a "Fireworks Cutaway Edition"

siegfried

I'm cutting back on all double dip spending,.....waiting for HD.

Ethan VanSciver

How weird...the version they already released was fine. How about a nice new Paradine Case?

Cameron

hope the transfer looks better this time out...but jeez paramount, your sitting on a great catalog of film that has never reached dvd and home video. give us some of that instead

Living Dead

My thoughts exactly. That's the only Hitch DVD I don't own.

mike7162

Yeah, and what about that box set that was announced a couple of years ago that was supposed to have Paradine, Young and Innocent, and others? A totally pointless double dip.

alfonsosoriano

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=PRD012073

Sub $10 price at DDD

Ethan VanSciver

I've got a decent Paradine Case. I think it's from the UK, but it plays fine. No extras, no menu, though. I have every Hitch but Juno and Paycock. I'm hoping Lionsgate goes ahead with that one on a future set.

Premise

If you don't want to wait, the original release is in the new 4.88 display at WM.

darkside

I still have the Anchor Bay version. It is one of Hitch's worst films of that era so I doubt many are jumping at the chance to rerelease it.

Harry Lime

today keeps on getting better with more and more news like this

Ethan VanSciver

I liked it. And nothing with Gregory Peck can be bad. (Wait, let me rethink that one for awhile....)

Under Capricorn is the absolute worst Hitchcock film. It's really, really dull.

Ethan VanSciver

If your name is Harry Lime, you are automatically qualified to be my friend.

PatrickMcCart

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReview/Catch/scape.jpg

"Fine" in that it's not unwatchable, but it's one of the many VistaVision Paramount DVDs that just doesn't cut it in terms of image quality. It wouldn't even be "fine" as a normal 35mm film.

In comparision, here's captures from Hitchcock's other VistaVision films:

The Trouble with Harry: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDRev...D%20Review.jpg

Vertigo (16x9 remaster):
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDRev...%20%202111.jpg

North by Northwest:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCom...west/old_4.JPG

Harry Lime

Lol, ill be glad to have you as a friend

darkside

If the Searchers is anything to go by the VistaVision films really won't be well represented until they get an HD release. I've seen many films so far that were only marginal improvements in HD DVD, but the things shot with these ultra resolution methods like VistaVision and other 65mm and 70mm processes are night and day differences.
Hopefully, Paramount and Universal will do quality HD transfers of these VistaVision Hitchcock films.

PatrickMcCart

The Searchers was definitely a night and day difference... the old DVD isn't horrible, but the restoration looks like a brand new movie. WB even made High Society look fantastic just using normal optical processes to recombine the separations (another faded negative). I'm eager to see if they'll use the UR process on North by Northwest. As good as the 2000 DVD looked then, it's a bit too soft and it's a bit too light on contrast. There's some color issues, such as the purple tinted skies in the cornfield scene and slightly orange skin tones. The negative had fading issues, so I'm sure they could get A+ color and image quality off the separations.\

I can't wait to see how Vertigo looks in HD. The remastered DVD looks fantastic (same thing with The Trouble with Harry), but I bet it pops off the screen in HD.

basaro

There is a review of this up in the database.

It's hard to tell if the transfer is the same, but these are the additions I noticed:
2.0 Surround mix
Audio commentary with Peter Bogdanovich and Laurent Bouzereau.

Everything else appears to be there from the current release, maybe not the photo gallery though. Wasn't mentioned that I saw.