Adrenaline

I'm loving my Criterions and I was wondering if there are plans of any more of Hitchcocks masterpieces like Sabotage.

Paul Drake

I have no info, but I would love to see the original "Man Who Knew Too Much" on Criterion.

Adrenaline

I think all of his better movies should be part of the collection, along with some of John Carpenter's movies.

SCHMEGGA

Rear Window is still one of my faves. I doubt CC will get a chance with it though. The current release is pretty good in quality I hear (haven't watched mine yet).

FilmFanSea

Criterion has said that they plan to release some more Hitchcock in 2004, but haven't mentioned any titles.

Criterion released the following on laserdisc, so these would probably be the safest bets:

Sabotage (1936)
Young and Innocent/The Girl was Young (1937)
Blackmail (1929)
Secret Agent (1936)

Here are the other major Hitchcock's, which have either never had a DVD release, are OOP, or have only been released by the "public domain" companies (e.g. Delta, Madacy). I've indicated which company is presumed to hold the rights (per IMDb):

Dial M for Murder (1954/Warner)
Foreign Correspondent (1940/UA-->MGM?)
Lifeboat (1944/Fox?)
Suspicion (1941/RKO-->Warner?)
Lodger (1927/Public Domain?)
The Wrong Man (1956/Warner)
I Confess (1953/Warner)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934/?)
Stage Fright (1950/Warner)
Murder! (1930/?)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941/RKO-->Warner?)
The Paradine Case (1947/UA-->MGM?)

Those owned by Warner, MGM, and Fox (if the rights listed are accurate), Criterion won't be able to release. The others are at least theoretically possible to become Criterion titles.

Universal owns most of the later films, & I believe they've released all of the Hitchcock's they own the rights to. While they have licensed some of their film titles to Criterion in the past, I think it's unlikely that they would license any of the major (i.e., moneymaking) Hitchcock titles to Criterion (including Rear Window).

Adrenaline

That sucks, North by Northwest is out of the question too isn't it?

ZackR

The current North By Northwest disc is beautiful. I just watched it Monday night. It is one of the best restorations/transfers I have seen. I highly recommend it!

D-Ball

Warner Bros. has stated that they are planning on releasing several Hitchcock titles in 2004.

Chew

I agree

dvdguy

Right. It doesn't have to be Criterion to be great.

Gil Jawetz

The North By Northwest and Rear Window DVDs are as good as anything Criterion has put out, as if Vertigo with the caveat that it's nonanamorphic (as is much of Criterion's line from back then). Plus, WB's Strangers on a Train has a nice transfer and two versions of the film for a low, low price. Hitch has been served well on DVD.

That said, I'd love a deluxe Foreign Correspondent.

Adrenaline

Well I'll give it some time they may end up releasing the movies of his that I really want, I'd rather have his movies in the Criterion Collection, to keep some consistantcy within my collection.

lesterlong

It'd be nice if Warner released those as their 2-disc sets.

rockinghorse

I completly agree.

darkside

I'm confused. Is it about the movies or the discs they are sold on.

I have nearly all of the Hitchcock movies currently on DVD. I love Hitchcock and it doesn't matter if its released by Universal, Warner, Criterion, or whoever as long as they do a good job in transfering it to DVD.

Nothing wrong with buying Criterions, but to pass on classics like North by Northwest and Rear Window because they are not Criterions is sad.

Adrenaline

Darkside:

I will eventually get the rest of the Hitchcock classics, between now and Christmas I have about 80 dvds I plan on getting, I'll have more then enough to keep me busy months. This also gives Criterion more time to release info on their next batch of Hitchcock movies.

I really don't want to get all of the non-Criterion Hitchcocks only find out 6 months down the road a new kick @$$ Criterion version is out.

davidvp

I'd disagree here. "Strangers" looks a bit too fuzzy for DVD (IMO). Both sides too. Anyone else think so? Possible reason is that it's one of the older (1997) DVD releases.