Hitchcock from WB? Give me info
06-07-04, 04:07 PM
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Nice to hear that Strangers on a Train will be getting the patented WB 2-discer. Looks like my patience was rewarded once again.
I can understand having patience when new releases are around the corner, but this movie has been out for 6 years already!
Heck, why not just wait another 6 years and get the BlueRay version?
06-07-04, 11:43 PM
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Originally posted by chanster
Except for the fact that this DVD came out years ago - 1998. With a pretty good transfer and both versions of the film.
I can understand having patience when new releases are around the corner, but this movie has been out for 6 years already!
Heck, why not just wait another 6 years and get the BlueRay version?
Except for the fact that this DVD came out years ago - 1998. With a pretty good transfer and both versions of the film.
I can understand having patience when new releases are around the corner, but this movie has been out for 6 years already!
Heck, why not just wait another 6 years and get the BlueRay version?
06-08-04, 05:02 PM
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With that nice low MSRP, the entire boxed set should only be around $50 retail.
EXCELLENT
EXCELLENT
06-10-04, 01:33 AM
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06-10-04, 04:48 AM
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Original poster art for covers?! Im about to do something I can only talk about in the mature forum 
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Ill buy this whole set, Im guessing if North by Northwest is included it will be in a keep case too...well worth it to rid snappers from my Hitchcock collection.
.Ill buy this whole set, Im guessing if North by Northwest is included it will be in a keep case too...well worth it to rid snappers from my Hitchcock collection.
06-10-04, 09:55 AM
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Are people just finally starting to notice that the folks at Warner Home Video have been using original poster art for their classic DVD covers for many years? I guess maybe it does look more striking in a keepcase...
06-10-04, 10:09 AM
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Originally posted by RobCA
DVDTimes has posted the cover art:
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=11773
Rob
DVDTimes has posted the cover art:
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=11773
Rob
06-10-04, 02:45 PM
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Well, it looks like the original MSRP for the boxed set was reported wrong.
It's $99.92, not $69.97.
So it'll likely be between $70-80 retail, not $50 as previously reported.
Still, not bad for a nine disc set.
It's $99.92, not $69.97.
So it'll likely be between $70-80 retail, not $50 as previously reported.
Still, not bad for a nine disc set.
06-10-04, 02:48 PM
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Also, North by Northwest wasn't pictured. Will it too be re-issued in a keepcase with original poster art?
06-10-04, 03:54 PM
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Originally posted by jough
Well, it looks like the original MSRP for the boxed set was reported wrong.
It's $99.92, not $69.97.
Well, it looks like the original MSRP for the boxed set was reported wrong.
It's $99.92, not $69.97.
06-10-04, 03:58 PM
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I have the press release from WB sitting here, and it's $69.97.
But $99.92 is what others are reporting, and it sounds about right.
But $99.92 is what others are reporting, and it sounds about right.
06-10-04, 11:37 PM
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Originally posted by Pants
What are the specs on these things? Commentaries?
What are the specs on these things? Commentaries?
Dial M for Murder:
• New documentaries Hitchcock and Dial M and 3D:A Brief History
• Newsreel footage from the movie's premiere event
Foreign Correspondent:
• New making-of documentary Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock
Suspicion:
• New making-of documentary Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
The Wrong Man:
• New making-of documentary Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and the Wrong Man
• Premiere newsreel
Stage Fright:
• New making-of documentary Hitchcock and Stage Fright
I Confess:
• New making-of documentary Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess
• Premiere newsreel
Mr. and Mrs. Smith:
• New making-of documentary Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths
Strangers on a Train:
• Alternate 'preview' version of the film
• Commentary by director Peter Bogdanovich, Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano, Strangers on a Train author Patricia Highsmith and biographer Andrew Wilson
• New making-of documentary Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic, with Farley Granger, film historian Richard Schickel, Patricia Hitchcock O'Connell and other Hitchcock family members and colleagues recalling the making of this suspense landmark
• Three intriguing featurettes:
The Hitchcocks on Hitch
Strangers on a Train: The Victim's P.O.V.
Strangers on a Train by M. Night Shyamalan
• Alfred Hitchcock's Historical Meeting, a vintage newsreel
North by Northwest:
• The Man on Lincoln's Nose: The Making of North by Northwest, a behind-the-scenes documentary
• Feature-length commentary by screenwriter Ernest Lehman
• Television commercial from the film's original theatrical release
• Production stills gallery, production notes and filmography of principal talent
• A music only track in Dolby stereo of Bernard Herrmann's classic score
Each DVD will be presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition and will include the original theatrical trailer, and subtitles in English, French and Spanish.
06-11-04, 02:14 AM
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I Hope radio shows are part of the bonus package.
Bob Hope and Carole Lombard did Mr and Mrs on The Lux Radio Theatre.
Bob Hope and Carole Lombard did Mr and Mrs on The Lux Radio Theatre.
06-11-04, 02:32 AM
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if i'm not wrong, the current version of Strangers on a Train has 2 different cuts of the same movie on a dual sided disc.
also, i think there's a making of documentary missing from the new version of North by Northwest that can be found on the current version...
also, i think there's a making of documentary missing from the new version of North by Northwest that can be found on the current version...
06-11-04, 02:57 AM
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Yeah, the current Strangers on a Train disc has the U.S. version on one side and the British version on the other. It looks like the new version will have only the U.S. version, and yet another version, the "preview" version of the film. I guess I'll be hanging on to the old disc.
AFAIK, the NxNW disc will be identical to the current version, with all features and docs. I'm just wondering about the packaging - since all of the others will be in keepcases, I'd assume that NxNW will be repackaged in a keepcase for the boxed set.
No confirmation yet, though.
AFAIK, the NxNW disc will be identical to the current version, with all features and docs. I'm just wondering about the packaging - since all of the others will be in keepcases, I'd assume that NxNW will be repackaged in a keepcase for the boxed set.
No confirmation yet, though.
06-11-04, 03:48 AM
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with regards to the extras found on the current North by Northwest DVD, this is the detail that I lifted from somebody who posted their comments @ Amazon:
"Destination Hitchcock", hosted by Eva Marie Saint, is a documentary about the making of this movie featuring interviews with Hitchcock's daughter Patricia and screen writer Ernest Lehman (Who also does an audio commentary). A theatrical trailer, a "Hitchcock Trailer", a TV spot, a photo gallery, cast and crew bios and an isolated version of Hermann's music score complete this excellent package.
"Destination Hitchcock", hosted by Eva Marie Saint, is a documentary about the making of this movie featuring interviews with Hitchcock's daughter Patricia and screen writer Ernest Lehman (Who also does an audio commentary). A theatrical trailer, a "Hitchcock Trailer", a TV spot, a photo gallery, cast and crew bios and an isolated version of Hermann's music score complete this excellent package.
06-13-04, 11:12 AM
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The current NxNW disc does not contain "The Man on Lincoln's Nose". It contains a different making of feature. "The Man on Lincoln's Nose" is an academy award nominated documentary made 3 or 4 years ago.
After the anouncement of specs I will not be buying this box set. These featurette docs are all repititious information. I love Pat Hitchcock but I've heard every one of her stories 3 times over. These documentaries never offer any new information or points of view beyond the cannonized mythos surrounding each film. This information is available anywhere. I was hoping for schollarly commentary and I'm very disapointed.
I'm only getting Foriegn Correspondent, I Confess, and maybe The Wrong Man.
After the anouncement of specs I will not be buying this box set. These featurette docs are all repititious information. I love Pat Hitchcock but I've heard every one of her stories 3 times over. These documentaries never offer any new information or points of view beyond the cannonized mythos surrounding each film. This information is available anywhere. I was hoping for schollarly commentary and I'm very disapointed.
I'm only getting Foriegn Correspondent, I Confess, and maybe The Wrong Man.
Last edited by Pants; 06-13-04 at 11:16 AM.