Adam Tyner

I've read complaints about DNR in that DVD, but it's been several years since I last watched it and can't remember off the top of my head. It was a standard definition remaster anyway, so Warner couldn't reuse what Lowry did this time around.

I'm very, very glad to have Hitchcock finally on Blu-ray, especially a great one like North by Northwest. Even though To Catch a Thief isn't his best, I'm disappointed that Paramount released two (!) DVDs of it in the high-def era without issuing something on HD DVD or Blu-ray. That wouldn't have been a bad feather for them to have in their cap.

Mr. Cinema

Day 1 purchase.

Sweet Baby James

Same for me. It will look nice next to the DVD and the $100 Criterion LD that I already own.

tylergfoster

Universal is also guilty, their 2-disc SEs of Psycho, Rear Window and Vertigo are all more recent than the last To Catch a Thief, if I remember correctly.

Drexl

That's probably the 1952 version.

dan30oly

how much are you guys getting for your dvd's??? I have one, but will only sell for the right price...

Sweet Baby James

I just looked up the trade-in value at www.wherehouse.com . My copy is quoted at $5 which means it will either be $4.50 to $5 at FYE. With the extra 20% promotion that they are currently running, it will be worth $5.40 to $6 in cash or $6.75 to $7.50 in store credit.

GenPion

Day. One. Purchase. A MUST OWN.

This film is one of my all time favorites. I'm so excited to finally get some Alfred Hitchcock on Blu-ray. It's about time!

Willh51

Awesome!

Adam Tyner

Amazon has the release date for the most recent re-release of To Catch a Thief as March of this year, and the Universal releases were from last Fall. (The TCIT re-release before that was May '07, and that might be what you're thinking of.) I definitely would've preferred those three Universal titles hit Blu-ray if I had my choice, but I could see the studio holding out for a boxed set and then do individual high-def releases down the road. Paramount only has the one now, and even though it's not an overwhelmingly great movie, I bet it would've done pretty decent business (and would have a nice marketing hook to boot) being the first Hitchcock in high-def. Considering how low the MSRP on the latest re-release was in the first place, if nothing else, they could've gotten an extra few bucks out of collectors with a pricier high-def disc. Maybe I'm just impatient for Grace Kelly in VistaVision / 1080p.

NoirFan

I managed to sell mine for $26.96 on Amazon this morning, but once the pre-order for the new disc shows up, you probably won't get much for the older edition.

davidh777

macnorton

Isn't Universal holding out to release those when the Birds remake comes out? I recall reading that somewhere not to long ago.

If that is the case, it isn't that big of a deal.

I would love to see To Catch A Thief released before all of this.

Now the next question is, what other titles in the Warner catalog would look good (Strangers on a Train, I am looking at you).

kefrank

Agreed. While it's not in Hitch's top tier, the dynamic visuals in To Catch a Thief are just crying out for a hi-def presentation.

Drexl

I think the problem is that Universal just doesn't want to release any old movies, let alone Hitchcock. As far as I know, they haven't put out anything made before the 80's yet on BD. It was mostly the same way on HD DVD, although they did release a few 70's films (The Sting, The Deer Hunter, and Smokey and the Bandit).

cdoug57

So glad to finally have a date for this. Another vote for Day 1 purchase.

Doug

macnorton

Wasn't The Sting on HD DVD?

However your point is valid, perhaps a lot of these films need additional work.

Drexl

Yeah, those movies I mentioned were released on HD DVD. That's why I said nothing before the 80's is on BD.

And, I don't know if it's that they need work. I have a feeling they don't think they would sell well compared to recent films.

tylergfoster

Yeah. I didn't realize they'd put it out yet again for the Centennial Collection.

macnorton

Ok my mistake.

Again, I do agree with your statement. We will have to wait and see at this point.

Giles

there's also a 1952 version of Moulin Rouge too

is there another version of 'The Black Cauldron' coming out, or are they listing the past release - I thought I had read a special edition is supposed to be coming out (?)

Jaymole

I sold mine for $40 but it was brand new.

The longer you wait, the less you will get for it.

Josh Z

Sadly, most HD masters are still done at 2k resolution. 4k is growing, but still a minority.

Even the Digital Intermediate for the new Star Trek was only 2k. So movies like that are effectively locked to 2k forever, regardless of what home video formats come out in the future.

milkdog

Then we agree. And thus I continue:

DGibFen

I thought I read in Sound and Vision magazine that 4k was the maximum resolution for most 35mm film, and given that HDTV's are essentially 1k, they don't want to spend the money on that detailed resolution unless it's a special project.

VistaVision, however, is a slightly different animal. From wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VistaVision