Thread: All Things: Alfred Hitchcock

I am getting really excited for that Hitchcock movie!!! :D

Today's assignment from Professor Orphy: You should all read the book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho and write a book report on it.

Amazon is currently selling To Catch A Thief on Blu for $12.49:

Amazon.com: To Catch a Thief [Blu-ray]: Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, Charles Vanel, Jessie Royce Landis, Alfred Hitchcock: Movies & TV

Two Hitchcock Blu-ray Thrillers from Warner Bros.

Warner Home Entertainment will bring two films from director Alfred Hitchcock (The 39 Steps) to Blu-ray in October - Strangers on a Train and Dial M for Murder.

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Strangers on a Train:

Extended preview version of the film with adult content not present in the U.S. theatrical edition
Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich, Joseph Stefano, Andrew Wilson, Joe Alves, Peter Benchley, Tere Caruba, Whitfield Cook, Katie Fiala, Richard Franklin, Alfred Hitchcock, Patricia Hitchcock O'Connell, Kasey Rogers, Richard Schickel, and Mary Stone
Behind-the-scenes featurettes:
Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic
Strangers on a Train: The Victim's P.O.V.
Strangers on a Train: An Appreciation by M. Night Shyamalan
The Hitchcocks on Hitch
Alfred Hitchcock's Historical Meeting
Theatrical trailer

Dial M for Murder:

Behind-the-scenes featurettes:
Hitchcock and Dial M
3D: A Brief History
Original 1954 theatrical trailer

Both films street on October 9th.

Dial M will be a 3D Blu-ray.

Oh, and in case you missed SmytheKing's post in the Blu-ray thread:

Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection Blu-ray

In the Fall, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will bring Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection to Blu-ray. This limited edition box set compiles fifteen titles from the legendary filmmaker's career, thirteen of which make their respective U.S. Blu-ray debut through this package.

The films include (* denotes new-to-Blu-ray):

Saboteur (1942)*
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)*
Rope (1948)*
Rear Window (1954)*
The Trouble with Harry (1955)*
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)*
Vertigo (1958)*
North by Northwest (1959)
Psycho (1960)
The Birds (1963)*
Marnie (1964)*
Torn Curtain (1966)*
Topaz (1969)*
Frenzy (1972)*
Family Plot (1976)*

**** yeah.

I actually want to see Family Plot. Isn't that the one w/Burgess Meridith, Karen Black and Oliver 'looney' Reed? OH yeah...ain't Bette Davis' corpse in that too?

Originally Posted by orpheus

WHAT...have I stump-ed the Dolphin???

nope...Karen Black is in it...but Bruce 'looney' Dern is in it...what movie am I thinking about???

nevermind...Burnt Offerings