Title:
Vertigo
Uniform Title:
Vertigo (Motion picture : 1958)
Edition:
2-disc special ed.
Publication Information:
Universal City, Calif. : Universal, [2008]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
Based on the novel : D'entre les morts / by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary with director and production team; optional audio commentary with film director William Friedkin; "foreign censorship" alternate ending (3 min.); "The Vertigo archives" production designs and sketches gallery; "production notes" production and film synopsis; original theatrical trailer (3 min.); restoration theatrical trailer (2 min.).
Special features (disc 2): "Obsessed with Vertigo: new life for Hitchcock's masterpiece" restoration featurette (30 min.); "Partners in crime: Hitchcock's collaborators" featurette (55 min.); "Hitchcock / Truffaut" audio interview excerpts (14 min.); "Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The case of Mr. Pelham" television episode (26 min.).
Contents:
disc 2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The case of Mr. Pelham: (1955) Shamley Productions ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; teleplay by Francis Cockrell ; based on a story by Anthony Armstrong ; an Alfred Hitchcock production.
Added Author:
Summary:
San Francisco police detective Scottie Ferguson is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe fear of heights. When a rich shipbuilder hires Scottie to follow his wife, who may be suicidal, Scottie finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually Ferguson becomes obsessed with the chance to re-create her in another woman.
System Details:
DVD, DUAL-LAYER, REGION 1; NTSC; DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 STEREO AND 2.0 MONO.
Language Note:
IN ENGLISH WITH OPTIONAL FRENCH OR SPANISH SUBTITLES.
CLOSED-CAPTIONED FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.
