The Alfred Hitchcock Collection

[KingSimba]

Release Date: 26th/November/2012
Distributor: Warner Bros.

Includes
North by Northwest
Dial M for Murder
Strangers on a Train

[antmumford]

It just get's better and better

[dallywhitty]

I imagine this'll include North by Northwest, Strangers on a Train, Dial M For Murder and a few others. I have the Warner Bros Hitchcock Signature Collection on DVD but have only watched two of the films in the set!

[alibaba-uk]

God - this is a dream come true.

For me 2011 has been pretty bare for catalogue releases, but a Warner Hitchcock set is massively exciting.

[Brett C]

Day one purchase for me!

[Bruce Morrison]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

I imagine this'll include North by Northwest, Strangers on a Train, Dial M For Murder and a few others. I have the Warner Bros Hitchcock Signature Collection on DVD but have only watched two of the films in the set!

Besides those three, I think the other well-known Hitchcock title owned by Warner is The Wrong Man. So that will hopefully be included as well.

[duggie walker]

WB released a batch of Hitchcocks a while back - the ones mentioned and also I CONFESS, SUSPICION and STAGE FRIGHT.

[thecardman23]

BD.com doesnt have this listed yet. anybody have a link to the release?

[Leterface]

Originally Posted by -jonny-

BD.com???

I think this sites name should be changed to bd.com - afterall we dont talk about digital versatile discs or compact discs, instead we talk of dvd and cd. For me it is BD and everything else sounds stupid. But ofcourse a internet sites name can be what ever without problems if it does its job..

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by -jonny-

Everyone calls it "Blu-ray"; not "BD" or "Blu-ray Disc". CD and DVD are irrelevant.

Might not suit the point you want to make, maybe, but hardly irrelevant.

I see "BD" or "Blu-ray Disc" fairly often. Ditto "Blu" or even "Blu-ray DVD". I tend to use "BD" myself, because "Blu-ray" is a bit of a kludge, and just sounds like marketing-speak to me.


Back to the Hitchcock releases: if WB can do the kind of job it did on "North by Northwest", it'll be stellar. Doubt they'll go to that extent of clean-up for most of the titles, though.

[Arkadin]

this is the Warner Signature Collection that they came out with.
so these are the titles Warner has the rights to-

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The Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection DVD

[Deciazulado]

This, the one they released in the UK



The Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection DVD

[Kuros]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

This, the one they released in the UK



The Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection DVD

Correct; the UK rights, for the three films missing from the UK set, belong to Universal and not WB.

[Arkadin]

oops.
didn't realize the UK version was missing 3 films.
(btw: that's a major bummer--suspicion and FC are very nice films)

[nicknifty]

I would prefer standalone releases for these Warner releases, especially Strangers on a Train and Dial M for Murder. Particularly if they were beautiful digibooks like North By Northwest has already got.

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by Kuros

Correct; the UK rights, for the three films missing from the UK set, belong to Universal and not WB.

I'm absurdly idealistic and impractical about many things, I'm well aware, but wouldn't it be swell if – in a situation like the works of one specific director – the various distribution entities got together and arranged simultaneous releases of their various proprietary titles, but co-ordinated things like the box and disc artwork, and whether each title got one or two discs, that sort of thing?

I would have thought it would be a win in all directions. Each company would market and profit from the titles it had the rights to, and purchasers would get uniform sets that functioned like different volumes of the one series.

Too much to even dream about, do you think?

[thecardman23]

Originally Posted by Leterface

I think this sites name should be changed to bd.com - afterall we dont talk about digital versatile discs or compact discs, instead we talk of dvd and cd. For me it is BD and everything else sounds stupid. But ofcourse a internet sites name can be what ever without problems if it does its job..

didnt realize my abbreviation (which i thought was fairly obvious given the subject of our discussion) would be so perplexing to some..


.. back on topic, just got The Lady Vanishes (Criterion) delivered today. Will be watching it soon. Cant wait for more of his stuff to be released. NBNW is one of my classical favs.

[KrugerIndustrial]

Any idea if Universal is going to release this set on Blu-ray anytime soon?

The Birds /Family Plot /Frenzy /The Man Who Knew Too Much /Marnie /Psycho /Rear Window /Rope /Saboteur /Shadow Of A Doubt /Topaz /Torn Curtain /The Trouble With Harry /Vertigo

[Yami]

They're planning to release a set but we don't know what it'll include.

[KrugerIndustrial]

Originally Posted by Yami

They're planning to release a set but we don't know what it'll include.

Thank you. It would be perfect if it would include all these films!