Bibliograph

Alfred Hitchcock, the essentials collection, Universal Pictures ; Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc

Type

Label

Alfred Hitchcock, the essentials collection, Universal Pictures ; Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rear window & Vertigo: MPAA rating: PG. The Birds: MPAA rating: PG-13. Psycho: MPAA rating: R. North by northwest: Not rated

Main title

Alfred Hitchcock

Oclc number

769023594

Responsibility statement

Universal Pictures ; Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc

Runtime

Sub title

the essentials collection

Summary

In Rear window, A photographer confined to his room with a broken leg suspects a murder has been committed in a nearby apartmentVertigo is an elaborately constructed murder story and a fascinating study in sexual obsession. A detective with a fear of heights is drawn into a complex plot in which a girl he loves apparently falls to her death. He then meets her double and tries to re-create the image of the woman he has loved but lost in deathIn North by northwest, an ad executive is mistaken for a spy by foreign agentsPsycho is a horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his motherIn The Birds, a small California town is attacked by thousands of birds

Table Of Contents

[Disc 1]., Rear window, [Disc 2]., Vertigo, [Disc 3]., North by northwest, [Disc 4]., Psycho, [Disc 5]., BirdsRear window (115 min.) (1954) -- Vertigo (ca. 130 min.) (1958) -- North by northwest (136 min.) (1959) -- Psycho (109 min.) (1960) -- The birds (120 min.) (1963)

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Essentials collection, Rear window ; Vertigo ; North by northwest ; Psycho ; The birds

Contributor