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Signature Collection Vertigo AC-3 WS Signature Collection Rare LaserDisc Thriller

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James Stewart and Kim Novak in... Alfred Hitchcock's...

Vertigo

Signature Collection

( Catalog Number 42941 )
(THX) (1.85:1) (4 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Has Many Special Features that are not on the DTS Version
Audio Commentary by Restorers Harris and Katz, Producer Herbert Coleman, Author Steven Smith and Film Participants
1996 Restored (Robert A. Harris, James C. Kats) version of the film
AMC documentary Obsessed with Vertigo
Foreign censorship ending
A still frame library of storyboards, set design drawings, production stills and advertising materials
CAV side four includes a Documentary, Narrated by Roddy McDowall, about the Film's Production and Restoration
LaserDisc

Vertigo
1958 - 128 min. - Color
Genre: Thriller
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
VERTIGO is Alfred Hitchcock's haunting tale of deception, madness, and death--a masterful exploration of fantasy and anxiety. The film ranks with REAR WINDOW as one of the director's most closely studied films for its psychological complexity, while the obsession of its protagonist--John "Scottie" Ferguson (James Stewart)--can also be seen to parallel that of Hitchcock's own fascination with the icy-blonde leading lady he re-created at the center of so many of his films. Ferguson is a retired detective, his career ended by the onset of a paralyzing fear of heights. An old friend, the wealthy Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore), hires Ferguson to follow his wife (Kim Novak), whom, he explains, has grown obsessed with an ancestor of hers. The assignment, however, draws Ferguson out of his comfortable role as observer and into a complex web of intrigue, mingled with the detective's own fantasies and fears. 

Stewart gives an exceptional performance as the disintegrating detective, while Novak, who was left largely undirected by Hitchcock, conveys a subtle and powerful psychological journey. Another star of the film is its San Francisco setting. VERTIGO is considered one of Hitchcock's most complex, finest films.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Dismissed when first released, later heralded as one of director Alfred Hitchcock's finest films (and, according to Hitchcock, his most personal one), this adaptation of the French novel D'entre les morts weaves an intricate web of obsession and deceit. It opens as Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) realizes he has vertigo, a condition resulting in a fear of heights, when a police officer is killed trying to rescue him from falling off a building. Scottie then retires from his position as a private investigator, only to be lured into another case by his old college friend, Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore). Elster's wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak), has been possessed by a spirit, and Elster wants Scottie to follow her. He hesitantly agrees, and thus begins the film's wordless montage as Scottie follows the beautiful yet enigmatic Madeleine through 1950s San Francisco (accompanied by Bernard Herrmann's hypnotic score). After saving her from suicide, Scottie begins to fall in love with her, and she appears to feel the same way. Here tragedy strikes, and each twist in the movie's second half changes our preconceptions about the characters and events. In 1996 a new print of Vertigo was released, restoring the original grandeur of the colors and the San Francisco backdrop, as well as digitally enhancing the soundtrack. --- Dylan Wilcox

It did middling business and the critics were unimpressed in 1958, but Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo has come to be considered his greatest film for its complex examination of romantic pathology. Seamlessly combining evocative imagery and thematic concerns, Hitchcock structured Vertigo through numerous visual and narrative circles and twists, beginning with Saul Bass's opening title sequence. Steadily drawing the viewer into the figurative whirlpool of Scottie's mind as he investigates Madeleine, Hitchcock then broke the rules of suspense (as he would again in Psycho) with a mid-movie revelation that transforms the film from an eerie mystery into a deeply disturbing story of necrophiliac obsession. Using such visual effects as a track-out/zoom-in to signal Scottie's vertigo, Judy's hazily green-lit reemergence as Madeleine, and a surreal nightmare sequence, Hitchcock reveals Scotty's tortured psyche, belying James Stewart's nice-guy surface. Further ducking convention, Hitchcock allowed a character to get away with murder, while leaving Scottie metaphorically hanging in uncertainty. Admired by the film school generation of Martin Scorsese and Brian De Palma but unavailable for years due to rights problems, Vertigo had its critical reputation further burnished by its 1983 reissue. Its 1996 restoration returned the washed-out colors to their original clarity and digitally enhanced Bernard Herrmann's haunting score. --- Lucia Bozzola

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Cast for Vertigo

James Stewart - John "Scottie" Ferguson
Kim Novak - Madeleine Elster/Judy Barton
Barbara Bel Geddes - Marjorie "Midge" Wood
Tom Helmore - Gavin Elster
Henry Jones - Coroner
Raymond Bailey - Doctor
Ellen Corby - Manager
Konstantin Shayne - Pop Leibel
Lee Patrick - Older Mistaken Identity
Ed Stevlingson - Attorney
Dori Simmons - Middle-Aged Mistaken Identity
Don Giovanni - Salesman
Buck Harrington - Gateman
Sara Taft - Nun
Mollie Dodd - Beauty Operator
June Jocelyn - Miss Woods
Jack Richardson - Escort (uncredited)
Margaret Brayton - Ransohoff's Saleslady (uncredited)
Paul Bryar - Capt. Hansen
John Benson - Salesman (uncredited)
Nina Shipman - Young Mistaken Identity
William Remick - Jury Foreman
Roxann Delman - Model
Fred Graham - Death Fall Officer (uncredited)
Roland Got - Maitre d'

Crew for Vertigo

Alfred Hitchcock - Director / Producer
Pierre Boileau - Book Author
Alec Coppel - Screenwriter
Thomas Narcejac - Book Author
Samuel A.Taylor - Screenwriter
Robert Burks - Cinematographer
Bernard Herrmann - Composer (Music Score)
George Tomasini - Editor
Henry Bumstead - Art Director
Hal Pereira - Art Director
Herbert Coleman - Associate Producer
Sam Comer - Set Designer
Frank R. McKelvey - Set Designer
Edith Head - Costume Designer
Winston H. Leverett - Sound/Sound Designer
Harold Lewis - Sound/Sound Designer
Wally Westmore - Makeup
Farciot Edouart - Special Effects
John P. Fulton - Special Effects
Daniel McCauley - First Assistant Director

Awards for Vertigo

Best Art Direction (nom) Sam Comer 1958 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) Henry Bumstead 1958 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) Frank R. McKelvey 1958 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) Hal Pereira 1958 Academy
Best Sound (nom) George Dutton (Paramount Studio Sound Department) 1958 Academy
Best Director (nom) Alfred Hitchcock 1958 Directors Guild of America
U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1988 Library of Congress
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

Feature Details

Title: Vertigo
Feature Release Date: 1958
Genre: Thriller
Rating: PG
Color: Color
Runtime: 128 Minutes
Chapters: 47
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV+CAV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 22 Apr 1997
Catalog Number: 42941
UPC: 096894294168
ISBN: 0783219563
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Signature Collection
Publisher: MCA/Universal Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 4
Cover: Gatefold Jacket
Certification: THX
Sound Analog Right: Dolby Digital 5.1
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 42941
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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James Stewart and Kim Novak in... Alfred Hitchcock's...

Vertigo

Signature Collection

( Catalog Number 42941 )
(THX) (1.85:1) (4 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Has Many Special Features that are not on the DTS Version
Audio Commentary by Restorers Harris and Katz, Producer Herbert Coleman, Author Steven Smith and Film Participants
1996 Restored (Robert A. Harris, James C. Kats) version of the film
AMC documentary Obsessed with Vertigo
Foreign censorship ending
A still frame library of storyboards, set design drawings, production stills and advertising materials
CAV side four includes a Documentary, Narrated by Roddy McDowall, about the Film's Production and Restoration
LaserDisc

Vertigo
1958 - 128 min. - Color
Genre: Thriller
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
VERTIGO is Alfred Hitchcock's haunting tale of deception, madness, and death--a masterful exploration of fantasy and anxiety. The film ranks with REAR WINDOW as one of the director's most closely studied films for its psychological complexity, while the obsession of its protagonist--John "Scottie" Ferguson (James Stewart)--can also be seen to parallel that of Hitchcock's own fascination with the icy-blonde leading lady he re-created at the center of so many of his films. Ferguson is a retired detective, his career ended by the onset of a paralyzing fear of heights. An old friend, the wealthy Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore), hires Ferguson to follow his wife (Kim Novak), whom, he explains, has grown obsessed with an ancestor of hers. The assignment, however, draws Ferguson out of his comfortable role as observer and into a complex web of intrigue, mingled with the detective's own fantasies and fears. 

Stewart gives an exceptional performance as the disintegrating detective, while Novak, who was left largely undirected by Hitchcock, conveys a subtle and powerful psychological journey. Another star of the film is its San Francisco setting. VERTIGO is considered one of Hitchcock's most complex, finest films.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Dismissed when first released, later heralded as one of director Alfred Hitchcock's finest films (and, according to Hitchcock, his most personal one), this adaptation of the French novel D'entre les morts weaves an intricate web of obsession and deceit. It opens as Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) realizes he has vertigo, a condition resulting in a fear of heights, when a police officer is killed trying to rescue him from falling off a building. Scottie then retires from his position as a private investigator, only to be lured into another case by his old college friend, Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore). Elster's wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak), has been possessed by a spirit, and Elster wants Scottie to follow her. He hesitantly agrees, and thus begins the film's wordless montage as Scottie follows the beautiful yet enigmatic Madeleine through 1950s San Francisco (accompanied by Bernard Herrmann's hypnotic score). After saving her from suicide, Scottie begins to fall in love with her, and she appears to feel the same way. Here tragedy strikes, and each twist in the movie's second half changes our preconceptions about the characters and events. In 1996 a new print of Vertigo was released, restoring the original grandeur of the colors and the San Francisco backdrop, as well as digitally enhancing the soundtrack. --- Dylan Wilcox

It did middling business and the critics were unimpressed in 1958, but Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo has come to be considered his greatest film for its complex examination of romantic pathology. Seamlessly combining evocative imagery and thematic concerns, Hitchcock structured Vertigo through numerous visual and narrative circles and twists, beginning with Saul Bass's opening title sequence. Steadily drawing the viewer into the figurative whirlpool of Scottie's mind as he investigates Madeleine, Hitchcock then broke the rules of suspense (as he would again in Psycho) with a mid-movie revelation that transforms the film from an eerie mystery into a deeply disturbing story of necrophiliac obsession. Using such visual effects as a track-out/zoom-in to signal Scottie's vertigo, Judy's hazily green-lit reemergence as Madeleine, and a surreal nightmare sequence, Hitchcock reveals Scotty's tortured psyche, belying James Stewart's nice-guy surface. Further ducking convention, Hitchcock allowed a character to get away with murder, while leaving Scottie metaphorically hanging in uncertainty. Admired by the film school generation of Martin Scorsese and Brian De Palma but unavailable for years due to rights problems, Vertigo had its critical reputation further burnished by its 1983 reissue. Its 1996 restoration returned the washed-out colors to their original clarity and digitally enhanced Bernard Herrmann's haunting score. --- Lucia Bozzola

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Cast for Vertigo

James Stewart - John "Scottie" Ferguson
Kim Novak - Madeleine Elster/Judy Barton
Barbara Bel Geddes - Marjorie "Midge" Wood
Tom Helmore - Gavin Elster
Henry Jones - Coroner
Raymond Bailey - Doctor
Ellen Corby - Manager
Konstantin Shayne - Pop Leibel
Lee Patrick - Older Mistaken Identity
Ed Stevlingson - Attorney
Dori Simmons - Middle-Aged Mistaken Identity
Don Giovanni - Salesman
Buck Harrington - Gateman
Sara Taft - Nun
Mollie Dodd - Beauty Operator
June Jocelyn - Miss Woods
Jack Richardson - Escort (uncredited)
Margaret Brayton - Ransohoff's Saleslady (uncredited)
Paul Bryar - Capt. Hansen
John Benson - Salesman (uncredited)
Nina Shipman - Young Mistaken Identity
William Remick - Jury Foreman
Roxann Delman - Model
Fred Graham - Death Fall Officer (uncredited)
Roland Got - Maitre d'

Crew for Vertigo

Alfred Hitchcock - Director / Producer
Pierre Boileau - Book Author
Alec Coppel - Screenwriter
Thomas Narcejac - Book Author
Samuel A.Taylor - Screenwriter
Robert Burks - Cinematographer
Bernard Herrmann - Composer (Music Score)
George Tomasini - Editor
Henry Bumstead - Art Director
Hal Pereira - Art Director
Herbert Coleman - Associate Producer
Sam Comer - Set Designer
Frank R. McKelvey - Set Designer
Edith Head - Costume Designer
Winston H. Leverett - Sound/Sound Designer
Harold Lewis - Sound/Sound Designer
Wally Westmore - Makeup
Farciot Edouart - Special Effects
John P. Fulton - Special Effects
Daniel McCauley - First Assistant Director

Awards for Vertigo

Best Art Direction (nom) Sam Comer 1958 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) Henry Bumstead 1958 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) Frank R. McKelvey 1958 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) Hal Pereira 1958 Academy
Best Sound (nom) George Dutton (Paramount Studio Sound Department) 1958 Academy
Best Director (nom) Alfred Hitchcock 1958 Directors Guild of America
U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1988 Library of Congress
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

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