Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection

Fans of Alfred Hitchcock Go pick up this limited Edition collocation / First time on Blu-Ray 15 film set From Alfred Hitchcock.

The collection Includes : 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), and Family Plot (1976)

The collection not only has an exclusive collectible 50-page book But it also is packed with 15 hours of extras.

Suggested retail for the collection is $299 Amazon has it listed at $224.86  and set to release September 25, 2012

Saboteur:

• Saboteur: A Closer Look behind-the-scenes featurette
• Storyboards for the “Statue of Liberty” setpiece
• Alfred Hitchcock’s sketches
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

Shadow of a Doubt:

• Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock’s Favorite Film behind-the-scenes featurette
• Production drawings by art director Robert Boyle
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

Rope:

• Rope Unleashed behind-the-scenes featurette
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

Rear Window:

• Commentary with Hitchcock’s Rear Window: The Well-Made Film author John Fawell
• Masters of Cinema featurette
• Rear Window Ethics: An Original Documentary
• A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes
• Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of The Master
• Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
• Hitchcock-Truffaut interview excerpts
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailers
• Re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart
• BD Live and Pocket Blu (BD Exclusive)

The Trouble with Harry:

• The Trouble with Harry Isn’t Over behind-the-scenes featurette
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailers

The Man Who Knew Too Much:

• The Making of The Man Who Knew Too Much behind-the-scenes featurette
• Production photographs
• Trailers

Vertigo:

• Commentary: Associate producer Herbert Coleman, restoration team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz, and otherVertigo participants
• Commentary: Filmmaker William Friedkin
• Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock’s Masterpiece
• Partners in Crime: Hitchcock’s Collaborators
• The Vertigo Archives feature
• Hitchcock-Truffaut interview excerpts
• Foreign censorship Ending
• 100 Years of Universal featurette: The Lew Wasserman Era
• Theatrical trailer
• Restoration theatrical trailer
• BD Live and Pocket Blu (BD Exclusive)

Psycho:

• Commentary with Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho author Stephen Rebello
• The Making of Psycho
• Psycho Sound
• In The Master’s Shadow: Hitchcock’s Legacy
• Breakdowns of the “Shower Scene” setpiece: with and without music, storyboards by Saul Bass
• The Psycho Archives feature
• Vintage newsreel: The Release of Psycho
• Hitchcock-Truffaut interview excerpts
• Posters and Psycho ads
• Lobby cards
• Behind-the-scenes photographs
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer
• Re-release trailers

The Birds:

• The Birds: Hitchcock’s Monster Movie (BD Exclusive)
• All About The Birds
• The Birds Is Coming Vintage Newsreel
• Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock Vintage Newsreel
• Tippi Hedren’s screen test
• Hitchcock-Truffaut interview excerpts
• Deleted scene
• Original ending
• Storyboards
• Production photographs
• Restoring the Classics
• The Lot
• Theatrical trailer
• BD Live and Pocket Blu (BD Exclusive)

Marnie:

• The Trouble with Marnie behind-the-scenes featurette
• The Marnie Archives feature
• Theatrical trailer

Torn Curtain:

• Torn Curtain Rising behind-the-scenes featurette
• Selected scenes scored by Bernard Herrmann
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

Topaz:

• Alternate endings
• Topaz: An Appreciation with film historian and critic Leonard Maltin
• Storyboards for “The Mendozas” setpiece
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

Frenzy:

• The Story of Frenzy behind-the-scenes featurette
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

Family Plot:

• Plotting Family Plot behind-the-scenes featurette
• Storyboards for the chase scene
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

North by Northwest (This title is NOT included in the UK release) :

• Commentary by screenwriter Ernest Lehman
• Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest
• North by Northwest: One for the Ages
• The Master’s Touch: Hitchcock’s Signature Style
• Cary Grant: A Class Apart
• Music-only audio track
• Stills gallery
• Theatrical trailers and TV spot

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My Take: Great collection wish I had that amount of money to spend. I hope They sell the Blu-rays separately.