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[edit] North by Northwest (1959)

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the details of this release are unconfirmed

[edit] Blu-ray Contents - Overview

• North by Northwest (1959) with audio commentary by scriptwriter Ernest Lehman
• Isolated Bernard Herrmann music track
• "Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest" documentary
• "Cary Grant: A Class Apart" documentary
• "The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style" documentary
• "North by Northwest: One for the Ages" documentary

[edit] Blu-ray Information

• released by Warner Brothers in 2009 (USA)
• region encoding:
• format: 1 dual-layered Blu-ray disc in Digibook Blu-ray case
• release date: 03/Nov/2009
• UPC/EAN: ?
• catalogue: ?
• main transfer: 1080P colour
• database ID: 5508

[edit] Blu-ray Contents - Detailed Information

• North by Northwest (1959)
  • length: 136 minutes (02:16:25)
  • audio: English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1), English (DD5.1), French mono (DD1.0), German mono (DD1.0), Italian mono (DD1.0), Japanese mono (DD1.0), Portuguese mono (DD1.0), and Spanish mono (DD1.0)
  • subtitles: English, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish
  • ratio: unknown
  • codec: VC-1 Video
  • bitrate: approx 26.73 Mb/s

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[edit] Comments and Notes

• Warner Home Video has announced 50th Anniversary DVD ($24.98) and Blu-ray Book ($34.99) editions of North by Northwest for the 3rd November. Each will include a Screenwriter commentary, a music only track, a Cary Grant: A Class Apart documentary, a Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest featurette, a photo gallery, trailer gallery, and 2 brand new documentaries ("The Master’s Touch: Hitchcock’s Signature Style", "North by Northwest: One for the Ages"). The Blu-ray Book also contains 44 pages full of photos, film facts and insider information.

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• DVD Beaver
• The Digital Bits - video transfer rating 20 out of 20
• Blu-ray.com - overall rating 5 out of 5
• DVD Town - video transfer rating 8 out of 10
• Hi-Def Digest - overall rating 4.5 out of 5
• Hi Def Disc News - video transfer rating 5 out of 5
• DVD Verdict - overall rating 97 out of 100

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