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Contents 1 Rear Window (1954) - Legacy Series 1.1 Page Status 1.2 Product Links 1.3 DVD Contents - Overview 1.4 DVD Information 1.5 DVD Contents - Detailed Information 1.5.1 DVD 1 1.5.2 DVD 2 1.6 Booklet/Insert 1.7 Related Releases 1.8 Comments and Notes 1.9 Reviews 1.10 Relevant Message Board Topics 1.11 Images

[edit] Rear Window (1954) - Legacy Series

[edit] Page Status

the details of this release have been confirmed as accurate

[edit] Product Links

• Amazon (USA)

[edit] DVD Contents - Overview

• Rear Window (1954) with a feature length commentary track
• 55 minute "Rear Window Ethics - Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic" documentary
• 13 minute "A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes" featurette
• 25 minute "Pure Cinema - Through the Eyes of the Master" documentary
• 24 minute "Breaking Barriers - The Sound of Hitchcock" documentary

[edit] DVD Information

• released by Universal in 2008 (USA)
• region encoding: region 1
• format: 2 discs
• release date: 07/Oct/2008
• UPC/EAN: 025195018258
• catalogue: 61102353
• main transfer: NTSC colour
• database ID: 4808

[edit] DVD Contents - Detailed Information

[edit] DVD 1

• Rear Window (1954)
  • length: 114 minutes (01:54:08)
  • audio: English stereo (DD2.0, 192Kb/s) and French stereo (DD2.0, 192Kb/s)
  • subtitles: English, French, and Spanish
  • ratio: approx 1.66:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 8.2 Mb/sec

• Feature length commentary track - with John Fawell (author of "Hitchcock's Rear Window: The Well-Made Film")
  • audio: English (DD2.0, 192Kb/s)
  • subtitles: none

• Production photographs
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• Production notes
  • ratio: 1.85:1

• Theatrical trailer
  • length: 3 minutes (00:02:41)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, and Spanish
  • ratio: approx 1.85:1 (letterboxed)

• Re-release trailer
  • length: 6 minutes (00:06:15)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (letterboxed)

[edit] DVD 2

• "Rear Window Ethics - Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic" documentary -- view full details
  • length: 55 minutes (00:55:06)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, Spanish, and French
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 6.64 Mb/sec

• "A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes"
  • length: 13 minutes (00:13:10)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, Spanish, and French
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 6.35 Mb/sec

• "Pure Cinema - Through the Eyes of the Master" documentary
  • length: 25 minutes (00:25:11)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, Spanish, and French
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 6.35 Mb/sec

• "Breaking Barriers - The Sound of Hitchcock" documentary
  • length: 24 minutes (00:23:30)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, Spanish, and French
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 6.35 Mb/sec

• "Hitchcock/Truffaut" - audio interviews with a montage of footage from the film
  • length: 16 minutes (00:16:15)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Mr. Blanchard's Secret - view episode details
  • length: 26 minutes (00:26:16)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French and Spanish
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 6.32 Mb/sec

[edit] Booklet/Insert

• none

[edit] Related Releases

[edit] Comments and Notes

• Released as part of the Universal "Legacy Series".

[edit] Reviews

• DVD Talk - rated 5 out of 5 for content
• DVD Beaver - rated best DVD release for transfer image and extras

[edit] Relevant Message Board Topics

[edit] Images