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Contents 1 Vertigo (1958) - 50th Anniversary Special Edition 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 Extras 1.6 Booklet/Insert 1.7 Comments and Notes 1.8 Reviews 1.9 Relevant Message Board Topics 1.10 Images

[edit] Vertigo (1958) - 50th Anniversary Special Edition

[edit] Page Status

the details of this release have not been confirmed

[edit] Product Links

• Amazon (UK)

[edit] DVD Contents - Overview

• Vertigo (1958)

[edit] DVD Information

• released by Universal in 2008 (UK)
• region encoding: region 2
• format: 2 discs in a black Amaray case, with an outer cardboard sleeve
• release date: 03/Nov/2008
• UPC/EAN: 5050582584509
• catalogue: 825 845 0
• main transfer: PAL colour
• database ID: 5410

[edit] DVD Contents - Detailed Information

• Vertigo (1958)
  • length: 124 minutes (02:04:08)
  • audio: English stereo (DD5.1), German stereo (DD2.0). French mono (DD1.0), Spanish mono (DD1.0), and Italian mono (DD1.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Polish, and Czech
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)
  • bitrate: 6.91 Mb/sec

• feature length commentary track - Robert A Harris and James C Katz, Herbert Coleman and others
  • audio: English mono (DD1.0)
  • subtitles: none

[edit] Extras

• "Obsessed with Vertigo - New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece" featurette - view full details
  • length: 29 minutes (00:29:12)
  • audio: English stereo (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, and German
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• Alternate ending
  • length: 2 minutes (00:01:49)
  • audio: English stereo (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, and German
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• Production notes
• Cast & crew biographies
• Theatrical trailers
  • length: 3½ minutes (00:03:33)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, French, and German
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• The Vertigo Archives - selection of archive images
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• extracts from the Hitchcock/Truffaut interviews
  • length: 14 minutes (00:14:20)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0, 192kb/s)
  • subtitles: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)

• "Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators"
  • featurettes about Saul Bass, Edith Head, Bernard Herrmann and Alma Reville
  • length: 55 minutes (00:54:50)
  • audio: English (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
  • ratio: 1.85:1 (anamorphic)

• "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)

[edit] Booklet/Insert

• none

[edit] Comments and Notes

• The DVD does not contain a new transfer of the film, but uses the original 2000 PAL transfer.

[edit] Reviews

[edit] Relevant Message Board Topics

• 2 disc Vertigo in the UK

[edit] Images

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DVD menu

DVD extras

DVD language menu

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"Obsessed with Vertigo" titles

"Obsessed with Vertigo" - Martin Scorsese

"Obsessed with Vertigo" - Patricia Hitchcock