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DVD : Vertigo (Universal Legacy Series)

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starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, John Benson, Margaret Brayton, Paul Bryar See Larger Image List Price: $26.98 Amazon.com's Price: $19.99 You Save: $6.99 (26%) Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Universal EAN: 0025195018357 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Universal Studios Manufacturer: Universal Studios Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Universal Studios Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 07, 2008 Running Time: 130 minutes Sales Rank: 2345 Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: 1958 Related Items: Rear Window (Universal Legacy Series) North By Northwest The Birds (Collector's Edition) To Catch a Thief (Special Collector's Edition) Dial M for Murder see more Editorial Review: Description: One of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest cinematic achievements, Vertigo, celebrates its 50th anniversary with an all-new 2-disc Special Edition DVD! Set in San Francisco, Vertigo creates a dizzying web of mistaken identity, passion and murder after an acrophobic detective (James Stewart) rescues a mysterious blonde (Kim Novak) from the bay. Recognized for excellence in AFI’s 100 Years...100 Movies, this dreamlike thriller from the Master of Suspense is as entertaining today as it was 50 years ago. Featuring revealing bonus features and a digitally remastered picture, Vertigo is a “great motion picture that demands multiple viewings” (Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide). Amazon.com essential video: Although it wasn't a box-office success when originally released in 1958, Vertigo has since taken its deserved place as Alfred Hitchcock's greatest, most spellbinding, most deeply personal achievement. In fact, it consistently ranks among the top 10 movies ever made in the once-a-decade Sight & Sound international critics poll, placing at number 4 in the most recent survey. (Universal Pictures' spectacularly gorgeous 1996 restoration and rerelease of this 1958 Paramount production was a tremendous success with the public, too.) James Stewart plays a retired police detective who is hired by an old friend to follow his wife (a superb Kim Novak, in what becomes a double role), whom he suspects of being possessed by the spirit of a dead madwoman. The detective and the disturbed woman fall ('fall' is indeed the operative word) in love and...well, to give away any more of the story would be criminal. Shot around San Francisco (the Golden Gate Bridge and the Palace of the Legion of Honor are significant locations) and elsewhere in Northern California (the redwoods, Mission San Juan Batista) in rapturous Technicolor, Vertigo is as lovely as it is haunting. --Jim Emerson Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - picture looks better than the 1999 dvd to this layman's eye The picture looks better, no more blips or speckles. And I thought it was interesting when William Friedkin says Hitchcock loved working with fake backdrops. I never knew that, interesting in the age of CGI technology. Rating: - Ponderous I can't imagine why this movie is so highly regarded by some critics and moviegoers. It is too slow, too complicated by half, has flaws of logic, and is indifferently acted. Kim Novak has about as much facial expression as Paris Hilton. Oh, she's pretty, but acting should be more than a plastic doll. Barbara Bel Geddes has a part that is not necessary to the plot and she does little with it. James Stewart is his usual laconic self. The plot is far too complicated. ... Read More Rating: - The Obsession Grows Stronger If you have fallen under the spell of Vertigo (hopefully, only the movie) and have a high definition, 1080p TV, particularly one with the latest 120 herz sweep rate and 24 frame-per-second (film) signal transfer, you owe it to yourself to experience this new 2008 remastering of the 1996 film restoration. Although the bonus materials do not include a discussion of the technology used for the remastering, it is little short of amazing - much better definition than the master done for the 1998 Collector's ... Read More Rating: - a psychological and visual tour de force! A man who's afraid of heights is responsible for the death of someone he loves. He is paralysed by his inability to overcome his fears and later when he meets someone, who reminds him of his lost love, becomes consumed and obsessed. Imagine it's a summer afternoon and you find out someone you care about has died and you are desperate not to believe the nightmare, but the day is beautiful and the nightmare is true and you have to go on. This film enters our psyche and gives us the most incredible perspectives ... Read More Rating: - From Among the Dead -This review pertains to the Vertigo: Special Edition DVD- WARNING: This review contains spoilers! The 1958 film Vertigo may very well be one of Alfred Hitchcock's most unusual thrillers. Both convoluted and implausible, the film's screenplay was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor, and was based upon the French novel D'Entre les Morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. More so than any other Hitchcock film, Vertigo has a surreal dreamlike quality which will haunt its viewers ... Read More see more

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