Master The Suspense of Alfred Hitchcock: The Iconic Film Collection 6-Film 4K UHD Book on 11/26/24!

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Universal Studios Home Entertainment in partnership with Paramount Home Entertainment and Warner Brothers Home Entertainment will deliver six of Hitchcock's best in a deluxe book set. Rear Window, To Catch A Thief, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds will be housed together on 4K UHD for the first time. 

A year in physical media releases wouldn't be complete without another Hitchcock set to drool over. This time we're getting a little bit of everything. Rather than rehash the discs they've already delivered in 2160p with HDR, Universal smartly partnered up with Paramount and Warner Brothers to give fans of Hitchcock a taste of his most famous works in a deluxe coffee table-style book. Think along the lines of what Universal dropped for their Universal Monsters Collection, with articles and essays for each film along with the discs themselves. Now, by the time this set reaches shelves, all of these films will have been released in single-title, or box set form - and it doesn't look like we're getting anything "new" in that arena. If you're buying Warner Bros. upcoming North by Northwest or already have picked up Paramount's new 4K of To Catch a Thief then you've got everything on disc this set will have to offer. 

However, if you haven't picked these up yet, this is a stylish piece to consider for the shelf! 

Alfred Hitchcock: The Iconic Film Collection
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

and here's a full glory shot:

Now for the guts of the set, here's what you can expect to find on each disc:

REAR WINDOW (1954):

Layers: BD 100
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.66:1 Widescreen
Rating: PG 
Subtitles: English SDH, French Canadian, and Latin Spanish
Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), French European (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)
Run Time: 01:55:00

Bonus Features:

• 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
• Masters of Cinema
• Production Photographs
• Theatrical Trailer
• Re-release Trailer Narrated by James Stewart
• Feature Commentary with John Fawell, Author of Hitchcock's Rear Window: the Well Made Film

TO CATCH A THIEF (1955): 

Layers: BD 66
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen
Rating: PG 
Subtitles: English SDH, English, and French 
Languages/Sound: English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) 
Run Time: 01:46:00

Bonus Features:

• Filmmaker Focus: Leonard Maltin on To Catch a Thief 
• Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly (2009)
• Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper, Hitchcock Film Historian, and more! 

VERTIGO (1958): 

Layers: BD 100
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen
Rating: PG 
Subtitles: English SDH, French Canadian, and Latin Spanish 
Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), English (DTS: X Master Audio), French European (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)
Run Time: 02:09:00

Bonus Features:

• Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life of Hitchcock's Masterpiece
• Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
• Foreign Censorship Ending
• Hitchcock/Truffaut
• Feature Commentary with Film Director William Friedkin
• Theatrical Trailer
• Restoration Theatrical Trailer 
• 100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959): 

Layers: BD 66
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.78:1 Widescreen
Rating: Not Rated
Subtitles: English SDH, Parisian French, and Latin Spanish
Languages/Sound: English (Dolby Atmos TrueHD), English (2.0 DTS-HDMA), Parisian French, Latin Spanish
Run Time: 02:16:00

Bonus Features:

• North by Northwest: Cinematography, Score, and the Art of the Edit
• Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest
• The Master’s Touch: Hitchcock’s Signature Style
• North by Northwest: One for the Ages
• A Guided Tour with Alfred Hitchcock
• Commentary by Screenwriter Ernest Lehman

PSYCHO (1960): 

Layers: BD 100
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen
Rating: R
Subtitles: English SDH, French Canadian, and Latin Spanish
Languages/Sound: English (DTS:X Master Audio), English (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), French Canadian (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)
Run Time: 01:49:00

Bonus Features:

• Psycho Uncut
• The extended version of the movie as seen in theaters in 1960 is exactly as intended by Alfred Hitchcock.
• The Making of Psycho
• Psycho Sound
• In The Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
• Hitchcock/Truffaut
• Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho 
• The Shower Scene: With and Without Music
• The Shower Sequence: Storyboards by Saul Bass
• The Psycho Archives
• Posters and Psycho Ads
• Lobby Cards
• Behind-the-Scenes Photographs
• Production Photographs
• Psycho Theatrical Trailers
• Psycho Re-release Trailers
• Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello, author of "Alfred Hitchcock and The Making of Psycho"

THE BIRDS (1963): 

Layers: BD 100
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen
Rating: PG-13
Subtitles: English SDH, Brazilian Portuguese, French Canadian, Japanese and Latin Spanish
Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), Brazilian Portuguese (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), French European (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Japanese (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono), Latin Spanish (DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono)
Run Time: 02:00:00

Bonus Features: 

• The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
• All About The Birds
• Tippi Hedren's Screen Test
• Deleted Scenes
• The Original Ending
• Hitchcock/Truffaut
• The Birds Is Coming (Universal International Newsreel)
• Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel)
• Theatrical Trailer
• 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics
• 100 Years of Universal: The Lot

And that's all the news that's fit to print. As of this writing, we haven't seen this set go up for pre-order, but as soon as it does, we'll update listings ASAP. 

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Alfred Hitchcock: The Iconic Film Collection - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (Ultra HD)