Win: Alfred Hitchcock - The Masterpiece Collection Blu-ray
Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection - Super Premium Edition comes to Blu-ray on November 12th, 2012 for a limited time only. We have one copy of the Blu-ray box set to give away to our readers. Digitally restored from high-quality film elements and presented in perfect high-definition picture and sound, Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection bringstheMaster of Suspenses best work to home audiences as its never been seen before. This Super Premium Edition features 13 films previously unavailable on Blu-ray,TM a collectible 16 page exclusive hardback book and additional collectibles including storyboards, costume sketches, correspondence, photographs, beautiful art cards and much more. Plus a treasure trove of over 15 hours of documentaries, filmmaker commentaries, interviews, screen tests, trailers and more, including a new documentary The Birds, Hitchcocks Monster Movie, enough to satisfy even the most ardent Hitchcock fan. Spanning three-and-a-half decades of the directors prolific career, Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collectionincludes the classic thrillers Psycho, The Birds, Vertigo, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Marnie, Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, Rope, The Trouble with Harry, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy and Family Plot. The films feature performances from some of Hollywoods biggest stars, including James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, Julie Andrews, Paul Newman, Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, Tippi Hedren, Eva Marie Saint, Kim Novak and Sean Connery. One of the most influential and revered cinematic innovators of all time, Alfred Hitchcock had a profound and lasting impact on modern moviemaking. Renowned for his signature wit, thrilling plots, pioneering camerawork and original editing style, Hitchcocks masterful ability to wring every drop of suspense out of each scene is still studied and emulated by filmmakers around the world. He was nominated for five Best Director Academy Awards®, and four of his films (all of which are included in this collection) appear on AFIs prestigious 100 Years100 Movies list. Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection - Super Premium Edition is the ideal gift for film lovers, Hitchcock fansor anyone who wants to discover for themselves what makes him the undisputed Master of Suspense. For your chance to win, first like us on Facebook... Already a fan? You can skip this part. ... and then email contest@whatculture.com with the e-mail header Alfred Hitchcock Collection along with your full name and address and that you are over the age of 15. Synopses and Bonus Features Saboteur (1942) This riveting wartime thriller stars Robert Cummings as a factory worker who is falsely accused of sabotage and sets off on a desperate, action-packed cross-country chase to clear his name. Bonus Features:Saboteur: A Closer Look Storyboards: The Statue of Liberty Sequence Alfred Hitchcocks Sketches Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Shadow of a Doubt (1943) This thriller about a young woman (Teresa Wright) who comes to suspect that the uncle (Joseph Cotton) she idolizes may in fact be a murderer was considered Alfred Hitchcocks personal favorite. Bonus Features: Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcocks Favorite Film Production Drawings by Art Director Robert Boyle Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Rope (1948) Two friends strangle a classmate and then hold a party for their victim's family and friends while their former teacher (James Stewart) becomes increasingly suspicious that his students have turned his intellectual theories into brutal reality. Bonus Features:Rope Unleashed Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Rear Window (1954) James Stewart and Grace Kelly star in this voyeuristic masterpiece about a photographer who becomes obsessed with watching his neighbors and discovers a possible murder. 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 Interview Excerpts Masters of Cinema Feature Commentary with John Fawell, author of Hitchcocks Rear Window: The Well-Made Film Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Re-Release Trailer Narrated by James Stewart Blu-ray exclusives: BD Live, Pocket Blu The Trouble with Harry (1955) While no one really minds that Harry is dead, everyone has a different idea about what should be done with his body in this quirky mystery starring Shirley MacLaine and John Forsythe. Bonus Features:The Trouble with Harry Isnt Over Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) James Stewart and Doris Day star as a vacationing American couple who accidentally become involved in an international assassination plot and must take matters into their own hands after their son is kidnapped. Bonus Features: The Making of The Man Who Knew Too Much Production Photographs Trailers Vertigo (1958) James Stewart and Kim Novak star in this dizzying web of mistaken identity, passion and murder involving an acrophobic detective and the mysterious blonde he rescues from the San Francisco bay. Bonus Features: Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcocks Masterpiece Partners in Crime: Hitchcocks Collaborators Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts Foreign Censorship Ending The Vertigo Archives Feature Commentary with Associate Producer Herbert Coleman, Restoration Team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz, and Other Vertigo Participants Feature Commentary with Director William Friedkin 100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era Theatrical Trailer Restoration Theatrical Trailer BD Live, Pocket Blu (Blu-ray Exclusive) Psycho (1960) Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh star in this shocking classic about an unsuspecting visitor to the Bates Motel who falls prey to one of cinemas most notorious psychopaths, Norman Bates. Bonus Features: The Making of Psycho Psycho Sound In The Masters Shadow: Hitchcocks Legacy Hitchcock-Truffaut Interview Excerpts Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho The Shower Scene: With and Without Music The Shower Scene: Storyboards by Saul Bass The Psycho Archives Posters and Psycho Ads Lobby Cards Behind-the-Scenes Photographs Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Re-release Trailers Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello (author of Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho) The Birds (1963) Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor star in this horrific tale of nature gone berserk when thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks. Bonus Features: Deleted Scene Original Ending The Birds: Hitchcocks Monster Movie New! (Blu-ray Exclusive) All About The Birds Storyboards Tippi Hedrens Screen Test Hitchcock-Truffaut Interview Excerpts The Birds Is Coming (Universal International Newsreel) Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel) Production Photographs 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics 100 Years of Universal: The Lot Theatrical Trailer BD Live, Pocket Blu (Blu-ray Exclusive) Marnie (1964) Tippi Hedren stars as Marnie, a compulsive liar and thief, who winds up marrying the very man (Sean Connery) she attempts to rob in this psychological thriller that races to an inescapable conclusion. Bonus Features: The Trouble with Marnie The Marnie Archives Theatrical Trailer Torn Curtain (1966) Paul Newman and Julie Andrews star in this action-packed thriller about a world-famous scientist who goes undercover to get top-secret information and ends up running for his life from enemy agents. Bonus Features:Torn Curtain Rising Scenes Scored by Bernard Herrmann Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Topaz (1969) John Forsythe stars as an American CIA agent who hires a French operative to travel to Cuba and investigate rumors of Russian missiles and a spy codenamed Topaz. Bonus Features: Alternate Endings Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Historian and Critic Leonard Maltin Storyboards: The Mendozas Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Frenzy (1972) In this morbid blend of horror and wit, the Necktie Murderer has the London Police on red alert and an innocent man (Jon Finch) is on a desperate quest to find the real criminal and clear his own name. Bonus Features: The Story of Frenzy Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Family Plot (1976) Chaos ensues in this suspense-comedy when a phony psychic and her not-so-bright boyfriend cross paths with a slick diamond merchant and his beautiful girlfriend. Bonus Features: Plotting Family Plot Storyboards: The Chase Scene Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer