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Alfred Hitchcock's Rear window

Author: Alfred HitchcockJohn Michael HayesJames StewartGrace, Princess of MonacoWendell CoreyAll authors
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures, [2001], ©1954.
Series: Alfred Hitchcock collection.
Edition/Format:   DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system : English : Collector's ed., widescreen versionView all editions and formats
Summary:
As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events ... Events that ultimately lead to one of the  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Mystery films
Feature films
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Detective and mystery films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Film adaptations
Drama
Named Person: Cornell Woolrich
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Alfred Hitchcock; John Michael Hayes; James Stewart; Grace, Princess of Monaco; Wendell Corey; Thelma Ritter; Raymond Burr; Robert Burks; George Tomasini; Franz Waxman; Joseph MacMillan Johnson; Hal Pereira; Edith Head; Cornell Woolrich; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Universal City Studios.
ISBN: 0783237391 9780783237398
OCLC Number: 46397587
Language Note: English or French dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed captioned.
Notes: Based on a short story "Rear window" by Cornell Woolrich.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.
Accompanying booklet contains production notes.
Special features: "Rear window ethics: remembering and restoring a Hitchcock classic," an original documentary; featurette: "A conversation with screenwriter John Michael Hayes"; production photographs; re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart; the script; DVD-ROM features include access to the original script and other related materials.
Credits: Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music, Franz Waxman ; art direction, Joseph MacMillian Johnson, Hal Pereira ; costume designer, Edith Head.
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG.
Description: 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD, NTSC, Region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 2.0 mono.
Contents: Special features: DVD: An original documentary; featurette: "A conversation with screenwriter John Michael Hayes --
Production photographs --
Re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart --
The script --
DVD-ROM features include access to the original script and other related materials.
Series Title: Alfred Hitchcock collection.
Other Titles: Rear window (Motion picture)
Rear window
Alfred Hitchcock's Rear window
Responsibility: a Paramount Pictures release ; produced by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by John Michael Hayes ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Local System Bib Number:
137888

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As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events ... Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in film history.
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