Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound
(DVD) 

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Published
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2002].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
155940924X :

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1945.
General Note
Based on the novel "The house of Dr. Edwardes" by Francis Beeding.
General Note
Special features: Includes rare theater entrance and exit music cues by composer Miklos Rozsa; audio commentary by Hitchcock scholar Marian Keane; "A nightmare ordered by telephone" - an in-depth, illustrated essay on the Salvador Dali-designed dream sequence by James Bigwood; excerpts from a 1973 audio interview with composer Miklos Rosza; complete 1948 "Lux Radio Theater" adaption staring Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli; "The Fishko files", a WNYC/New York Public Radio piece on the theremin; essays by noted Hitchcock scholars Lesley Brill and Leonard Leff; hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos and documents chronicling the film's production, from set photos to ads, posters and publicity material; theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, George Barnes ; art director, James Basevi ; original music, Miklos Rozsa.
Participants/Performers
Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll, John Emery, Steven Geray, Paul Harvey, Donald Curtis, Rhonda Fleming.
Description
Dr. Constance Petersen is a psychiatrist with a firm understanding of human nature - or so she thinks. That is until the mysterious Dr. Anthony Edwardes becomes the new chief of staff at the Green Manors Mental Asylum. The bookish and detached Constance plummets into a whirlwind of tangled identities and feverish psychoanalysis, where the greatest risk is to fall in love.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, Dolby digital mono, new digital transfer, with restored image and sound, Region 1 encoding.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Local note
DVD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Selznick, D. O., Hecht, B., Hitchcock, A., Bergman, I., Peck, G., Chekhov, M., Carroll, L. G., Emery, J., Geray, S., Harvey, P., Curtis, D., Fleming, R., Barnes, G., Basevi, J., Rózsa, M., & Beeding, F. (2002). Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound . Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

David O. Selznick et al.. 2002. Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

David O. Selznick et al.. Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound Criterion Collection, 2002.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Selznick, David O., et al. Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound Criterion Collection, 2002.

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