Universal Catalog Titles on Blu

[The Narrator Returns]

The Sting Blu-Ray review

Guess who they got to write it?

[Cash Flagg]

Guess who they got to write it?

Will it please DNR-phobes? Probably not.

Will it please Jeffrey Kauffman? Always!

[The Narrator Returns]

Erin Brockovich Review

DNR isn't the problem this time. Oversharpening is.

[dx23]

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial blu-ray coming in October. From what it seems, it only includes the original 1982 version, not the tinkered, walkie talkies 2002 one.

[cdnchris]

He did an interview for Entertainment Weekly where he said he regretted doing the 2002 version so I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't on there.

[Roger Ryan]

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial blu-ray coming in October. From what it seems, it only includes the original 1982 version, not the tinkered, walkie talkies 2002 one.

I'm in the boat that wouldn't have minded some of the digital alterations from the 2002 version be carried over to the Blu-ray. The "walkie talkie" nonsense was a major mistake, but I quite liked the subtle facial enhancements of the title character and, especially, the shot showing the alien being chased by the scientists (once you realize that the alien in the original shot was just a Lowell Omni light with a red gel being pulled on a dolly, the suspension of disbelief takes a hit!). All the same, as long as Dee Wallace returns to complaining that her eldest son's Halloween costume makes him look like a "terrorist", I'll be happy.

[manicsounds]

Although the 2002 version being gone might not be a big loss, I'm assuming the altered and extra scenes will be in the deleted scenes menu. But one extra I liked on the DVD was the live John Williams score with the 2002 version. I'm assuming that will not be part of the Blu-ray.

[cdnchris]

Just for the record I'll put what he said, from the article found here:

EW: George famously tinkers with his movies after the fact. But you've said that you regret changing E.T. for the 2002 rerelease and would never change another of your movies.
Spielberg: George goes by his playbook, and I go by mine. I did alter E.T., and I do regret making those alterations. When the movie comes out on Blu-ray, either we will package both versions for the same price — nobody has to pay any more money for the rejiggered version — or we will just bite the bullet and come out with the 1982 version.

[eerik]

Looks like the Hitchcock set will be released in the first week of September indeed. Vertigo and The Bird steelbooks have been scheduled for 5th September in the Nordics.

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[eerik]

According to Italian site tempiodelvideo.com, Universal will release Sam Wood's For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) sometime later this year, a title that wasn't on the leaked schedule. Release date is not specified but it is "restored" and available in digibook packaging. Special features include a documentary on "the restoration" of the film and more.

[AfterTheRain]

According to Italian site tempiodelvideo.com, Universal will release Sam Wood's For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) sometime later this year, a title that wasn't on the leaked schedule. Release date is not specified but it is "restored" and available in digibook packaging. Special features include a documentary on "the restoration" of the film and more.

Did it say that it will be released here in the US?

[eerik]

According to Italian site tempiodelvideo.com, Universal will release Sam Wood's For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) sometime later this year, a title that wasn't on the leaked schedule. Release date is not specified but it is "restored" and available in digibook packaging. Special features include a documentary on "the restoration" of the film and more.

Did it say that it will be released here in the US?

No, but common sense says it will be.

[eerik]

Packaging shot for the (German) Hitchcock set. No idea why it shows a disc for North by Northwest and artcard for The 39 Steps.

[mfunk9786]

Book packaging has gone so well for Hitchcock sets in the past, so I can't imagine how this could go wrong!

[zedz]

Looks very handsome, but, as mfunk says, the packaging may be perilous for the discs. Plus, this looks like one of those box sets (like that great De Oliveira one) that takes up way more shelf space due to its quirky design than the equivalent in single DVD cases would.

[TMDaines]

Uh, and I was really psyched for this. The smaller the packaging, the better.

[Calvin]

The UK release is out on October 1st.

Saboteur
Bonus Features:
Saboteur: A Closer Look
Storyboards: The Statue of Liberty Sequence
Alfred Hitchcock’s Sketches
Production Photographs
Theatrical Trailer

Shadow of a Doubt
Bonus Features:
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock’s Favorite Film
Production Drawings by Art Director Robert Boyle
Production Photographs
Theatrical Trailer

Rope
Bonus Features:
Rope Unleashed
Production Photographs
Theatrical Trailer

Rear Window
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 Hitchcock’s Rear Window: The Well-Made Film, Production Photographs
Theatrical Trailer
Re-Release Trailer Narrated by James Stewart
BD Live
Pocket Blu (Blu-ray Exclusive)

The Trouble with Harry
Bonus Features:
The Trouble with Harry Isn’t Over
Production Photographs
Theatrical Trailer

The Man Who Knew Too Much
Bonus Features:
The Making of The Man Who Knew Too Much
Production Photographs
Trailers

Vertigo
Bonus Features:
Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock’s Masterpiece
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock’s 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
Bonus Features:
The Making of Psycho
Psycho Sound
In The Master’s Shadow: Hitchcock’s 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
Bonus Features:
Deleted Scene
Original Ending T
The Birds: Hitchcock’s Monster Movie – New! (Blu-ray Exclusive)
All About The Birds
Storyboards
Tippi Hedren’s 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
Bonus Features:
The Trouble with Marnie
The Marnie Archives
Theatrical Trailer

Torn Curtain
Bonus Features:
Torn Curtain Rising
Scenes Scored by Bernard Herrmann
Production Photographs
Theatrical Trailer

Topaz
Bonus Features:
Alternate Endings
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Historian and Critic Leonard Maltin
Storyboards: The Mendozas
Production Photographs
Theatrical Trailer

Frenzy
Bonus Features:
The Story of Frenzy
Production Photographs
Theatrical Trailer

Family Plot
Bonus Features:
Plotting Family Plot
Storyboards: The Chase Scene
Production Photographs
Theatrical Trailer

[domino harvey]

Please, please, please let them have kept their DNR-ers away from this

[eerik]

Amazon.co.uk

[zedz]

I can already feel my future annoyance with that packaging. Feel like watching Rear Window? Hang on a moment while I dismantle my Hitchcock shrine.

[Drucker]

From the look of Rear Window and Vertigo, those seem to be the same supplements as the 2-Disc DVDs, right? (except for the 100-year stuff...)

Will Psycho look any different than what's already out? I'd hope not.

[mfunk9786]

I don't have space for this shitttttttttt

[TMDaines]

What's wrong with a slipcase and thin keep cases or a digipak? What crap.

[domino harvey]

The consumers this packaging appeals to would never notice if the films were locked within one of the interior cases and no key included

[eerik]

UK packaging shot has removed the references to North by Northwest and The 39 Steps.