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2020s revisions Lifeless sentence: latest “restoration” badly botched on Blu-ray, streaming and DCP Posthumous: five decades after the director’s death, film now has unsound audio It’s been unjustly condemned to two fake …
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Home video French fancy flaunts many permutations on home video, with five separate transfers… …three of four distinct English-language soundtracks and seven international dubs But original director-approved mono audio is sidelined or …
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Soundtrack and audio mixes Composer Lyn Murray’s lush music available in several partial re-recordings But only one rare, limited edition release contains his entire original score Owners Paramount have judged the two …
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Catch as catch can: the hand on the collar above the rooftops of Nice High-class burglary caper sees idle rich being fleeced on the Côte d’Azur Cary Grant is Wrong Man on …
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Alfred Hitchcock visits the Mediterranean for classy crime caper The lives, loves and lies of beautiful people in the French sunshine Lighthearted thriller stars dream team of Cary Grant and Grace Kelly …
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Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock classic is Master of Suspense at his most playful Charming soirée on the French Riviera sees a man wrongly accused Cary Grant comes out …
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Director’s homage to Alfred Hitchcock reuses his writer and composer Homme wrecker: from bridal path to warpath for an angel of vengeance Hell hath no fury like a woman widowed – who …
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A universally acclaimed film noir that’s criminally underseen today No charade: this is probably the best film Alfred Hitchcock never made! Masterpiece of misdirection that would make maestro of suspense proud Tight, …
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Foremost film noir’s leading actors are far from household names but all deserve to be Their stellar screen careers stretched from mid-1930s all the way up to the mid-1990s Hundreds of collective …
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Leading pulp fiction source author led a life as sad and lonely as any of his characters Productive: his writings inspired well over 100 screen works, more than any other noirist Screenwriter’s …
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The little film that could: B-movie that became a surprise blockbuster Based on a short story from writer of Rear Window – with a similar premise Shelved and forgotten about due to …
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Remakes and homages One of the director’s most renowned and imitated films spawns countless spoofs and homages From play to screen and beyond: blatant rip-offs and affectionate nods permeate popular culture Just one …
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Home video Clear window: preserved print and two separate restorations released across multiple formats Breakdown: three versions but they’re in seven variant transfers, all detailed for the first time Follows Universal’s usual …
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Soundtrack and essays Score credited to composing icon Franz Waxman but he has little input Mainly has source music plucked from Paramount’s vaults by the director Naturalistic: mostly music emanates from the …
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The man who saw too much – but seeing isn’t always believing Ensemble: already large cast doubles in number by the final scene Soap opera in long-shot that turns the audience into …
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Heat is on: temperatures soar and stakes are high in claustrophobic thriller Princess in peril: future royal Grace Kelly plays plucky heroine to perfection It’s perhaps the most-loved role in her small …
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Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock’s stylish thriller met with universal acclaim Critics and fans alike made it much-imitated, enduring success Multi-level soap opera that turns audience into peeping Toms …
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Soundtrack Wartime weepie has Oscar-winning score by Hollywood music maestro Max Steiner Original recordings have been released in full, and plundered for various bootlegs Composer adapted it for first of several suites, also …
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Home front drama inspired by letters to the frontline from a devoted soldier’s wife Superb performances from all-star ensemble cast ensured award-winning, box office hit But for all its wholesome, morale-boosting ambitions, …
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Incalculably influential composer-conductor soundtracked many of the 20th century’s biggest blockbusters Child prodigy and multifaceted musical genius whose name became synonymous with lush Hollywood scores He grew up amongst the cream of …
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The five commandments: Thou shalt not… Do what cannot be undone at some future time Fail to indicate any unavoidably necessary changes Have the hubris to make a revision the de facto …
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