Rebecca

Blu-ray 2017

Romance becomes psychodrama in Alfred Hitchcock s elegantly crafted Rebecca, his first foray into Hollywood filmmaking. A dreamlike adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel, the film stars the enchanting Joan Fontaine as a young woman who believes she has found her heart's desire when she marries the dashing aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter (played with cunning vulnerability by Laurence Olivier). But upon moving to Manderley her groom s b...

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Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989. Rebecca Film adaptations

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Man-woman relationships Fiction

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ISBN:

9781681433493

Description:

2 videodiscs (130 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
full screen
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray video
region A

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

Rebecca (Motion picture) [Blu-ray]

Notes:

Based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier
Title from container
Essay by critic and Selznick biographer David Thomson and selected Selznick production correspondence, including with Hitchcock, in container
Number of discs may vary
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Mono, full screen 1.33:1
Originally released as a motion picture in 1940
Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Gladys Cooper, Nigel Bruce
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; full screen format (1.33:1 aspect ratio) ; monaural
For private home use only
In English with optional English subtitles

Control Number:

2247497

UPC:

715515203319
883904252542

Other Authors:

Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013, actor
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, film director
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989, actor
Sanders, George, 1906-1972, actor
motion picture adaptation of (work): Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989. Rebecca

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