Vertigo [DVD] / directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 20183 | DVD VideoPublication details: Universal City, Calif. : Universal, c1999.Description: 1 DVD (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0783226055 :
- DVD 235A
- Screenplay, Alec Coppel & Samuel Taylor ; music, Bernard Herrmann.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Day Loan | LSAD Library DVD collection | DVD 235A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100424531 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Dismissed when first released, later heralded as one of director Alfred Hitchcock's finest films (and, according to Hitchcock, his most personal one), this adaptation of the French novel D'entre les morts weaves an intricate web of obsession and deceit. It opens as Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) realizes he has vertigo, a condition resulting in a fear of heights, when a police officer is killed trying to rescue him from falling off a building. Scottie then retires from his position as a private investigator, only to be lured into another case by his old college friend, Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore). Elster's wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak), has been possessed by a spirit, and Elster wants Scottie to follow her. He hesitantly agrees, and thus begins the film's wordless montage as Scottie follows the beautiful yet enigmatic Madeleine through 1950s San Francisco (accompanied by Bernard Herrmann's hypnotic score). After saving her from suicide, Scottie begins to fall in love with her, and she appears to feel the same way. Here tragedy strikes, and each twist in the movie's second half changes our preconceptions about the characters and events. In 1996 a new print of Vertigo was released, restoring the original grandeur of the colors and the San Francisco backdrop, as well as digitally enhancing the soundtrack. ~ Dylan Wilcox, Rovi
Based on the novel D'entre les morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
DVD release of the 1958 motion picture by Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions and Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Rated PG.
Screenplay, Alec Coppel & Samuel Taylor ; music, Bernard Herrmann.
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones.
A detective with a fear of heights is drawn into a complex plot involving a woman who is apparently being driven to suicide by one of her ancestors.
DVD, Dolby noise reduction, stereo surround, digitally recorded.