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The Resource Alfred Hitchcock's vertigo, Universal ; a Paramount release ; screenplay by Alec Coppel & Samuel Taylor ; associate producer, Herbert Coleman ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; [Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc.]

Alfred Hitchcock's vertigo, Universal ; a Paramount release ; screenplay by Alec Coppel & Samuel Taylor ; associate producer, Herbert Coleman ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; [Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc.]

Label
Alfred Hitchcock's vertigo
Title
Alfred Hitchcock's vertigo
Statement of responsibility
Universal ; a Paramount release ; screenplay by Alec Coppel & Samuel Taylor ; associate producer, Herbert Coleman ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; [Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc.]
Title variation
Vertigo
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Artistic director
Composer
Conductor
Costume designer
Director
Director of photography
Film editor
Producer
Screenwriter
Set designer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
Scottie Ferguson, a recently retired San Francisco police detective, is hired to shadow a rich shipbuilder 's tragically suicidal wife, Madeleine Elster. After he saves her from drowning in the San Francisco Bay, Scottie's interest in the beautiful but icy blonde shifts from business to romance. But when tragedy strikes again, Scottie must overcome the vertigo that haunts his dreams in order to unravel the secrets of the past and find the key to his future
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Member of
Cataloging source
DMM
Characteristic
videorecording
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Vertigo (Motion picture : 1958)
Credits note
Director of photography, Robert Burks ; art direction, Hal Pereira & Henry Bumstead ; special photographic effects, John P. Fulton ; set decoration, Sam Comer & Frank McKelvy ; edited by George Tomasini ; assistant director, Daniel McCauley ; costumes, Edith Head ; music by Bernard Herrmann ; conducted by Muir Mathieson
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG
Language note
In English with optional English SDH, French, or Spanish subtitles
LC call number
PQ2603.O27
LC item number
D4 2005
PerformerNote
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Konstantin Shayne, Lee Patrick
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1899-1980
  • 1912-2000
  • 1907-
  • 1908-1997
  • 1912-1999
  • 1904-1980
  • 1906-1982
  • 1911-1975
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • Coppel, Alec
  • Taylor, Samuel
  • Coleman, Herbert
  • Stewart, James
  • Novak, Kim
  • Bel Geddes, Barbara
  • Helmore, Tom
  • Jones, Henry
  • Bailey, Raymond
  • Corby, Ellen
  • Shayne, Konstantin
  • Patrick, Lee
  • Burks, Robert
  • Pereira, Hal
  • Bumstead, Henry
  • Comer, Sam
  • McKelvy, Frank R.
  • Tomasini, George
  • Head, Edith
  • Herrmann, Bernard
  • Mathieson, Muir
  • Boileau-Narcejac
  • Universal Pictures Company
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation
  • Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
130
Series statement
An Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece
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  • Murder
  • Ex-police officers
  • Ex-police officers
  • Murder
  • California
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Alfred Hitchcock's vertigo, Universal ; a Paramount release ; screenplay by Alec Coppel & Samuel Taylor ; associate producer, Herbert Coleman ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; [Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc.]
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1958
  • Based upon the novel "D'entre les morts" by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
  • Also issued as part of Alfred Hitchcock, the masterpiece collection
  • Also issued as part of Alfred Hitchcock, the essentials collection
  • Special features: "Obsessed with Vertigo : new life for Hitchcock's masterpiece" featurette; feature commentary with associate producer Herbert Coleman, restoration team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz and other Vertigo participants; Production notes; Theatrical trailers; Foreign censorship ending; The Vertigo archives
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1903581
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 130 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
17909
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o62275860
  • (OCoLC)62275860
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Alfred Hitchcock's vertigo, Universal ; a Paramount release ; screenplay by Alec Coppel & Samuel Taylor ; associate producer, Herbert Coleman ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; [Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc.]
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1958
  • Based upon the novel "D'entre les morts" by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
  • Also issued as part of Alfred Hitchcock, the masterpiece collection
  • Also issued as part of Alfred Hitchcock, the essentials collection
  • Special features: "Obsessed with Vertigo : new life for Hitchcock's masterpiece" featurette; feature commentary with associate producer Herbert Coleman, restoration team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz and other Vertigo participants; Production notes; Theatrical trailers; Foreign censorship ending; The Vertigo archives
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1903581
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 130 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
17909
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o62275860
  • (OCoLC)62275860
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Video recording format
DVD

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