The thought was there ........
I bought this for my brother for his birthday but alas he informed me that he would have rather had something else (even though he loves Hitchcock and I thought the extra features would be "right up his street"). I have seen a few of the more famous films and was actually looking forward to him telling me all about them and the "extra bits". I said I would get him something else - so will be keeping them myself (my husband said he would like them too) - so looks like an early Christmas present for us ...... my brother's loss I think.

Excellent Value Box Set
14 Alfred Hitchcock films for this low price is an absolute bargain.
The films look and sound great and all have extra features.

Highly recommended.

Panned, scanned and damned
A potentially fabulous box set is scuppered by the fact (as pointed out by other reviewers) that four of the films - The Birds, Marnie, Torn Curtain and Topaz - are presented in completely the wrong aspect ratio, despite information to the contrary on the boxes themselves. The upshot is that anyone who buys this set, tempted by the admittedly wonderful extra features, will still have to buy widescreen (Region 1) versions of these films if they want to see them in a form even approximating to what Hitchcock intended. How ridiculous. They might just as well have colorised Psycho while they were at it.

WHA?!
these box sets were released the same month in both US-UK-- US 15 discs,(bonus) UK 14 (and not only in 1:33 as Amazon.us mistakenly reports)
yet the US box has a completely restored,new 16x9 Anamorphic transfers of THE BIRDS, VERTIGO, & PSYCHO, MARNIE
(my essentials)
and all the rest are restored and in original aspect ratios-16x9 when applicable

Have Universal UK no scruples? pure insult to their buying public

(My rating is for the USA MASTERPIECE BOX)

for a laugh-and then rage-stick one of those 3 into your PC/Mac and open up on desktop; put open folder into "list view"you will see VOB files and VTS_Video files and their creation dates. If they are the recycled discs from 2001 (?) ie before 2005, Then I'd take a brick, tape it to the box and toss it through Universal UK front Office Window

Stellar box set from the master of suspense
Within this set are some of the greatest movies ever produced in the history of motion pictures. 'Rear Window', a story of a photographer who believes he has witnessed a murder, if only people would believe him, is Hitch's tour de force, capturing the essence of the mans film making technique. 'Psycho' is a well known piece of shock that still resonates 50 years after it first terrified audiences. 'Vertigo' a whirling masterpiece that rewards repeated viewings. 'Rope' an 80 minute claustrophobic piece that harks back to the Leopold and Loeb case of early 20th century Chicago. 'Marnie' and 'The Birds' are classic late Hitchcock. There are a couple of duds, notably 'Topaz' and 'Frenzy' but for £17.99 its almost a steal, so treat yourself to a cinematic education, invest in the master.

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