Rebecca
(DVD) 

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
715515203418

Notes

General Note
Core Title.
General Note
Based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1940.
General Note
Full screen (1.33:1).
General Note
Special features: Commentary from 1990 by film scholar Leonard J. Leff; isolated music and effects track; new conversation between film critic and author Molly Haskell and scholar Patricia White; new interview with film historian Craig Barron on Rebecca's visual effects; Daphne du Maurier: in the footsteps of Rebecca, a 2016 French television documentary; Making-of-documentary from 2007; Footage of screen, hair, makeup, and costume tests for actors Joan Fontaine, Anne Baxter, Vivien Leigh, Margaret Sullivan, and Loretta Young; Casting gallery with notes by director Alfred Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick; Hitchcock interviewed by Tom Snyder on a 1973 episode of NBC's Tomorrow; Tomorrow interview with Fontaine from 1980; Audio interviews from 1986 with actor Judith Anderson and Fontaine; Three radio versions of Rebecca, from 1938, 1944, and 1950, including Orson Welles's adaptation of the novel for the Mercury Theater; Theatrical release trailer. Container booklet includes an essay "Welcome to the Haunted House" by critic and Selznick biographer David Thompson and selected Selznick production correspondence, including with Hitchcock.
Creation/Production Credits
Photographer, George Barnes ; editor, Hal C. Kern, James Newcom ; music, Franz Waxman ; adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan.
Participants/Performers
Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Florence Bates, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Melville Cooper, Leo G. Carroll, Leonard Carey, Lumsden Hare, Edward Fielding, Philip Winter.
Description
A young woman who believes she has found her heart's desire when she marries the dashing aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter. But upon moving to Manderley, her groom's baroque ancestral mansion, she soon learns that his deceased wife's memory haunts not only the home but the temperamental, brooding Maxim as well.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, NTSC region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Awards
Academy Award, 1941: Best cinematography, black-and-white; Best picture

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hitchcock, A., Selznick, D. O., Sherwood, R. E. 1., Harrison, J., Olivier, L., Fontaine, J., Sanders, G., Anderson, J., & Du Maurier, D. (2017). Rebecca . Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. 2017. Rebecca. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. Rebecca Criterion Collection, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hitchcock, Alfred, et al. Rebecca Criterion Collection, 2017.

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