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Vertigo  Cover Image DVD DVD

Vertigo / Universal ; a Paramount release ; screenplay by Alec Coppel & Samuel Taylor ; Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Summary:

Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective, is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, but she is later murdered and Ferguson becomes demonic in his desire to re-create her in another woman.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1417059168 (set)
  • ISBN: 9781417059164 (set)
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
Based upon the novel "D'entre les morts" by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
Some copies issued as part of a box set with title: Alfred Hitchcock: the masterpiece collection.
"Restored by Robert A. Harris"--End credits.
Special features: Obsessed with Vertigo ; feature commentary with associate producer Herbert Coleman, restoration team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz and other Vertigo particpants ; production notes ; theatrical trailers ; foreign censorship ending ; the Vertigo archives.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music by Bernard Herrmann.
Participant or Performer Note:
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG.
System Details Note:
DVD ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround ; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono ; anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1 ; region 1, NTSC.
Language Note:
English language, with English, French, and Spanish subtitles.
Subject: Murder > Drama.
Ex-police officers > California > San Francisco > Drama.
Genre: Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Lackawanna County Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Albright Memorial Library DVD VERTIGO (Text) 50686013598342 Storage Available -
Taylor Community Library DVD VERTIGO (Text) 50692010688201 Adult Video Fiction Available -


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