Rebecca

Selznick, David O., 1902-1965 (Producer). Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 (Director). Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955 (Screenwriter). Harrison, Joan, 1907-1994 (Screenwriter). Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989 (Actor). Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013 (Actor). Sanders, George, 1906-1972 (Actor). Anderson, Judith, 1897-1992 (Actor). Bruce, Nigel, 1895-1953 (Actor). Denny, Reginald, 1891-1967 (Actor). Smith, C. Aubrey (Charles Aubrey), 1863-1948 (Actor). Cooper, Gladys, 1888-1971 (Actor). Bates, Florence, 1888-1954 (Actor). Cooper, Melville, 1896-1973 (Actor). Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972 (Actor). Carey, Leonard, 1887-1977 (Actor). Hare, Lumsden, 1875-1964 (Actor). Fielding, Edward, 1875-1945 (Actor). Winter, Philip. (Actor). Harvey, Forrester, 1884-1945 (Actor). Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967 (Composer). Du Maurier, Daphne 1907-1989 Rebecca. (Added Author). Selznick International Pictures. (Added Author). United Artists Corporation. (Added Author). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Added Author). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Cooper, Florence Bates, Melville Cooper, Leo G. Carroll, Leonard Carey, Lumsden Hare, Edward Fielding, Philip Winter, Forrester Harvey. (Cast).

Summary: A vacationing young lady meets, falls in love with, and marries handsome and wealthy widower Maxim de Winter. He takes his new bride home to his estate, Manderley. But the new Mrs. de Winter finds her married life dominated by the sinister, almost spectral influence of Maxim's late wife, Rebecca, who still rules from beyond the grave.

Item details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2012.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940. Also issued in the Alfred Hitchcock premiere collection. Special features: Commentary with film critic Richard Schickel; Isolated music and effects track; "The making of Rebecca" featurette; "The gothic world of Daphne Du Maurier" featurette; Screen tests; 3 radio plays; Audio Hitchcock interviews with Peter Bogdanovich and François Truffaut; Theatrical trailer; Still galleries.
Formatted Contents Note:	Special features: Full frame presentation -- Commentary with film critic Richard Schickel -- Isolated music and effects track -- Making-of "Rebecca" featurette -- "The gothic world of Daphne Du Maurier" featurette -- Screen tests -- Three radio plays -- Hitchcock interviews: Audio interviews with Peter Bogdanovich and Francois Truffaut --Original theatrical trailer -- Still galleries -- Language: English mono -- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Special effects by Jack Cosgrove ; music by Franz Waxman ; art direction by Lyle Wheeler ; supervising film editor, Hal C. Kern ; adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan ; photographed by George Barnes.
Participant or Performer Note:	Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Cooper, Florence Bates, Melville Cooper, Leo G. Carroll, Leonard Carey, Lumsden Hare, Edward Fielding, Philip Winter, Forrester Harvey.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1, NTSC; full frame (1.33:1) presentation; mono.
Language Note:	In English with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards, 1941: Best cinematography, best picture.

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Du Maurier, Daphne 1907-1989 Film adaptations
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Remarried people Drama
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