Sleeping Beauty (50th Anniversary Platinum Edition) (1959) - One of the Disney studio's most stunning animated features was this rendition of the fairy tale favorite. Can handsome Prince Phillip rescue Princess Aurora and awaken her from the curse placed on her by the evil sorceress Maleficent? Tchaikovsky's timeless music, along with such original songs as "Once Upon a Dream," adds to the enjoyment. 75 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; "making of" documentary; games; photo gallery; bonus short "Grand Canyon" (1958); music video; documentaries; theatrical trailers; sing-along song. Two-disc set. (The Blu-Ray edition also includes a separate DVD.)
The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945) - Sensational adaptation of Oscar Wilde's morality tale about a young man who has an unholy fountain of youth--a portrait whose image reveals the depravity of his true nature. Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders, Donna Reed, Peter Lawford, and Angela Lansbury star; includes the original Technicolor sequences. 110 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary; bonus shorts "Stairway to Light" (1945), "Quiet Please!" (1945); theatrical trailer.
Psycho (Special Edition) (Universal Legacy Series) (1960) - Hitchcock's most famous movie, the shocker that still keeps people away from showers. Janet Leigh is a woman on the run who befriends Mama's boy hotel clerk Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins). What is Norman's sinister secret? Will Vera Miles find her sister? And just where is Mrs. Bates? With John Gavin, Martin Balsam. 109 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish; art gallery; audio commentary; bonus "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episode "Lamb to the Slaughter"; featurette; interview; newsreel footage; photo gallery; storyboards; theatrical trailers. Two-disc set.
Rear Window (Special Edition) (Universal Legacy Series) (1954) - Confined to a wheelchair after breaking his leg on an assignment, photojournalist James Stewart's "hobby" of spying on his neighbors with a telephoto lens leads him and girlfriend Grace Kelly to believe that one of his subjects may be a murderer. One of Hitchcock's personal favorites, this innovative suspense classic also stars Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr. 115 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; audio commentary; bonus "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episode "Mister Blanchard's Secret"; featurettes; interview; photo gallery; theatrical trailers. Two-disc set.
Vertigo (Special Edition) (Universal Legacy Series) (1958) - Considered by many to be Alfred Hitchcock's most personal film. This restored print of the suspense masterpiece stars Stewart as an ex-cop with a fear of heights who is hired by an old friend to uncover the secret wife Kim Novak is keeping from him. What Stewart finds is a forbidden romance, a deadly plot, and an obsession that transcends the grave. With Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore; music by Bernard Herrmann. 130 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; audio commentary; bonus "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episode "The Case of Mister Pelham"; featurettes; interview; theatrical trailers. Two-disc set.
Touch Of Evil (50th Anniversary Edition) (1958) - Orson Welles' twisting cinematic gem of style and suspense is set in a seedy Mexican border town, where a murder investigation puts newly married Mexican narcotics cop Charlton Heston at odds with corrupt U.S. lawman Welles. Janet Leigh, Akim Tamiroff, Joseph Calleia, and Marlene Dietrich also star. This 50th anniversary two-disc set includes the restored 1998 re-release version of the film featuring the editing and musical alterations Welles suggested in a 58-page memo to the studio, as well as the original theatrical cut and a special "preview version" of the film. 111 min./96 min./109 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; audio commentary with Heston, Leigh, more; featurette; theatrical trailer.
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