Rebecca [Remastered Special Edition]

DVD - APPROX. 131 MINS. - 1940 - US Rating: NR

Main feature:

Release Oct 14, 2008
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio English: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles English, French, Spanish
Studio MGM Home Entertainment
Year 1940
Genre Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Special features:

  • (from the 2008 "Premiere Collection" set)
  • Audio Commentary by film historian/author Richard Schickel
  • Screen tests
  • Making of Rebecca Featurette
  • The Gothic World of Daphne Du Maurier Featurette
  • Original 1938 Radio Play starring Orson Welles
  • 1941 Radio Play presented by Cecil B. DeMille
  • 1950 Radio Play with Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
  • Audio Interview: Peter Bogdanovich interviews Hitchcock
  • Audio Interview: François Truffaut interviews Hitchcock
  • 4-page booklet

Synopsis:

The shadow of this woman darkened their love.

A young woman marries a fascinating older widower only to discover that she must live in the shadows of his first wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years before.

"Last Night, I Dreamt I Went To Manderley Again."

Rebecca's haunting opening line conjures the entirety of Hitchcock's romantic, suspenseful, elegant film. A young woman (Joan Fontaine) believes her every dream has come true when her whirlwind romance with the dashing Maxim de Winter (Sire Laurence Olivier) culminates in marriage. But she soon realizes that Rebecca, the late first Mrs. de Winter, haunts both the temperamental, brooding Maxim and the de Winter mansion, Manderley. In order for Maxim and the new Mrs. de Winter to have a future, Rebecca's spell must be broken and the mystery of her violent dead unraveled. The first collaboration between producer David O. Selznick and Hitchcock, REBECCA was adapted from Daphne du Maurier's popular novel and won the 1940 Academy Award®™ for Best Picture and Cinematography (Black and White).

Cast and Crew:

MGM Home Entertainment presents
Joan FontaineLaurence OlivierGeorge SandersC. Aubrey SmithJudith AndersonFlorence BatesNigel BruceGladys CooperReginald Denny"Rebecca"
Written byJoan HarrisonWritten byRobert E. Sherwoodproduced byDavid O. Selznick
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Production Year: 1940

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