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The Resource Vertigo, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. and Paramount Pictures Corporation ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor, (videorecording)

Vertigo, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. and Paramount Pictures Corporation ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor, (videorecording)

Composer
Producer
Director
Contributor
Summary
San Francisco police detective Scottie Ferguson is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe fear of heights. When a rich shipbuilder hires Scottie to follow his wife, who may be suicidal, Scottie finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually Ferguson becomes obsessed with the chance to re-create her in another woman
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (128 min.)
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958
  • Special features include Obsessed with Vertigo, commentary, production notes, theatrical trailers, foreign censorship ending, the Vertigo archives
  • Based on the novel : D'entre les morts / by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
Instance
Label
Vertigo
Title
Vertigo
Statement of responsibility
Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. and Paramount Pictures Corporation ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor
Contributor
Actor
Composer
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
San Francisco police detective Scottie Ferguson is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe fear of heights. When a rich shipbuilder hires Scottie to follow his wife, who may be suicidal, Scottie finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually Ferguson becomes obsessed with the chance to re-create her in another woman
Awards note
National Film Registry selection, 1989.
Cataloging source
BUF
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Robert Burks ; edited by George Tomasini ; music by Bernard Herrmann ; costumes, Edith Head
Dewey number
791.4372
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG
Language note
In English with optional French or Spanish subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.V47 2012
PerformerNote
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1899-1980
  • 1912-2000
  • 1908-1997
  • 1912-1999
  • 1906-1989
  • 1908-1998
  • 1911-1975
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • Coppel, Alec
  • Taylor, Samuel
  • Stewart, James
  • Novak, Kim
  • Bel Geddes, Barbara
  • Helmore, Tom
  • Jones, Henry
  • Boileau, Pierre
  • Narcejac, Thomas
  • Herrmann, Bernard
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
  • Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
Runtime
128
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Boileau, Pierre
  • Murder
  • Police
  • Love
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Vertigo
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Vertigo, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. and Paramount Pictures Corporation ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958
  • Special features include Obsessed with Vertigo, commentary, production notes, theatrical trailers, foreign censorship ending, the Vertigo archives
  • Based on the novel : D'entre les morts / by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
Bar code
  • 31223130269740
  • 31223130269781
  • 31223130269732
  • 31223124168114
  • 31223124167009
  • 31223124168106
  • 31223130269765
  • 31223130269724
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (128 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192143342
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
61122484
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)809794252
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; dual-layer; anamorphic widescreen,1.85:1; Dolby Digital 5.1 stereo and 2.0 mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Vertigo, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. and Paramount Pictures Corporation ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958
  • Special features include Obsessed with Vertigo, commentary, production notes, theatrical trailers, foreign censorship ending, the Vertigo archives
  • Based on the novel : D'entre les morts / by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
Bar code
  • 31223130269740
  • 31223130269781
  • 31223130269732
  • 31223124168114
  • 31223124167009
  • 31223124168106
  • 31223130269765
  • 31223130269724
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (128 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192143342
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
61122484
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)809794252
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; dual-layer; anamorphic widescreen,1.85:1; Dolby Digital 5.1 stereo and 2.0 mono
Video recording format
DVD

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