Rear Window

As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the hel...

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Corporate Author: Paramount Pictures Corporation., Universal City Studios.
Other Authors: Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, Hayes, John Michael, 1919-2008-, Stewart, James, 1908-1997., Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982., Corey, Wendell, 1914-1968., Ritter, Thelma., Burr, Raymond, 1917-1993., Burks, Robert., Tomasini, George., Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967., Johnson, Joseph MacMillian., Pereira, Hal., Head, Edith., Woolrich, Cornell, 1903-1968.
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
French
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures, [2001], c1954.
Edition: Collector's ed., widescreen version.
Series: Alfred Hitchcock collection
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Summary: As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in film history.
Item Description: Based on a short story "Rear window" by Cornell Woolrich.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.
Accompanying booklet contains production notes.
Special features: an original documentary; featurette: "A conversation with screenwriter John Michael Hayes"; production photographs; re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart; the script; DVD-ROM features include access to the original script and other related materials.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD; Dolby digital.
Audience: MPAA rating: PG.
Production Credits: Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; music, Franz Waxman ; art direction, Joseph MacMillian Johnson, Hal Pereira ; costume designer, Edith Head.
ISBN: 0783237391