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Home video Clear window: preserved print and two separate restorations released across multiple formats Breakdown: three versions but they’re in seven variant transfers, all detailed for the first time Follows …

Soundtrack and essays Score credited to composing icon Franz Waxman but he has little input Mainly has source music plucked from Paramount’s vaults by the director Naturalistic: mostly music emanates …

The five commandments: Thou shalt not… Do what cannot be undone at some future time Fail to indicate any unavoidably necessary changes Have the hubris to make a revision the …

Home video At least a handful of different transfers available, including new 4k restoration Hitchcocked: Shoddy bootlegs outnumber official releases, so choose carefully Was set to join six films director …

February 2026 news: From Hitchcock expert Matthew Hardesty, Rope and James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) are screening at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, April …

Re-recordings There are two full length re-recordings of Rózsa’s Oscar-winning score First one was a guilty favour for missing out on a lucrative opportunity Second most complete to date, even …

Home video This missing boat must be hunted down as it isn’t in any collections In the same boat: Almost all early DVDs have compromised audio Hitch’s original soundtrack can …

Home video and soundtrack Originally made by RKO, film’s copyrights are now scattered worldwide Its many different standard definition transfers range from poor to superb Gaudy horror: The Master of …

Home video and remakes Distribution rights scattered worldwide, meaning copies range from adequate to superb But all the best releases feature American transfers; here’s every legitimate release to date Finally: …

Home video, soundtrack and tealing The film has faced a longer, rockier road that the characters it depicts Bad luck on the small screen: home video has not been kind …