| | Rear Window DVD (4 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Thriller Movies, Mystery Videos, Suspense, Recommended, Murder, Classic, Essential Cinema, Psychodrama, AFI Top 100 Thrills, AFI Top 100 (1997), AFI Top 100, Physically Impaired | | Starring | James Stewart, Grace Kelly, lma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Frank Cady, Judith Evelyn, Wendell Corey, Sara Berner, Georgine Darcy | | Director | Alfred Hitchcock | | Art Director | Hal Pereira | | Composer | Franz Waxman | | Director of Photography | Robert Burks | | Editor | George Tomasini | | Producer | Alfred Hitchcock | | Production Designer | Joseph MacMillan Johnson | | Screenwriter | John Michael Hayes | | Story | Cornell Woolrich |
Special Edition DVD featuring James Stewart. A photographer recovering from a broken leg enlivens his hours of convalescence by taking up voyeurism. Though it's initially Miss Torso, an attractive dancer, who gets his attention, he quickly becomes more fascinated by the Thorwalds, a bickering couple across the yard. When he thinks a murder has taken place, the suspense begins. REAR WINDOW is a true Hitchcock masterpiece. The weather is getting hotter, and photographer L.B. Jefferies (Jimmy Stewart) is stuck in his apartment with a broken leg and nothing to do--that is, nothing to do but spy on his neighbors through their open windows across the way in the apartment complex. There's an attractive and scantily clad dancer, a songwriter, a lonely woman, and the Thorwalds (Raymond Burr and Irene Winston), a bickering couple, among others. But when Mrs. Thorwald disappears, Jefferies is sure that something's wrong. Soon, despite the warnings of his girlfriend, Lisa (Grace Kelly), and his motherly nurse, Stella (Thelma Ritter), Jefferies has out his binoculars and telephoto lens and is studying his neighbor "like a bug under glass." However, looking in from the outside might not be as safe as Jefferies assumes. REAR WINDOW is not only a gripping story of murder and suspense, it is a celebrated allegory on the nature of film itself, a story in which the audience watches Jefferies watch the story unfold. The different windows represent the various different stories that are often told on film and also can be seen as representing the coming of television, as Jefferies can watch a multitude of "shows" from the comfort of his own apartment. Theatrical release: New York, August 1953.
Hitchcock cameo: Hitchcock can be seen winding a clock in the apartment of the songwriter about 30 minutes into the film.
REAR WINDOW was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1997.
Hitchcock was nominated for the Best Director Oscar but lost out to Elia Kazan for ON THE WATERFRONT
REAR WINDOW is number 42 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.
Snippets of other music heard in the film include Leonard Bernstein's score for the ballet FANCY FREE and the song "Mona Lisa."
The film was remade in 1998 as a TV movie starring wheelchair-bound Christopher Reeve. Rear Window Reviews: "...Everything from the masterly opening sequence to the ambiguous final shot indicates that this is the work of a prodigiously talented director..." -- 5 out of 5 stars
-- Tom Dawson, Total Film "...[New print details] give the movie a sharpness that underscores the whole subtext..." -- Rating: A
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly "...Kelly is cool and elegant here....REAR WINDOW lovingly invests in suspense all through the film, banking it in our memory, so that when the final payoff arrives, the whole film has been the thriller equivalent of foreplay..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "With its voyeuristic theme, witty screenplay and romantic star chemistry, the ever-popular James Stewart-Grace Kelly masterpiece may be the most prototypical Alfred Hitchcock movie..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "Hitchcock was a master of this space, his shots coordinated to the inch....Where VERTIGO sported it deviancy on the surface, the even better REAR WINDOW possesses a more wicked intent: we're all in this horrid game together."-- Ian Nathan, Empire Rear Window | List Price | $19.98 (You save $4.73) | | Studio | Universal Studios Home Video | | Orig Year | 1954 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1049  | | CD Universe Part number | 1580373 | | Catalog number | 61020395 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 06, 2001 | | Rating | PG (MPAA) | | Running Time | 115 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Collector's Edition; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Mono Sound; Dolby Noise Reduction; Collector's Edition; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled |
Rear Window Movie Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   Great Movie, Great Director
Im going to write this review in spanish because í'm a mexican customer if you want to read in english go to the arrows.
Esta es una de las mejores cintas del gran director Alfred Hitchcock, el uso de una sola locacion crea un espacio para el suspenso unico, las actuaciones son excelentes, no dejen de ver esta gran cinta
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This is one of the best films made it by the great director Alfred Hitchcock, the use of only a single location creates a unique thriller space, the performance are excellent, don't let it pass, you have to see it
PS sorry by my english
Submitted by cuervoxdraven (Pachuca, Hidalgo, México) 
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 The second greatest Hitch film
Without a doubt this film is one of the greatest films ever made. Most critics consider this to be Alfred Hitchcocks greatest film behind Psycho. I can't disagree. This movie is a masterpiece and shows just how much Hitchcock was able to manipulate the camera and show his great technical brilliance. Jimmy Stewart plays a wheel-chair bound journalist who begins spying on his neighbours and discovery different dramas through his window. The plot is so simple, yet so effective and keeps you thinking. Grace Kelly is Jimmy Stewarts co-star and she is one of the greatest actresses ever. Jimmy Stewart was the perfect guy to play the wheel-chair bound journalist because he is such an ordinary looking guy and plays his role so well. The ending is the greatest scene in the movie. You must buy this dvd. It's a must see and it's truly a masterpiece of HItchcocks construction.
Submitted by Jona (Manhattan, New York)
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Another Great Hitch film
Another classic Hitch movie that stands as one of his greatest. This movie is still talked about today. It just shows how much of an impact Alfred has had on audiences, film-makers and cinema. A really suspensfull film with a great ending. I believe this is his second greatest film behind psycho.
Submitted by Kayla (Manhattan,NY)
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rear window is the classic Hitchcock
One of my all time favorites. I have seen it more than any other movie. Totally mesmerizing!!!
Submitted by ruthann1971 (lafayette la)
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Hitch is the master of suspense and the greatest director in the history of cinema. This classic film touches on everything in Hitchcock, his ways of anticipating the audience, his dark humour, the enchanting blonde, the technical achievement and the masterful storytelling and imagery. This film has everything that made Hitchcock famous. His sheer consistency really showed in this film. Some critics even debate that this is the best film to show somebody when they want to know about Hitch's talents. I can't disagree. This film touches on everything in Hitchcock. Jimmy Stewart plays a wheelchair bound journalist observing life across the courtyard of his apartment. He begins spying on his neighbours and witnesses various dramas unfolding. Grace Kelly plays the enchanting blonde woman that tries to lure Jimmy Stewart into living the cool and perfect life she lives in. It's almost two great stories combined into one classic film that deals with voyeurism, love, guilt, sex and murder. Rear Window is Hitchcock at his everlasting best.
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Rear Window DVD Region 1
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Single Side - Dual Layer
Collectors Edition
Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.66
Letterbox -
1.66
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Making Of
Featurette: Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes
Trailers: Rerelease Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
Biographies: Cast & Crew
Stills/Photos: Production Stills
Script
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