| | Spellbound DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Thriller Movies, Mystery Videos, Suspense, Psychodrama | | Starring | Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, Leo G. Carroll, Rhonda Fleming, Norman Lloyd, John Emery, Steven Geray, Michael Chekhov | | Director | Alfred Hitchcock | | Composer | Miklos Rozsa | | Director of Photography | George Barnes | | Editor | William Ziegler | | Producer | David O. Selznick | | Production Designer | James Basevi | | Writer | Ben Hecht |
Black & White; Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Sensor Matic An amnesia victim suspects he committed a murder, but he has no exact recollection of the crime. He visits a psychotherapist, hoping that she will help open the door to his past. In the process, she falls in love with her patient, strongly believing in his innocence. Her attempts to find out the truth become so consuming that the therapist nearly jeopardizes her livelihood--and her life. The film includes a captivating dream sequence, designed by the legendary surrealist painter Salvador Dali. Drawing on psychoanalysis to frame a transcendent love story, Alfred Hitchcock's SPELLBOUND is a mind-bending study of just how far people might go to escape trauma or to pursue passion. Gregory Peck is introduced as Dr. Edwardes, the newly arrived director of a mental asylum. However, when Edwardes starts displaying strange behavior in a meeting with the staff, Dr. Constance Peterson (Ingrid Bergman) begins to suspect that all is not right with him. Edwardes proves to actually be John Ballantine, a patient suffering from amnesia--and a consuming dread in relation to the missing Dr. Edwardes. As suspicion of murder falls over Ballantine, the icy Peterson finds herself growing more and more emotionally attached to him and more and more convinced that curing his amnesia is the key to proving his innocence. Retreating to an upstate residence, Peterson enlists the help of leading psychoanalyst Dr. Brulov (Michael Chekhov). Pursuing the truth of the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Edwardes leads deep into the tangled mindscape of Ballantine and proves that danger is very close indeed. To illustrate the psychological journey Ballantine undergoes, the film includes a captivating dream sequence designed by the legendary surrealist painter Salvador Dali. Hitchcock cameo: Hitchock comes out of a crowded elevator at the Empire Hotel.
During filming, whenever David O. Selznick interfered, Hitchcock would stop the camera, pretending it was broken until Selznick left the set.
A special perfume, Spellbound, was created and released in 1945 to coincide with the release of the film.
The film cost $1.5 million and grossed $7 million.
The two source writers of this film collectively wrote under the pseudonym Francis Beeding.
This is the only Michael Chekhov video. Spellbound | List Price | $19.98 (You save $6.43) | | Studio | 20th Century Fox | | Orig Year | 1945 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  44053  | | CD Universe Part number | 7727699 | | Catalog number | 110991 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 14, 2008 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 118 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Remastered; Subtitled | | Movie Details | B&W; Full Frame; Remastered; Subtitled |
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This movie put a spell on ME! The acting is superb and with twists and turns one cannot go wrong with this Hitchcock masterpiece. I watched it once 3 years ago (on what seemed the hottest day of the year) and hated it. I just watched it again recently (on Criterion) and was overwhelmed by every aspect of it. My favorite shots are when J.B. drinks the milk, Dali's dream sequence, and the gun turning on itself. This is what Hitchcock is about. Well, at least to me. Watch this movie twice before you decide to buy it. It will then deserve a place amongst your collection
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Spellbound DVD Region 1
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Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Mono - English
Subtitled - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary -
1.Thomas Schatz - Film Historian 2. Charles Ramirez Barg - Film Historian
Featurette -
1. Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism and Salvador Dali
2.Guilty by Association: Spellbound, World War II and Trauma
3.Rhonda Fleming: A Cinderella Story
Music Video -
1.1948 Radio Play Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Interviews -
1. Peter Bogdanovich Interviews Hitchcock
2. Composer Miklós Rózsa Interviews Hitchcock
Trailers - Theatrical Trailer
Text/ Photo Gallery:
Still Gallery
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