Not too sure how much truth there is in this story, as the Daily Mail seems to be the only source, but… Playboy boss Hugh Hefner, 82, has donated $120 million towards a new School of Cinematic Art, to be built in Hollywood in memory of Alfred Hitchcock. Why? Hef declares that he wished to honour Hitchcock as “he managed to work with the three women I most wanted to pose nude for me, and… (read more)
Via Dan Auiler’s “All Things Hitchcock” blog, here’s your chance to own a prop from “North by Northwest“: Antique Secretary Desk – $5000 The desk puts in an appearance in the Townsend house… It’s also where Martin Landau gets the bourbon from…
Whilst we still wait for news the first official Bluray releases (my guess is that “North by Northwest” will be announced soon), standard DVDs just keep on coming! In the next few months, we have a new DVD of “Suspicion” (Kinowelt, Germany) as well as a bundling of Hitchcock’s two wartime propaganda films “Hitchcock French Resistance” (Network, UK). In France, Universal are bundling together all of their previous DVD releases (including both their US films… (read more)
Here’s your weekly dose of Hitchcock! Title: Aventure Malgache Broadcast Info: Friday 22 Aug 08, 23:25 (35 mins) Broadcast Info: Monday 25 Aug 08, 08:30 (30 mins) Channels: Artsworld Title: Topaz Broadcast Info: Wednesday 20 Aug 08, 16:20 (145 mins) Channels: Sky Movies Premier 3 Title: Frenzy Broadcast Info: Wednesday 20 Aug 08, 02:50 (130 mins) Channels: Sky Movies Max 2 Title: Rear Window Broadcast Info: Sunday 17 Aug 08, 14:20 (100 mins) Channels: Five… (read more)
Sony have just announced that the 2008 remake of “The Lodger” (directed by David Ondaatje) will be released on DVD next February.
