The Lady Vanishes (1938) - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray, USA, 2011)

distributor	Criterion Collection (USA)
release date	06/Dec/2011
format	1 Blu-ray disc
region encoding	Blu-ray region A
UPC/EAN	715515090315
catalogue	spine #3
main transfer	1080P black & white
database ID	2730

Overview

• The Lady Vanishes (1938) with feature length commentary
• Crook's Tour (1941) - directed by John Baxter
• "Mystery Train" - video essay by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Leff

Product Links

• Amazon (USA)

Blu-ray Contents

• The Lady Vanishes (1938)
  • length: 96 minutes (01:36:21)
  • video: 1080P (AVC High@L4.1, 23.976fps, 26.4GB)
  • audio: English mono (PCM 1.0, 48kHz, 1152kbps)
  • subtitles: English
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: approx 35Mbps

Extras

• Feature length commentary track -- featuring film historian Bruce Eder
  • audio: English mono (AC3 1.0, 192kbps)
  • subtitles: none

• Crook's Tour - 1941 feature-length film starring Charters and Caldicott
  • length: 81 minutes (01:20:59)
  • video: 1080P (AVC High@L4.1, 23.976fps, 10.3GB)
  • audio: English mono (AC3 1.0, 192kbps)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• "Mystery Train" -- visual essay hosted by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Leff
  • length: 24 minutes (00:23:59)
  • video: 1080I (AVC High@L4.1, 29.970fps, 4.25GB)
  • audio: English mono (AC3 1.0, 192kbps)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.85:1

• Audio extracts from the Truffaut/Hitchcock interviews
  • length: 10 minutes (00:10:06)
  • audio: English mono (AC3 1.0, 192kbps)
  • subtitles: none

• Gallery of behind-the-scenes photos and promotional art

Booklet/Insert

• 24 page booklet featuring essays by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and Hitchcock scholar Charles Barr

Related Releases

The Lady Vanishes (1938) - Criterion Collection (USA, 2007)

Reviews

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Links

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