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Hitchcock
British International
Pictures Collection
(1927-1931)

Contents: The Ring (1927), The Farmer’s Wife (1928), Champagne (1928), The Manxman (1929) and The Skin Game (1931).

Kino Classics
2019 Blu-ray Disc edition

Hitchcock: British International Pictures Collection (1927-1931), black & white, 502 minutes total, not rated, including The Ring (1927), black & white, 106 minutes, not rated, The Farmer’s Wife (1928), black & white, 112 minutes, not rated, Champagne (1928), black & white, 106 minutes, not rated, The Manxman (1929), black & white, 101 minutes, not rated, and The Skin Game (1931), black & white, 83 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K24075, UPC 7-38329-24075-2.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at 25.6 Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 2.0 Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, English language SDH subtitles (The Skin Game only); chapter stops; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $49.95.
Release date: 10 December 2019.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.

This Blu-ray Disc collection has been mastered from the British Film Institute restorations of early Hitchcock films as produced in cooperation with StudioCanal.

The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Meg Morley, Jon C. Mirsalis, Ben Model and Andrew Earle Simpson.

Supplemental material includes audio commentary on The Ring by Nick Pinkerton; audio commentaries on Champagne and The Manxman by Farran Smith Nehme; the Hitchcock early sound film, The Skin Game (1931); and an audio excerpt from Hitchcock/Truffaut with François Truffaut interviewing Hitchcock (20 minutes total).

This is our recommended home video edition of these films.

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Kino Classics
2019 DVD edition

Kino Lorber, K24074, UPC 7-38329-24074-5.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, English language SDH subtitles (The Skin Game only); chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 10 December 2019.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD collection has been mastered from the British Film Institute restorations of early Hitchcock films as produced in cooperation with StudioCanal.

The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Meg Morley, Jon C. Mirsalis, Ben Model and Andrew Earle Simpson.

This is our recommended DVD home video edition of these films.

USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.