Spellbound [videorecording] / produced by David O. Selznick ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by Ben Hecht.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: M110991 | MGM Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Series: Premiere collectionPublication details: Los Angeles, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2008.Description: 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 6312328538 : DVD
- 9786312328537 : DVD
- Spellbound (Motion picture : 1945).
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA Spellbou | Available | 33111006870360 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
As Alfred Hitchcock's classic psychothriller opens, the staff of a posh mental asylum eagerly awaits the arrival of the new director. When the man in question shows up, it turns out to be handsome psychiatrist John Ballantine (Gregory Peck). But something's wrong, here: Ballantine seems much too young for so important a position; his answers to the staff's questions are vague and detached; and he seems unusually distressed by the parallel marks, left by a fork, on a white tablecloth. Dr. Constance Peterson (Ingrid Bergman) comes to the conclusion that Ballantine is not the new director, but a profoundly disturbed amnesiac--and, possibly, the murderer of the real director. But is she correct in her inferences? Scriptwriters Angus MacPhail and Ben Hecht soon add to this the complication that Constance begins to fall in love with John. Director Hitchcock tapped surrealist artist Salvador Dali to design the visually arresting dream sequences in the film. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the novel "The house of Dr. Edwardes" by Francis Beeding.
Features: audio commentary, Dreaming with scissors : Hitchcock, Surrealism, and Salvador Dali, Guilt by association : psychoanalyzing "Spellbound," A Cinderella story : Rhonda Fleming, 1948 radio play directed by Alfred Hitchcock, interview, original theatrical trailer, still gallery.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1945.
Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, Leo G. Carroll, Michael Chekhov, Rhonda Fleming, John Emery.
When the new director of a mental institution is discovered to be an amnesiac, an impostor, and possibly a murderer, a staff member who loves him helps him discover the truth.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, Dolby digital mono.
For private home use only.
Closed-captioned.
In English with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.