Vertigo
By: Universal ; a Paramount release ; screenplay by Alec Coppel & Samuel Taylor ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Contributors: Novak, Kim; Bel Geddes, Barbara; Burks, Robert; Tomasini, George; Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975; Boileau-Narcejac; Universal Pictures Corporation; Paramount Pictures Corporation
Edition: Widescreen format; collector's ed.
Series: The Alfred Hitchcock collection; Alfred Hitchcock collection
Publisher: Universal Studios Home Video
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Universal City, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Drama; Police; Man-woman relationships; Vertigo; Murder
Description: In San Francisco, an acrophobic detective is hired to trail a friend's suicidal wife. After he successfully rescues her from a leap into the bay, he finds himself becoming obsessed with this beautiful, troubled woman.
Notes: Based on the novel: D'entre les morts / by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958; restored version produced in 1996.

Special features: Obsessed with Vertigo : new life for Hitchcock's masterpiece; feature commentary with associate producer Herbert Coleman, restoration team, and others; production notes; talent biographies; theatrical trailers.

Director of photography, Robert Burks ; edited by George Tomasini ; music by Bernard Herrmann.

James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes.

MPAA rating: PG.

DVD player required; 5.1 surround; region 1.

Soundtrack in English; subtitles in English, French, or Spanish.