Actors: George Sanders, Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, Albert Bassermann, Robert Benchley Director: Alfred Hitchcock Language: ENGLISH: LPCM Mono (48kHz, 24-bit) Subtitles: English Region: Region A
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 Number of Discs: 3 (BD / 2 DVD) Rating: Not Rated Orig. Release Date: 1940 Studio: Criterion Release Date: 10/7/2014 Run Time: 121 Min.
- Trailer - original trailer for Foreign Correspondent. In English, not subtitled. (3 min, 1080p).
- Hollywood Propaganda and World War II - in this
new video piece, writer Mark Harris discusses the history of Hollywood
propaganda films during the war, some of the political messages and
stereotypes they helped promote, and some of the reactions the more
prominent films generated. In English, not subtitled. (26 min, 1080p).
- Visual Effects in Foreign Correspondent - in this new video interview, visual effects expert Craig Barron (Titanic, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) discusses the unique special effects used by Alfred Hitchcock in Foreign Correspondent and the contribution of production effects specialist William Cameron Menzies (Things to Come, Gone with the Wind). The interview was conducted exclusively for Criterion in 2013. In English, not subtitled. (19 min, 1080p).
- Dick Cavett Interviews Hitchcock - this quite hilarious archival interview with director Alfred Hitchcock, from The Dick Cavett Show, was originally broadcast on June 8, 1972. In it the legendary director discusses the special effects used in Foreign Correspondent,
the different reactions to his most popular films, his directing
methods and attitude towards actors, the unique relationship between
comedy and drama in cinema, etc. In English, not subtitled. (63 min,
1080i).
- Radio Adaptation - this radio adaptation of Foreign Correspondent was broadcast on July 24, 1946. In English, not subtitled. (26 min, 1080p).
- "Have You Heard? The Story of Wartime Rumors" - a war thriller dramatized in still photographs. Alfred Hitchcock created it for Life magazine in 1942. (1080p). A text-format description precedes each photograph. (1080p).
- Booklet - 18-page illustrated booklet featuring James Naremore's essay "The Windmills of War". (Mr. Naremore is the author of An Invention Without a Future: Essays on Cinema, On Kubrick, and More Than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts).
An American reporter in London finds himself in the middle of intrigue on the eve of World War II.
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