Rebecca / United Artists ; produced by David O. Selznik ; screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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A vacationing young lady meets, falls in love with, and marries handsome and wealthy widower Maxim de Winter. He takes his new bride home to his estate, Manderley. But the new Mrs. de Winter finds her married life dominated by the sinister, almost spectral influence of Maxim's late wife, Rebecca, wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Rebecca (Motion picture) Premiere collection. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author:	Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Selznick International Pictures United Artists Corporation Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors:	Selznick, David O., 1902-1965 (Producer) Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 (Director) Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955 (Screenwriter) Harrison, Joan, 1907-1994 (Screenwriter) Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989 (Actor) Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013 (Actor) Sanders, George, 1906-1972 (Actor) Anderson, Judith, 1897-1992 (Actor) Bruce, Nigel, 1895-1953 (Actor) Denny, Reginald, 1891-1967 (Actor) Smith, C. Aubrey (Charles Aubrey), 1863-1948 (Actor) Cooper, Gladys, 1888-1971 (Actor) Bates, Florence, 1888-1954 (Actor) Cooper, Melville, 1896-1973 (Actor) Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972 (Actor) Carey, Leonard, 1887-1977 (Actor) Hare, Lumsden, 1875-1964 (Actor) Fielding, Edward, 1875-1945 (Actor) Winter, Philip (Actor) Harvey, Forrester, 1884-1945 (Actor) Barnes, George, 1892-1953 (Cinematographer) MacDonald, Philip (adaptation.) Hogan, Michael, 1893-1977 (adaptation.) Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989
Language:	English French Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	In English with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Published:	[Los Angeles, Calif.] : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, [2012]
Series:	Premiere collection. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Du Maurier, Daphne, > 1907-1989. > Rebecca > Film adaptations. De Winter, Maximilian (Fictitious character) > Drama. De Winter, Mrs. (Fictitious character) > Drama. Remarried people > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Cornwall (England : County) > Drama. Feature films. Film adaptations. Video recordings. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Du Maurier, Daphne, > 1907-1989. De Winter, Maximilian (Fictitious character) De Winter, Mrs. (Fictitious character) Remarried people. England > Cornwall (County) Detective and mystery films. Fiction films. Drama.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Detective and mystery films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (131 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	David O. Selznek presents Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca.
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	A vacationing young lady meets, falls in love with, and marries handsome and wealthy widower Maxim de Winter. He takes his new bride home to his estate, Manderley. But the new Mrs. de Winter finds her married life dominated by the sinister, almost spectral influence of Maxim's late wife, Rebecca, who still rules from beyond the grave.
Note:	Title from disc label. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940. Based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier. Special features: Commentary with film critic Richard Schickel; Isolated music and effects track; "The making of Rebecca" featurette; "The gothic world of Daphne Du Maurier" featurette; Screen tests; 3 radio plays; Audio Hitchcock interviews with Peter Bogdanovich and François Truffaut; Theatrical trailer; Still galleries.
Call Number:	CS4 D0100338 VideoDVD
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated ; Canadian Home Video rating: PG.
Awards:	Academy Awards, 1940: Best Picture (Selznick International Pictures) ; Best Cinematography, black-and-white (George Barnes)
Credits:	Music by Franz Waxman ; photographed by George Barnes ; adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan.
System Details:	DVD ; NTSC; region 1; full frame (1.33:1) presentation; mono; dual layer.
Cast:	Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Cooper, Florence Bates, Melville Cooper, Leo G. Carroll, Leonard Carey, Lumsden Hare, Edward Fielding, Philip Winter, Forrester Harvey.