Alfred Hitchcock dirigió Para atrapar al ladrón para Paramount en 1955, a caballo entre La Ventana Indiscreta y Pero, ¿Qué pasa con Harry?.
Cary Grant es John Robie, un antiguo ladrón de joyas conocido como "El Gato". Cuando una serie de robos que parecen llevar su sello personal tienen lugar en la Riviera francesa, Robie debe intentar demostrar que él no es el culpable, atrapando al verdadero ladrón. Para llevar a cabo sus planes, contará con la rica norteamericana Jessie Stevens (Jessie Royce Landis) y de la hija de ésta, la caprichosa Frances (Grace Kelly, en uno de sus últimos papeles en el cine).
To Catch A Thief (1955) Blu-Ray USA - Director: Alfred Hitchcock
FECHA DE LANZAMIENTO: 6 DE MARZO DE 2012
VIDEO: 1080P Widescreen
AUDIO: English 2.0 Stereo Dolby TrueHD, English Mono Dolby TrueHD, French, Spanish and Portuguese Mono Dolby Digital
SUBTÍTULOS: English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles
EXTRAS:
- Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper
- "A Night with the Hitchcocks" (23:20)
- "Unacceptable Under the Code: Film Censorship in America" (11:47)
- "Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief" (9:04)
- "The Making of To Catch a Thief" (16:53)
- "Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly" (6:12)
- Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation" (7:32)
- "Edith Head: The Paramount Years" (13:43)
- "If You Love To Catch a Thief, You'll Love This" Interactive Travelogue
- Original Theatrical Trailer (2:11)
- Galleries
- Booklet (8 pages)
EXTRAS REVIEW:
- Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper, Hitchcock Film Historian: On Disc One, replacing the Peter Bogdanivich commentary is an in-depth, full-on dissection of To Catch a Thief, one with as much theory on Hitchcock's lightest film as you can stand. Dr. Casper goes into Hitchcock's full history, the metaphorical "chases", and the nature of the film as a "vacation" for the mystery director. He also goes into the film's novel source, as well continuous emphasis on the framing and lighting.
- A Night with the Hitchcocks (23:22): Taking place at a USC director-devoted film class, Alfred Hitchcock's daughter, Pat , and granddaughter, Mary Stone, answer questions from the students about his life, his movie tastes, and how he would interpret film as it is today. The questions are hit-and-miss regarding the replies that they receive, but some of them are choice anecdotes that offer up great windows into the legendary director.
Unacceptable Under the Code: Film Censorship in America (11:48): This featurette encapsulates Hitchcocks's dance around censorship, something that he persistently came under fire for (see several reference articles regarding Psycho and his choice for black and white filming). It talks about the corruptive nature of Hollywood during the Silent Era, the parameters that choke films (drinking, sexual behavior, etc), and the innuendos laced within To Catch a Thief.
- Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief (9:04, from 2002 DVD in FF): Here, interview time with Mary Stone, Pat Hitchcock, author Stephen DeRosa, and others fill the space with discussions on Cary Grant and Grace Kelly as Hitchcock's choices. It's covers emphasis points with the characters and the ways that the script melded to them, all while dancing around a good chunk of footage from the film.
- The Making of To Catch a Thief (16:54, from 2002 DVD in FF): As a fairly general assembly feature, this making-of piece covers the troubles in some of the location choices, the huffing and puffing over costume design with some of the actresses, the continuity of historical context in the picture, the choice for Cary Grant's crazy striped shirt, and Hitchcock's rigidness in his film-making concepts. Plenty of heartwarming and insightful anecdotes slip into the mix with interviews and film footage, making for a very solid and compact supplemental feature.
- Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly (6:13): Taking a similar tone to the Behind the Gates featurette on previous Centennial DVDs, this one dives into the radiance of these two iconic Hollywood staples. It gives some background into Cary Grant's history before becoming an actor, including his time as a trapeze performer and as a comedy troop member, along with the love affair that all the world was having with Grace Kelly.
- Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation (7:33, from 2002 WE): Here, Pat Hitchcock and Mary Stone discuss Alfred Hitchcock's impressions on the French, fun tidbits about the director himself, and a brief analysis on his differences between his public image and the type of father that he was. It's a delicate, hearty little featurette that supplements the Making-of piece rather well.
- Edith Head: The Paramount Years featurette, an Original Trailer, a :57 second Travelogue leading into an interactive map, and a series of Photo Galleries, separated as such: The Movie, Publicity, Visitors to the Set, Production Part I and Production Part II.
DVD Original vs. DVD Centennial Collection:
Diversión hitchcockiana
Al degustar una película como To catch a thief, a uno le da la sensación –una sensación que refuerzan los críticos y exegetas- de que Hitchcock se divirtió realizando esta película y que, la mitad de su rodaje on location, en la Costa Azul, algo tuvo de vacaciones para el director saliente de una obra tan densa y compleja como Rear Window. Así, de entrada, una primera aseveración: se puede estar de vacaciones y realizar una gran película. Y una segunda: los primeros planos del filme dan la medida del sentido de la diversión hitchcockiano: plano fijo al escaparate de una agencia de viajes, con una música sugerente de fondo, y plano de detalle de un folleto propagandístico de Côte d’Azur; de ahí corte a, nada menos que, primer plano de una mujer que chilla desesperada (porque le han robado las joyas). Gajes del oficio ocioso, según Hitchcock.
Alta comedia
Esa relación entre los protagonistas es la que en definitiva impone el tono al que nos hemos referido. Y podemos hablar de pirueta hitchcockiana por cuanto, poniendo en juego sus recursos visuales, su precisa descripción psicológica y algunas constantes temáticas, rubrica no obstante un rara avis en su filmografía, un claro exponente de la denominada alta comedia, un filme de portentoso ritmo, de constantes juegos sentimentales, de mordaces y certeros diálogos, y, en fin, de una confrontación sexual en clave hilarante que no puede dejar a nadie indiferente. Después dirán por ahí que Hitchcock era el mago del suspense y que no sabía hacer comedias. Qué risa.
Ir al artículo completo aquí: http://sergimgrau.wordpress.com/2009/09 ... un-ladron/
TRIVIA:
- Robert Burks ganó el Oscar® a la mejor fotografía por su trabajo en este film. Fue la primera vez que Hitchcock recurrió al formato VistaVision con el fin de proporcionar la máxima calidad a los numerosos planos rodados al aire libre en la soleada Riviera francesa.
- Con motivo de su estancia en la Costa Azul francesa para el rodaje de esta película, Grace Kelly conoció a su futuro marido, el Príncipe Rainiero de Mónaco.
EMULANDO A GRACE KELLY:
Gwyneth Paltrow
Lake Bell
Luisana Lopilato
Diane Kruger y January Jones ( HQ )
ENLACES/FUENTES:
http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.a ... id=1599307
http://homecinema.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/74646/ to-catchthief-us-in-march.html
PARAMOUNT Centennial Collection en DVD: Vol. 6 & 7 @ viewtopic.php?f=4&t=36338#p446848
http://homecinema.thedigitalfix.com/con ... ntid=70354
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/36738/to-catch-a-thief/
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReview ... athief.htm
http://ffffemme.blogspot.com/2011/12/el ... -y-el.html
http://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Summ ... 0Thief.htm
http://www.forcesofgeek.com/2011/12/to- ... u-ray.html
http://nesssoftware.com/www/stills.php? ... cockAlfred
http://ricardolopezblog.blogspot.com/20 ... acias.html
Cary Grant es John Robie, un antiguo ladrón de joyas conocido como "El Gato". Cuando una serie de robos que parecen llevar su sello personal tienen lugar en la Riviera francesa, Robie debe intentar demostrar que él no es el culpable, atrapando al verdadero ladrón. Para llevar a cabo sus planes, contará con la rica norteamericana Jessie Stevens (Jessie Royce Landis) y de la hija de ésta, la caprichosa Frances (Grace Kelly, en uno de sus últimos papeles en el cine).
To Catch A Thief (1955) Blu-Ray USA - Director: Alfred Hitchcock
FECHA DE LANZAMIENTO: 6 DE MARZO DE 2012
Paramount Home Entertainment have announced the US Blu-ray Disc release of To Catch A Thief on 6th March 2012. Cary Grant and Grace Kelly star in director Alfred Hitchcock’s suspenseful and romantic thriller.
This Blu-ray release offers the same extras as the Centennial Collection DVD release.
VIDEO: 1080P Widescreen
AUDIO: English 2.0 Stereo Dolby TrueHD, English Mono Dolby TrueHD, French, Spanish and Portuguese Mono Dolby Digital
SUBTÍTULOS: English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles
EXTRAS:
- Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper
- "A Night with the Hitchcocks" (23:20)
- "Unacceptable Under the Code: Film Censorship in America" (11:47)
- "Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief" (9:04)
- "The Making of To Catch a Thief" (16:53)
- "Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly" (6:12)
- Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation" (7:32)
- "Edith Head: The Paramount Years" (13:43)
- "If You Love To Catch a Thief, You'll Love This" Interactive Travelogue
- Original Theatrical Trailer (2:11)
- Galleries
- Booklet (8 pages)
EXTRAS REVIEW:
- Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper, Hitchcock Film Historian: On Disc One, replacing the Peter Bogdanivich commentary is an in-depth, full-on dissection of To Catch a Thief, one with as much theory on Hitchcock's lightest film as you can stand. Dr. Casper goes into Hitchcock's full history, the metaphorical "chases", and the nature of the film as a "vacation" for the mystery director. He also goes into the film's novel source, as well continuous emphasis on the framing and lighting.
- A Night with the Hitchcocks (23:22): Taking place at a USC director-devoted film class, Alfred Hitchcock's daughter, Pat , and granddaughter, Mary Stone, answer questions from the students about his life, his movie tastes, and how he would interpret film as it is today. The questions are hit-and-miss regarding the replies that they receive, but some of them are choice anecdotes that offer up great windows into the legendary director.
Unacceptable Under the Code: Film Censorship in America (11:48): This featurette encapsulates Hitchcocks's dance around censorship, something that he persistently came under fire for (see several reference articles regarding Psycho and his choice for black and white filming). It talks about the corruptive nature of Hollywood during the Silent Era, the parameters that choke films (drinking, sexual behavior, etc), and the innuendos laced within To Catch a Thief.
- Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief (9:04, from 2002 DVD in FF): Here, interview time with Mary Stone, Pat Hitchcock, author Stephen DeRosa, and others fill the space with discussions on Cary Grant and Grace Kelly as Hitchcock's choices. It's covers emphasis points with the characters and the ways that the script melded to them, all while dancing around a good chunk of footage from the film.
- The Making of To Catch a Thief (16:54, from 2002 DVD in FF): As a fairly general assembly feature, this making-of piece covers the troubles in some of the location choices, the huffing and puffing over costume design with some of the actresses, the continuity of historical context in the picture, the choice for Cary Grant's crazy striped shirt, and Hitchcock's rigidness in his film-making concepts. Plenty of heartwarming and insightful anecdotes slip into the mix with interviews and film footage, making for a very solid and compact supplemental feature.
- Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly (6:13): Taking a similar tone to the Behind the Gates featurette on previous Centennial DVDs, this one dives into the radiance of these two iconic Hollywood staples. It gives some background into Cary Grant's history before becoming an actor, including his time as a trapeze performer and as a comedy troop member, along with the love affair that all the world was having with Grace Kelly.
- Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation (7:33, from 2002 WE): Here, Pat Hitchcock and Mary Stone discuss Alfred Hitchcock's impressions on the French, fun tidbits about the director himself, and a brief analysis on his differences between his public image and the type of father that he was. It's a delicate, hearty little featurette that supplements the Making-of piece rather well.
- Edith Head: The Paramount Years featurette, an Original Trailer, a :57 second Travelogue leading into an interactive map, and a series of Photo Galleries, separated as such: The Movie, Publicity, Visitors to the Set, Production Part I and Production Part II.
DVD Original vs. DVD Centennial Collection:
Diversión hitchcockiana
Al degustar una película como To catch a thief, a uno le da la sensación –una sensación que refuerzan los críticos y exegetas- de que Hitchcock se divirtió realizando esta película y que, la mitad de su rodaje on location, en la Costa Azul, algo tuvo de vacaciones para el director saliente de una obra tan densa y compleja como Rear Window. Así, de entrada, una primera aseveración: se puede estar de vacaciones y realizar una gran película. Y una segunda: los primeros planos del filme dan la medida del sentido de la diversión hitchcockiano: plano fijo al escaparate de una agencia de viajes, con una música sugerente de fondo, y plano de detalle de un folleto propagandístico de Côte d’Azur; de ahí corte a, nada menos que, primer plano de una mujer que chilla desesperada (porque le han robado las joyas). Gajes del oficio ocioso, según Hitchcock.
Alta comedia
Esa relación entre los protagonistas es la que en definitiva impone el tono al que nos hemos referido. Y podemos hablar de pirueta hitchcockiana por cuanto, poniendo en juego sus recursos visuales, su precisa descripción psicológica y algunas constantes temáticas, rubrica no obstante un rara avis en su filmografía, un claro exponente de la denominada alta comedia, un filme de portentoso ritmo, de constantes juegos sentimentales, de mordaces y certeros diálogos, y, en fin, de una confrontación sexual en clave hilarante que no puede dejar a nadie indiferente. Después dirán por ahí que Hitchcock era el mago del suspense y que no sabía hacer comedias. Qué risa.
Ir al artículo completo aquí: http://sergimgrau.wordpress.com/2009/09 ... un-ladron/
TRIVIA:
- Robert Burks ganó el Oscar® a la mejor fotografía por su trabajo en este film. Fue la primera vez que Hitchcock recurrió al formato VistaVision con el fin de proporcionar la máxima calidad a los numerosos planos rodados al aire libre en la soleada Riviera francesa.
- Con motivo de su estancia en la Costa Azul francesa para el rodaje de esta película, Grace Kelly conoció a su futuro marido, el Príncipe Rainiero de Mónaco.
EMULANDO A GRACE KELLY:
Gwyneth Paltrow
Lake Bell
Luisana Lopilato
Diane Kruger y January Jones ( HQ )
ENLACES/FUENTES:
http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.a ... id=1599307
http://homecinema.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/74646/ to-catchthief-us-in-march.html
PARAMOUNT Centennial Collection en DVD: Vol. 6 & 7 @ viewtopic.php?f=4&t=36338#p446848
http://homecinema.thedigitalfix.com/con ... ntid=70354
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/36738/to-catch-a-thief/
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReview ... athief.htm
http://ffffemme.blogspot.com/2011/12/el ... -y-el.html
http://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Summ ... 0Thief.htm
http://www.forcesofgeek.com/2011/12/to- ... u-ray.html
http://nesssoftware.com/www/stills.php? ... cockAlfred
http://ricardolopezblog.blogspot.com/20 ... acias.html
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