Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Collection Blu-ray

While the exact technical specifications are still unknown for the individual discs, Universal's press release notes that the fifteen pictures have been "digitally restored from high-quality film elements." The set also includes over fifteen hours of bonus supplements, such as:

Saboteur -

• Saboteur: A Closer Look behind-the-scenes featurette
• Storyboards for the "Statue of Liberty" setpiece
• Alfred Hitchcock's sketches
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

Shadow of a Doubt -

• Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film behind-the-scenes featurette
• Production drawings by art director Robert Boyle
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

Rope -

• Rope Unleashed behind-the-scenes featurette
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

Rear Window -

• Commentary with Hitchcock's Rear Window: The Well-Made Film author John Fawell
• Behind-the-scenes featurettes:
  • Masters of Cinema
  • Rear Window Ethics: An Original Documentary
  • A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes
  • Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of The Master
  • Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
• Hitchcock-Truffaut interview excerpts
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailers
• Re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart
• Blu-ray exclusive BD Live and Pocket Blu functionalities

The Trouble with Harry -

• The Trouble with Harry Isn't Over behind-the-scenes featurette
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailers

The Man Who Knew Too Much -

• The Making of The Man Who Knew Too Much behind-the-scenes featurette
• Production photographs
• Trailers

Vertigo -

• Two audio commentaries:
  • Associate producer Herbert Coleman, restoration team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz, and other Vertigo participants
  • Filmmaker William Friedkin
• Behind-the-scenes featurettes:
  • Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece
  • Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
• The Vertigo Archives feature
• Hitchcock-Truffaut interview excerpts
• Foreign censorship Ending
• 100 Years of Universal featurette: The Lew Wasserman Era
• Theatrical trailer
• Restoration theatrical trailer
• Blu-ray exclusive BD Live and Pocket Blu functionalities

North by Northwest -

• Commentary by screenwriter Ernest Lehman
• Behind-the-scenes featurettes:
  • Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest
  • North by Northwest: One for the Ages
  • The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
  • Cary Grant: A Class Apart
• Music-only audio track
• Stills gallery
• Theatrical trailers and TV spot

Psycho -

• Commentary with Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho author Stephen Rebello
• Behind-the-scenes featurettes:
  • The Making of Psycho
  • Psycho Sound
  • In The Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
• Breakdowns of the "Shower Scene" setpiece:
  • With and without music
  • Storyboards by Saul Bass
• The Psycho Archives feature
• Vintage newsreel: The Release of Psycho
• Hitchcock-Truffaut interview excerpts
• Posters and Psycho ads
• Lobby cards
• Behind-the-scenes photographs
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer
• Re-release trailers

The Birds -

• Behind-the-scenes featurettes:
  • Blu-ray exclusive The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
  • All About The Birds
• Vintage Universal International newsreels:
  • The Birds Is Coming
  • Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock
• Tippi Hedren's screen test
• Hitchcock-Truffaut interview excerpts
• Deleted scene
• Original ending
• Storyboards
• Production photographs
• 100 Years of Universal featurettes:
  • Restoring the Classics
  • The Lot
• Theatrical trailer
• Blu-ray exclusive BD Live and Pocket Blu functionalities

Marnie -

• The Trouble with Marnie behind-the-scenes featurette
• The Marnie Archives feature
• Theatrical trailer

Torn Curtain -

• Torn Curtain Rising behind-the-scenes featurette
• Selected scenes scored by Bernard Herrmann
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

Topaz -

• Alternate endings
• Topaz: An Appreciation with film historian and critic Leonard Maltin
• Storyboards for "The Mendozas" setpiece
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

Frenzy -

• The Story of Frenzy behind-the-scenes featurette
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

Family Plot -

• Plotting Family Plot behind-the-scenes featurette
• Storyboards for the chase scene
• Production photographs
• Theatrical trailer

In addition, the collection comes with a fifty-page book featuring storyboards, costume sketches, correspondence, and rare photographs.by josh katz