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| 39 Steps, The (Avenue One) (1935) | R1 |
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Like many Alfred Hitchcock films, there are a number of Region 1 releases of the film available, with the most similar to this effort being the version from Laserlight (also available in Australia from MRA Entertainment), which is slightly less featured than this version. Since that is an NTSC formatted DVD, it would seem that despite the differences in presentation, this slightly more endowed PAL package would be the way to go. There is however a release of the film by The Criterion Collection, and for a genuine fan of the film this is certainly a better option. It is a better effort than this in the video department, although it has to be said that it is not as staggering an improvement as perhaps I was expecting. However, it has a much more extensive extras package including an audio commentary by film scholar Marian Keane, a documentary entitled The Art of Film - Vintage Hitchcock, a complete 1937 broadcast of the Lux Theatre adaptation of the film, a copy of the original 1935 press book for the film and some production design stills. It may be a lot more expensive than the Region 4 Avenue One DVD release, but the value of that extra cost is most clear. |
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