Overall Rating:  3.75 out of 5, including 4 reviews
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In Notorious, a brilliant allegory of love and betrayal, Hitchcock fuses two of his favorite elements: suspense and romance. A beautiful woman with a tainted past (Ingrid Bergman) is enlisted by American agent Devlin (Cary Grant) to spy on a ring of Nazis in post-war Rio. Her espionage work becomes life-threatening after she marries the most debonair of the Nazi ring, Alex (Claude Rains). Only Devlin can rescue her, but to do so he must face his role in her desperate situation and acknowledge that he's loved her all along. Stunning performances, Ben Hecht's excellent script, and Hitchcock's direction at its best make Notorious a perfect film.
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Features:
| Commentaries by Hitchcock film scholar Marian Keane and film historian Rudy Behlmer, editor of Memo from David O. Selznick
Complete broadcast of the 1948 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation, starring Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotton
Rare production, publicity, and rear projection photos, as well as promotional posters and lobby cards
Production correspondence
Collection of trailers and teasers
Script excerpts of deleted scenes and alternate endings
Excerpts from the short story "The Song of the Dragon," source material for Notorious
Rare newsreel footage of Bergman and Hitchcock
Isolated music and effects track
| Video:
| | Standard 1.33:1 B&W | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
| Subtitles:
| | English
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| Studio: Criterion
Production Year: 1946
Release Date: 10/16/2001
Length: 102 mins
Rating: NR
Chapters: 26
| Includes: Audio Commentary
Packaging: Keep Case
Number of Discs: 1
Disc: SS-DL
Item Code: CC1578D
UPC Code: 715515012720
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Category: Movies
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Genre: Music, Mystery, National Film Registry, Romance, Special Editions, Spies/Secret Agents, Thrillers, AFI Top 100, Classics, Criterion Collection, Drama, Film Noir, Horror
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Studios: Criterion
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Overall Rating: 3.75 out of 5, including 4 reviews
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NOTORIOUS (CRITERION COLLECTION) - 3.25 out of 5 (12/16/2001)
Alfred Hitchcock's NOTORIOUS (1946) is considered one of his best films by many, but I have to question to what extent it is a Hitchcock film. Sure, his personality and themes are strong here (as usual,) but this is a picture haunted by both Michael Curtiz's CASABLANCA (1942) and features a few atypically romantic elements that can be attributed to a stronger-than-usual (personality-wise) Ben Hecht script.
Like CASABLANCA, the female lead is Ingrid Bergman, who had also just appeared in Hitch
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Fun Film - 3.25 out of 5 (9/22/2003)
Another Hitchcock must have.Criterions is best by far.
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the best of Mr. hitchcock - 5 out of 5 (9/12/2002)
Ingris Bergman and Cary Grant on a Hitchcock masterpiece,what do you want more???The stars shine in thier best ways on Rio.
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Great Film - Awful DVD - 3.5 out of 5 (11/12/2001)
Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Notorious, deserves a great DVD.
Anchor Bay distributed this movie with, shall we say a few flaws. O.k., so we'll wait for the promising 'Criterion Collection' edition.
In a polite word, Criterion's version is visually 'inferior'. The Anchor Bay edition had a couple skips and jumps, during the film, however, the picture quality was first rate.
Every dual layer of the the Criterion disc is loaded with dust particles and GRAIN. I thought that visibl
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