ALFRED HITCHCOCK
ALFRED HITCHCOCK: THE HITCHCOCK NINE (IMPRINT COLLECTION #440 - #448) - BLU-RAY
35 years before Psycho, 22 years before Rope, and 15 years before Foreign Correspondent, the great Alfred Hitchcock was at work in the vast world of silent cinema. His nine surviving silent films are brought together for the first time in this special collection from restorations by the BFI National Archives, accompanied by NEW and archival music options, and loaded with brand NEW Special Features. Take a trip back to over 100 years ago, to the thriving silent cinema scene, with these remarkable entries to the very beginning of Hitchcock's six decade-long career in this Limited Edition 10-Disc Hardbox, including the 2021 feature documentary I Am Alfred Hitchcock.
The Pleasure Garden - Blu-Ray
A selfish London chorus girl's relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to a point where it nearly casues her death.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog - Blu-Ray
A rash of murders evokes a family's suspicions about their tenant, a man fascinated with their beautiful daughter.
The Ring - Blu-Ray
A skilled young boxer who travels the country fairs with his portable boxing booth is challenged by a international champion, who not only threatens to defeat him in the ring, but also competes against him for the affections of a beautiful cashier.
Downhill - Blu-Ray
A sixth-form schoolboy is expelled in disgrace after being suspected and accused of theft. However, when he is found innocent, what path will his life take?
The Farmer's Wife - Blu-Ray
After his daughter's wedding, a lonely widowed farmer decides it is time to remarry, but his search for a new wife proves disastrous.
Easy Virtue - Blu-Ray
After divorcing an abusive husband, an innocent woman makes a valliant effort at beginning her new life, but cannot escape the incidents surrounding her past.
Champagne - Blu-Ray
When her father tells her that all the money from his champagne business has been lost, a spoiled rich girl accustomed to living a life of luxury goes to seek her own fortune.
The Manxman - Blu-Ray
When a poor fisherman is denied the hand of his bride-to-be by her judgemental father, he goes to sea to seek his fortune, leaving his love in the care of his best friend. When the fisherman is reported lost at sea, his best friend and former love begin an affair.
Blackmail - Blu-Ray
A young woman is blackmailed by a opportunistic criminal after he sees her murder a man during an attempted assult. Meanwhile, the young woman's boyfriend, a police detective, is assigned to the case.
Available 5 November, 2025
Info
- Blu-ray
- IMP4974
- English
- English HOH
- PAL
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Special Features
Disc 1: The Pleasure Garden - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation
NEW Solo Piano Score by composer Neil Brand (2025)
Theater Organ Score by Lee Erwin (Carnegie Hall Cinema, New York)
NEW Audio commentary by editor of the Hitchcock Annual, Sidney Gottlieb
NEW Interview with BFI silent film curator Bryony Dixon
NEW Neil Brand on his score for The Pleasure Garden
Disc 2: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation
Orchestral Score by Paul Zaza (1997)
Orchestral Score by Ashley Irwin (1999)
Contemporary Orchestral Score by Nitin Sawhney, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra
Live Orchestral Score by Graham Reynolds (2017)
NEW Audio commentary by film historians Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw (2025)
Audio commentary by historian Patrick McGilligan
The Sound of Silence: The Making of The Lodger - featurette
Peter Bogdanovich interviews Hitchcock - audio interview
Hitchcock / Truffaut - archival audio interview
Suspense: The Lodger - radio adaptation directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Herbert Marshall, Edmund Gwenn and Lurene Tuttle (1940)
Hollywood Star Time: The Lodger - radio adaptation starring Vincent Price and Cathy Lewis (1946)
Mystery in the Air: The Lodger - radio adaptation starring Peter Lorre, Agnes Moorehead and Henry Morgan (1947)
Scoring The Lodger with Nitin Sawhney - featurette
Introduction by Charles Barr
Image Gallery
Restoration Comparison
Disc 3: The Ring - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation
Small Jazz Ensemble Score by Neil Brand
Solo Piano Score by Antonio Coppola
Solo Piano Score by Xavier Berthelot
NEW Interview with film historian Melanie Williams (2025)
NEW Neil Brand on his score for The Ring (2025)
A Knockout Score: Neil Brand on The Ring
Hitchcock / Truffaut - archival audio interview
Introduction by director/film historian Noël Simsolo
Image Gallery
Disc 4: Downhill - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation
Solo Piano Score by John Sweeney
Orchestral Score by Christophe Henrott
NEW Interview with film scholar Ian Christie (2025)
Introduction by critic Charles Barr
Image Gallery
Disc 5: The Farmer's Wife - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation
Solo Piano and Digital Keyboard Score by Jon C. Mirsalis
Solo Piano Score by Neil Brand
Orchestral Score by Xavier Berthelot
Hitch in the Countryside: Neil Brand on The Farmer's Wife - featurette
Hitchcock / Truffaut - archival audio interview
Extract from BEHP interview with Ronald Neame
Introduction by director/film historian Noël Simsolo
Image Gallery
Disc 6: Easy Virtue - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation
NEW Solo Piano Score by composer Neil Brand (2025)
NEW Solo Piano Score by composer Mauro Colombis (2025)
NEW Interview with film historian Melanie Williams (2025)
NEW Interview with BFI silent film curator Bryony Dixon (2025)
NEW Neil Brand on his score for Easy Virtue (2025)
Disc 7: Champagne - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation
Solo Piano Score by Neil Brand
Solo Piano Score by Ben Model
Orchestral Score by Xavier Berthelot
Audio commentary by film historian Farran Smith Nehme
NEW Interview with Pamela Hutchinson on Betty Balfour (2025)
Hitch and Champagne: Neil Brand on Music for Silent Film - featurette
A Heady Cocktail: Charles Barr on Champagne - featurette
Hitchcock / Truffaut - archival audio interview
Introduction by director/film Historian Noël Simsolo
Image Gallery
Disc 8: The Manxman - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation
Solo Piano Score by composer Andrew Earle Simpson
Small Ensemble Score by composer Stephen Horne
Solo Piano Score by composer Antonio Coppola
Solo Piano Score by composer Xavier Berthelot
Audio commentary by film historian Farran Smith Nehme
NEW Interview with film scholar Ian Christie (2025)
NEW Interview with Pamela Hutchinson on Anny Ondra (2025)
Melodrama a la Manx: Stephen Horne on Scoring Hitchcock - featurette
Hitch's Leading Ladies by Davina Quinlivan - featurette
Hitchcock / Truffaut - archival audio interview
Introduction by director/film historian Noël Simsolo
Image Gallery
Disc 9: Blackmail - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentations of the Silent & Talkie versions
Orchestral Score by Moritz Eggert on the Silent Version
Electroacoustic Score by Edison Studio on the Silent Version
Original Soundtrack on the Talkie Version
Audio commentary by film historian Tim Lucas
NEW Interview with BFI silent film curator Bryony Dixon (2025)
Silent into Sound: Neil Brand on Blackmail - featurette
Anny Ondra's Screen Test
Extract from BEHP interview with Ronald Neame
Hitchcock / Truffaut - archival audio interview
Introduction by director/film historian Noël Simsolo
Archival introduction by actor Tony Curtis
Image Gallery
Bonus: I Am Alfred Hitchcock - Blu-Ray
1080p high-definition presentation
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail - documentary