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Release Date: 6/20/2006
Original Release: 1948
Format: DVD
Length: 81 minutes
Rating: PG (MPAA)
Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable)
UPC: 025192831126
Studio: Universal Studios Home Video

Directed by:

Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock

Featuring:

John Dall, Constance Collier, Douglas Dick, Edith Evanson, James Stewart, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, Joan Chandler

Categories:

Dramas, Classic, Gay/Lesbian, Mystery, Psychodrama, Stage Play, Suspense, Thriller, Murder, Recommended, Theatrical Release, Essential Cinema

	Description

	Based on the famous Leopold and Loeb murder case (from which two other films, COMPULSION and SWOON, were also derived), ROPE both challenges and terrifies the audience. Alfred Hitchcock disdained the whodunit crime story, which he felt lacked emotional force, and ROPE shows the director's preference for letting the audience know more than the characters onscreen. The film opens as two young men (Farley Granger and John Dall) strangle a friend just to prove they're intellectually capable of committing the perfect crime. To add to the amusement, they hide the body in a trunk that will serve as the dinner table for a party honoring the deceased. The film hones in on an hour and a half of the party, with the constantly moving camera capturing the changing emotional atmosphere as the guests grow increasingly concerned about the fate of the missing boy. ROPE is a directorial tour de force, blending complex camera movement with intricate staging to present the entire story in near-real time in one location. Notably, the adaptation of the play by Patrick Hamilton was written by perennial Hitchcock actor Hume Cronyn.

	DVD Features

	Region 1 Keep Case Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - English, French, Spanish Additional Release Material: Featurette: ROPE UNLEASHED Trailers: Theatrical Trailer Text/Photo Galleries: Production Notes Stills/Photos: Production Photographs

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	Awards

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	Technical Specifications

	Closed Captioned Color - Color

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Average Rating: Number of Reviews: 3 (view all)

Posted on November 7, 2007

Reviewed by: Jarrod

'Rope' is Hitchcock's take on the case of Leopold and Loeb, where two wealthy young men decided to commit a murder, purely for thrills, to see if they could outsmart the police and get away with the...
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Posted on March 9, 2007

Reviewed by: Jessica Film Junkie

Alfred Hitchcock set out to make a film like no one had ever attempted before: all in one shot. Of course, technology would not allow such a thing, but Hitchcock seems to achieve it, hiding film...
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Posted on April 14, 2006

Reviewed by: Will

Alfred Hitchcock made a lot of fantastic films in his day, but few captured the sheer tension and suspense of "Rope," the first film he ever shot in color. Brandon Shaw (John Dall) and Phillip Morgan...
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