Rent Rear Window (1954)
4.2 of 5 from 363 ratings
1h 49min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Jefferies (James Stewart), a photographer with a broken leg, takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbours during a summer heat wave. But things really hot up when he suspects one neighbour (Raymond Burr) of murdering his invalid wife and burying the body in a flower garden.
- Actors:
- James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, Ross Bagdasarian, Georgine Darcy, Sara Berner, Frank Cady, Jesslyn Fax, Rand Harper, Irene Winston, Havis Davenport, Jerry Antes, Barbara Bailey, Benny Bartlett, Nick Borgani, Sue Casey, Iphigenie Castiglioni
- Directors:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Producers:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Voiced By:
- Gig Young
- Narrated By:
- Art Gilmore
- Writers:
- John Michael Hayes, Cornell Woolrich
- Others:
- Robert Burks, Loren L. Ryder
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/06/2001
- Run Time:
- 109 minutes
- Languages:
- English, German
- Subtitles:
- Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, German, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 13/05/2013
- Run Time:
- 112 minutes
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
- Subtitles:
- Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- 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
- Masters Of Cinema
- Feature Commentary With John Fawell, Author Of Hitchcock's Rear Window: The Well-Made Film Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- Re-Release Trailer Narrated By James Stewart
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Reviews (3) of Rear Window
Classy classic. - Rear Window review by JD
The colour is a bit weird. I don't know how they did colour in 1954 but everyone has mesmerisingly blue eyes. Some of it is a bit dated the stunt for example of falling looks very staged. Most is absolutely awesome, the direction (Hitchcock what more can you say), and the plot. The acting is definitely 50's style, sort of twee and theatrical but not bad in a light hearted drama, James Stewart varies. His comedy (trying to scratch inside a plaster of paris) is very average, his ability to convey the sense of frustration of an ambitious man stuck indoors, is spot on.
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Hitchcock at his best - Rear Window review by CB
It's all filmed on one set with the hero's bed - he's laid up with a broken leg - front and centre. He's a photographer and apartment bound so the action comes from the invalids various visitors. There's a murder, of course, but it is by no means a routine murder story.
It's 20+ years since I last watched it but it hasn't aged a bit. Sure, the hero's camera I an ancient manual thing, and the all-important flash bulbs are ancient too, but so what?
It's been fully restored. If you haven't seen it, it will keep you on the edge of your seat. The late, great Grace Kelly is a definitive bonus for the men and her AMAZING dress collection is a bonus for the women.
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