Foreign Correspondent (1940) (The Criterion Collection) (Full Frame)
Foreign Correspondent [DVD] 71551512931 Movies In 1940, Alfred Hitchcock made his official transition from the British film industry to Hollywood. And it was quite a year: his first two American movies, "Rebecca" and "Foreign Correspondent", were both nominated for the best picture Oscar(R). Though "Rebecca" prevailed, "Foreign Correspondent" is the more quintessential Hitch film. A full-throttle espionage thriller, starring Joel McCrea ("Sullivans Travels") as a green Yank reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent war, its wall-to-wall witty repartee, head-spinning plot twists, and brilliantly mounted suspense set pieces, including an ocean plane crash climax with astonishing special effects. "Foreign Correspondent" deserves to be mentioned alongside "The 39 Steps" and "North by Northwest" as one of the masters greatest adventures.
New 2K Digital Restoration; New Piece On The Visual Effects In The Film With Effects Expert Craig Barron; "Hollywood Propaganda And World War II" - New Interview With Writer Mark Harris; Interview With Director Alfred Hitchcock From A 1972 Episode Of "The Dick Cavett Show"; Radio Adaptation Of The Film From 1946 Starring Joseph Cotten; "Have You Heard? The Story Of Wartime Rumors" - 1942 Life Magazine "photo-drama" By Hitchcock; Trailer; An Essay By Film Scholar James Naremore.
Presented in Black & White; Subtitles: English SDH (Subtitles for Deaf and Hearing Impaired).
