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Blackmail (1929)
See and Hear It - Our Mother Tongue As It Should Be SpokenDirector: Alfred Hitchcock
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:*The Film - Sound Version (85:29)*
*The Film - Silent Version (76:04)
Audio Commentary by film historian Tim Lucas (on the sound version)
Introduction by critic Noël Simsolo (6:28)
"Hitchcock/Truffaut: Icon Interviews" audio excerpt (10:27)
Anny Ondra's Screen Test (0:52)
Theatrical Trailer (1:15)
Bonus Trailers:
- "Murder!" (1:12)
- "The Paradine Case" (1:43)
- "Under Capricorn" (2:04)
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Subtitles:Sound Version: English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1/1.12:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Sound Version:
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Silent Version:
Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra score) -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The aspect ratio of the sound version should be 1.20:1 but it's squeezed to 1.12:1.
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Extras:* "Blackmail"
* "The Skin Game"
"Blackmail" extras
- An introduction by Noel Simsolo (6:13)
- Screen Test with Anny Ondra (0:50)
- Picture Gallery (11 stills) (0:59)
"The Skin Game" extras
- Introduction by Noel Simsolo (3:17)
- Photo Gallery (1:04) -
Subtitles:French (Forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.14:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The introductions are in French.
Also part of the 3-film 2-disc Coffret Alfred Hitchcock 1929-1931 which includes "Blackmail", "The Skin Game", and "Murder!"
Also part of the 10-film 6-disc Alfred Hitchcock - Premières oeuvres set which includes "Rich and Strange", "Number 17", " Foreign Correspondent", "Blackmail", "The Skin Game", "Murder!", "The Farmer's Wife", "Champagne", "The Manxman", and "The Ring". -
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Extras:* The Film (Silent version)
* The Film (Sound version)
"Test Take with Hitchcock and Anny Ondra" featurette (0:50)
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Subtitles:Silent Version: German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish for English Intertitles
Sound Version: German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish -
Aspect Ratio:1.14:1/1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Silent Version:
Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (Joachim Bärenz piano score)
Sound Version:
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The sound version is in 1.14:1.
The silent version is in 1.33:1.
Both versions of the film are windowboxed. -
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Extras:* The Film (Silent version)
* The Film (Sound version)
"Test Take with Hitchcock and Anny Ondra" featurette (0:50)
Photo gallery -
Subtitles:Silent Version: German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish for English Intertitles
Sound Version: German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish -
Aspect Ratio:1.14:1/1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Silent Version:
Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (Joachim Bärenz piano score)
Sound Version:
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The sound version is in 1.14:1.
The silent version is in 1.33:1.
Both versions of the film are windowboxed. -
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Extras:Introduction by Noël Simsolo (6:12)
"Anny Ondra's screen test" (0:57)
"The Knife Scene" silent version (1:15)
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.14:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The introduction is in French with English subtitles.
Part of the 9-disc The Early Hitchcock Collection which includes "The Ring", "The Farmer's Wife", "Champagne", "The Manxman", "Blackmail", "Murder!", "The Skin Game", "Rich and Strange", "Number Seventeen". -
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OVERALL: Draw
The US release includes both versions of the film with some exclusive extras, though note about the sound version's squashed transfer.
The German Kino and Spanish Universal releases include both versions of the film, plus some minor extras, though note the transfers are slightly windowboxed.
Note that the film and other early Alfred Hitchcock titles have been released in many unauthorized editions. Releases by public domain companies such as Avenue One, Brentwood, Diamond Entertainment, Digiview, Laserlight, Mill Creek, Passion Productions, St. Clair Vision, Sonart, Westlake, Whirlwind and others should be avoided.
Information regarding the copyright status of his films can be found at Brenton Film's "Alfred Hitchcock: Dial C for Copyright. Hitchcock's films and their many releases are also covered in detail here at Brenton Film's "Alfred Hitchcock Collectors' Guide.
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Kino Lorber - No cuts - includes the sound version (85:29 NTSC) and the silent version (76:04 NTSC) minus the BFI logo and restoration credits
- R2 Double Feature France- Studio Canal - No cuts - Sound Version (81:57 PAL).
- R2 Germany- Universal Pictures - No cuts - includes both the silent version (81:49 PAL) and the sound version (81:45 PAL).
- R2 Spain- Universal Pictures - No cuts - includes both the silent version (81:49 PAL) and the sound version (81:45 PAL).
- R2 The Early Hitchcock Collection United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts - Sound Version (82:04 PAL).
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Comparison added by Noor_Razzak on 09/05/04
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 19/03/25UPDATE LOG:
15/01/10 : Addition of the Canadian release.
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01/03/16: Addition of US Diamond, US Brentwood, US Westlake, France Studio Canal, UK Optimum, ASINs.
03/08/17: Removed unauthorized Diamond, Laserlight, St Clair, Brentwood, Passion Productions, Westlake, Weintraub.
19/08/19: Corrected aspect ratios for the sound version.
19/03/25: Added US.
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