OVERALL: R1

The "Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection" box set has some exclusives extras on the "bonus disc" (do note, that the actual broadcast of "AFI Salute" was almost 2 hours), but others are the same.

Transfer: Based on the reports, the re-release is a bit improved (it´s now sharper, and some color correction has been done) over the original CE.

About the original R2/R4 -releases: Although they´re 4:3, so in most scenes there is obvious cropping, there is also some open matting (differences can be spotted by comparing scenes in the film with scenes in the documentary). Please note the R2 releases with German audio also appear to be missing a portion of dialogue (see cuts notes).

Please see the images of the "The Masterpiece Collection" from below:

CUTS:

• R1 Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection America- Universal Pictures - No Cuts (130:23 NTSC).
• R1 Collector's Edition America- Universal Pictures - No Cuts (130:20 NTSC).
• R2 Universal Classics France- Universal Pictures - Yes - A piece of dialogue is missing:
  Marnie's mother: "Do you know how I got you, Marnie?"
  Marnie: "No".
  Marnies mother: "I once had a friend. Billy. I loved him very much. Well. Afterwards, when you were on the way, he ran away ..." (124:11 PAL).
• R2 Hitchcock Collection Germany- Universal Pictures - Yes - A piece of dialogue is missing:
  Marnie's mother: "Do you know how I got you, Marnie?"
  Marnie: "No".
  Marnies mother: "I once had a friend. Billy. I loved him very much. Well. Afterwards, when you were on the way, he ran away ..." (124:11 PAL).
• R2 The Hitchcock Collection Holland- Universal Pictures - No Cuts (125:01 PAL).
• R2 Hitchcock Collection Italy- Universal Pictures - Yes - A piece of dialogue is missing:
  Marnie's mother: "Do you know how I got you, Marnie?"
  Marnie: "No".
  Marnies mother: "I once had a friend. Billy. I loved him very much. Well. Afterwards, when you were on the way, he ran away ..." (124:11 PAL).
• R2 Hitchcock Collection Poland- Universal Pictures - No Cuts (125:01 PAL).
• R2 The Hitchcock Collection Scandinavia- Universal Pictures - No Cuts (125:01 PAL).
• R2 The Hitchcock Collection Spain- Universal Pictures - No Cuts (125:01 PAL).
• R2 Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom- Universal Pictures - No Cuts (125:01 PAL).
• R4 Australia- Universal Pictures - No Cuts (125:01 PAL).

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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 04/11/01
Comparison last updated by Mark_Meakin on 10/11/18

UPDATE LOG:

27/11/2012: Addition of the R2 German edition.
10/11/18 : ASINs added. Info on missing dialogue added to German release. R2 France, Holland, Italy, Poland, Scandinavia & Spain added.