Topaz

by Alfred Hitchcock
USA / UK 1969



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Universal Home Video Region 1 vs. Universal Home Video Region 2


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Distribution Universal Home Video
Region 1 (North America)
Universal Home Video
Region 2 (UK)
Runtime 142:00 min 136:27 min (+ 4% PAL Speedup = 142 min)
Video 1.82:1/16:9 Anamorphic WideScreen
Average Bitrate: 5.86 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
1.33:1/4:3 FullScreen Open Matte, not Pan&Scan!
Average Bitrate: 5.29 mb/s
PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s
Audio English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles English (captions), Français, Español English (captions)
Features • Documentary "Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Historian and Critic Leonard Maltin" (1.33:1)
• Alternate endings (1.85.1/4:3)
• Gallery-Photos: 37 publicity shots and some poster stills
• Storyboards
• Cast and crew filmographies
• Theatrical Trailer (1.85.1/4:3)
• 4-pages Booklet with Production Notes
• Documentary "Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Historian and Critic Leonard Maltin" (29:24 min, 1.33:1)
• Alternate endings (1.85.1/4:3, 06:24 min)
• Gallery-Photos: 37 publicity shots and some poster stills
• Storyboards
• Cast and crew filmographies
• Theatrical Trailer (1.85.1/4:3, 03:04 min)
• 4-pages Booklet with Production Notes
DVD Release Date: 26 January 1999
Keep Case
Chapters: 24
DVD Encoding: NTSC Region 1
SS-DL/DVD-9
DVD Release Date: 24 September, 2001
Keep Case
Chapters: 18
DVD Encoding: PAL Region 2,4
SS-DL/DVD-9

Also available in the same transfer and with identical supplements from Universal in France and Germany:



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Average Bitrate Region 1:
5.86 mb/s


Average Bitrate Region 2:
5.29 mb/s






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Last update: 6 Aug 2002