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"Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again." Rebecca's haunting opening line conjures the entirety of Hitchcock's romantic, suspenseful, elegant film. A young woman (Joan Fontaine) believes her every dream has come true when her whirlwind romance with the dashing Maxim de Winter culminates in marriage. But she soon realizes that Rebecca, the late first Mrs. de Winter, haunts both the temperamental, brooding Maxim and the de Winter mansion, Manderley. In order for Maxim and the new Mrs. de Winter to have a future, Rebecca's spell must be broken and the mystery of her violent death unraveled. The first collaboration between producer David O. Selznick and Hitchcock, Rebecca was adapted from Daphne du Maurier's popular novel and won the 1940 Academy Award&tm; for Best Picture and Cinematography (Black and White).

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Commentary by film scholar Leonard J. Leff, author of Hitchcock and Selznick: The Rich and Strange Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick in Hollywood
Isolated music and effects track
Rare screen, hair, makeup and costume tests including Vivien Leigh, Anne Baxter, Loretta Young, Margaret Sullavan, and Joan Fontaine
Hitchcock on Rebecca, excerpts from his conversations with François Truffaut
Phone interviews with stars Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson from 1986
Hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos chronicling the film's production from location scouting, set photos, and wardrobe continuity to ads, posters, and promotional memorabilia
Production correspondence and casting notes
Deleted scene script excerpts
1939 test screening questionnaire
Essay on Rebecca author Daphne du Maurier
Footage from the 1940 13th Annual Academy Awards&tm; ceremony
Re-issue trailer
Three hours of complete radio show adaptations:
- 1938 Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre broadcast, including an interview with Daphne du Maurier
- 1941 Lux Radio Theatre broadcast starring Ronald Colman and Ida Lupino, including an interview with David O. Selznick
- 1950 Lux Radio Theatre broadcast starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh
22-page booklet, including liner notes by Robin Wood, author of Hitchcock's Films and Hitchcock's Films Revisited, and George Turner's essay "Du Maurier + Selznick + Hitchcock = Rebecca"

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