A Perfect Murder [Blu-ray]

Director: Andrew Davis

Overview

A Perfect Murder is based on Frederick Knott's play +Dial M for Murder, filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954. Married to commodities trader Stephen Taylor (Michael Douglas), Emily Bradford (Gwyneth Paltrow) is romantically involved with artist David Shaw (Viggo Mortensen). Aware of this affair, Stephen researches David's past, visits his loft studio, and informs David that he knows about his aliases, jail sentences, and various cons and scams directed at rich women. Then Stephen offers David $500,000 to murder Emily, and David agrees. The plan is calculated to make the murder look like an accident, but events soon go on an unscheduled course. Enter Detective Mohamed Karaman (David Suchet). Knott's original play opened June 1952 in London, followed by a New York run that began October 1952. Several books and sources describe how Hitchcock's film was made in 3-D but neglect to mention that, despite trade screenings in 3-D, Dial M for Murder was originally released in 1954 with ordinary, flat 2-D prints. It was finally shown to audiences in 3-D during the mid-'80s.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/17/2012
UPC:	0883929241224
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:47:00
Sales rank:	17,930

Special Features

Alternate Ending; 2 Feature-length Audio Commentaries by Michael Douglas, Director Andrew Davis, Producer Peter Macgregor-Scott, Screenwriter Patrick Smith Kelly

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Michael Douglas	Steven Taylor
Gwyneth Paltrow	Emily Bradford Taylor
Viggo Mortensen	David Shaw
David Suchet	Det. Mohamed Karaman
Sarita Choudhury	Raquel Martinez
Constance Towers	Sandra Bradford
Michael P. Moran	Det. Bobby Fain
Novella Nelson	Ambassador Alice Wills
Will Lyman	Jason Gates
Maeve McGuire	Ann Gates
Stephen Singer	Effete Man at Met
Laurinda Barrett	Met Woman #1
Aideen O'Kelly	Met Woman #2
Reed Birney	Merchant Prince #1
Robert Vincent Smith	Merchant Prince #2
Bill Ambrozy	Merchant Prince #3
George S. Blumenthal	Merchant Prince #4,Guest at Met,Merchant Prince #4
Iris Alten	Guest at Met
Andrew Sussman	Guest at Met,Guest at Met
Radney Tucker	Guest at Met,Guest at Met
Bradford Billet	Guest at Met
Robert Bosco Cokljat	Croatian Delegate
Marat Yusim	Russian Delegate
Lee Wong	Japanese Diplomat
Roberta Orlan	Italian Diplomat
Francis Dumaurier	French Delegate
Deen Badarou	African Delegate
Peter Benson	Hansen
Jeff Williams	Nolan
David Eigenberg	Stein
Jean DeBaer	Secretary
Michel Moinot	Maitre d'
Gerrit Vooren	Waiter
Monica Parker	Janice Moran
Michael H. Ingram	Albert
Scott Dillin	Detective Scott
Starla Benford	Police Technician
Bob Bowersox	Police Photographer
Joanna P. Adler	Vyczowski
James Georgiades	Policeman #2
Jose Ramon Rosario	Policeman #1
Gerry Becker	Roger Brill
William Bogert	Harrington
Adrian Martinez	Young Tough
Dexter Brown	Porter
Iris Braydon	Guest at Met
Roberta Orlandi	Italian Diplomat
James Newton Howard	Composer

Technical Credits

Patrick Smith Kelly

Frederick Knott

Patrick Smith Kelly	Screenwriter
Frederick Knott	Playwright,Screenwriter
Anne Kopelson	Producer,Producer
Peter MacGregor-Scott	Producer
Christopher Mankiewicz	Producer
John Cenatiempo	Stunts
Jeffrey S. Brink	Special Effects,Special Effects
Cathy Sandrich Gelfond	Casting
Amanda Mackey Johnson	Casting
Michael Runyard	Stunts
Paul Aulicino	Sound Effects
Nana Greenwald	Producer
Gary Blufer	Sound Effects
Stephen Joel Brown	Executive Producer
Stephen Brown	Executive Producer
Cathy Sandrich	Casting
Tom Nelson	Sound/Sound Designer