Perfect Murder / Murder by Numbers / Murder in the First, DVD

Scene Index

Disc #1, Side A -- A Perfect Murder
1. Lofty Liaison [2:11]
2. Stolen Moments [5:55]
3. Chernobyl/Heaven [2:43]
4. Playing With Fire [2:24]
5. His Proposition [6:40]
6. Mine Against Yours [2:32]
7. David's Interests [4:56]
8. The Plan [5:20]
9. Altered Plans [4:22]
10. It's Too Late [1:50]
11. Wish Me Luck [2:28]
12. Time and Place [3:34]
13. Attacked [3:19]
14. Setting the Scene [3:03]
15. Has no Enemies [4:21]
16. Same Language [2:59]
17. News to David [4:40]
18. Waiting Game [2:57]
19. To Emily's Point [3:15]
20. Lucky Guy [1:11]
21. Keys to a Plot [3:45]
22. Time for a Price [3:55]
23. A Perfect Fit [3:32]
24. Her Protection [6:21]
25. Care of Business [2:37]
26. Strangers on a Train [3:52]
27. Welcome Home [3:54]
28. Didn't Plan on That [1:52]
29. Working It Out [1:31]
30. Parting Shots [1:02]
31. The Truth [1:06]
32. End Credits [3:00]
Disc #1, Side B -- Murder in the First
1. A Fugitive Surrenders [3:09]
2. The Alcatraz Rehabilitation Process (Credits) [8:10]
3. Glenn's Job [6:11]
4. Murder at Mealtime [4:31]
5. A Monkey's First Case [2:47]
6. Henri's First Crime [4:20]
7. How's DiMaggio Doing? [3:16]
8. No Breaks [:49]
9. Older Than He Thought [2:15]
10. Stamphill's Deadline [1:22]
11. Three Last Years [1:54]
12. Like a Lost Cause [1:01]
13. Henri on Holiday [3:43]
14. "They Havent Caught all the Killers" [4:51]
15. Alcatraz on Trial [3:21]
16. Cool as a Cucumber [2:19]
17. Playing Hardball [2:16]
18. "I Need a Friend" [1:54]
19. Nobody's Talking [2:26]
20. The Dungeons of Alcatraz [3:27]
21. A New Lawyer on the Case [3:25]
22. Family Matters [3:45]
23. Brother to Brother [3:04]
24. Lured Into an Ambush [1:47]
25. Henri's First Time [3:35]
26. Glenn Takes the Stand [5:10]
27. Bad Timing [2:39]
28. Could've Been Just Like You [2:31]
29. A Cold, Hard Fact About Warden Humson [5:15]
30. Not Worth Going Back There [2:12]
31. Something Worth Fighting For [3:49]
32. "I Want to Stop Being Afraid" [7:35]
33. "They're the Murderers" [2:15]
34. A Verdict and a Petition [2:00]
35. "I Won, Didn't I?" [1:24]
36. The Definition of Victory [1:22]
37. Action/Reaction [2:02]
38. Coda and End Credits [4:14]
Disc #2 -- Murder 8y Num8ers
1. Coastal Credits [2:43]
2. Derange the World [4:45]
3. Crime Scene [4:16]
4. Workmates [5:04]
5. Dealers and Victims [4:52]
6. Nice Detective Work [6:37]
7. The Profile [2:56]
8. Kids Like That [4:49]
9. Way too Involved [6:28]
10. Looking at Justin [5:03]
11. Suspect Named [3:01]
12. Attacked [1:24]
13. What Lisa's Like [4:53]
14. Losing It? [4:23]
15. Trash Hual [2:41]
16. Stick Together [:32]
17. Part of It [2:30]
18. Good Cop's Request [4:02]
19. Dual Inquiry [3:13]
20. Murder Scenario [5:15]
21. Talking Game [7:35]
22. Stand Up and Face It [2:17]
23. Hidden Below [5:20]
24. "Wish I Met You First" [2:43]
25. Suicide Pact [3:25]
26. Over the Edge [3:28]
27. Reaching Out [3:36]
28. Justin's Act [2:01]
29. End Credits [5:28]

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Editorial Reviews

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. Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

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All Movie Guide

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. Bhob Stewart

All Movie Guide

The shocking prison drama Murder in the First was inspired by a true story. In 1938, Henri Young (Kevin Bacon), sentenced to Alcatraz for stealing $5, attempted to escape from prison with three other prisoners. One of the escapees was captured, and to curry favor with Warden Glenn (Gary Oldman), he informed on the others. Young was soon brought back to custody, and was to be punished by spending 19 days in solitary confinement. Nineteen days stretched into three years, in which Young was kept in a pit with no light, no toilet, no furniture, and nothing to read. Young emerged from solitary a vengeful madman, and he quickly murdered the convict who turned him in. Young was put on trial for the killing, and assigned a first-time public defender, James Stamphill (Christian Slater). Stamphill was horrified by Young's tales of the conditions at Alcatraz, and he used them as the basis of his defense for his client, believing that anyone would be driven to madness and murder if they had been treated the same way as Young. Murder in the First also features Embeth Davidtz, William H. Macy, Brad Dourif, and R. Lee Ermey. Mark Deming

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When a pair of bright-but sociopathic teens conspires to commit the perfect murder, a troubled cop teams with her eager new partner to solve the case that left the community in fear and the police without a clue. High school ladies' man Richard Haywood (Ryan Gosling) and outcast Justin Pendleton (Michael Pitt) have no motive to commit murder, but they soon conspire to choose a random victim and pin the crime on local pot dealer Ray (Chris Penn), under the guise that the police will never suspect them of such a brutal act. Determined Det. Cassie Merriweather (Sandra Bullock) is assigned to the case, and quickly becomes suspicious of the elusive teens despite the doubts expressed by her superiors and her lack of solid evidence. Soon entering into a dangerous test of wills with the increasingly desperate and dangerous teens, her investigation leads her down a disturbing path that will test her skills as a detective and her will to survive. Jason Buchanan

UPC: 012569750586
Source: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Language: English, Fran�ais
Subtitles: English, Fran�ais, Espa�ol
Time: 5:52:00
Sales Rank: 20,301

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Scene Index

Disc #1, Side A -- A Perfect Murder
1. Lofty Liaison [2:11]
2. Stolen Moments [5:55]
3. Chernobyl/Heaven [2:43]
4. Playing With Fire [2:24]
5. His Proposition [6:40]
6. Mine Against Yours [2:32]
7. David's Interests [4:56]
8. The Plan [5:20]
9. Altered Plans [4:22]
10. It's Too Late [1:50]
11. Wish Me Luck [2:28]
12. Time and Place [3:34]
13. Attacked [3:19]
14. Setting the Scene [3:03]
15. Has no Enemies [4:21]
16. Same Language [2:59]
17. News to David [4:40]
18. Waiting Game [2:57]
19. To Emily's Point [3:15]
20. Lucky Guy [1:11]
21. Keys to a Plot [3:45]
22. Time for a Price [3:55]
23. A Perfect Fit [3:32]
24. Her Protection [6:21]
25. Care of Business [2:37]
26. Strangers on a Train [3:52]
27. Welcome Home [3:54]
28. Didn't Plan on That [1:52]
29. Working It Out [1:31]
30. Parting Shots [1:02]
31. The Truth [1:06]
32. End Credits [3:00]
Disc #1, Side B -- Murder in the First
1. A Fugitive Surrenders [3:09]
2. The Alcatraz Rehabilitation Process (Credits) [8:10]
3. Glenn's Job [6:11]
4. Murder at Mealtime [4:31]
5. A Monkey's First Case [2:47]
6. Henri's First Crime [4:20]
7. How's DiMaggio Doing? [3:16]
8. No Breaks [:49]
9. Older Than He Thought [2:15]
10. Stamphill's Deadline [1:22]
11. Three Last Years [1:54]
12. Like a Lost Cause [1:01]
13. Henri on Holiday [3:43]
14. "They Havent Caught all the Killers" [4:51]
15. Alcatraz on Trial [3:21]
16. Cool as a Cucumber [2:19]
17. Playing Hardball [2:16]
18. "I Need a Friend" [1:54]
19. Nobody's Talking [2:26]
20. The Dungeons of Alcatraz [3:27]
21. A New Lawyer on the Case [3:25]
22. Family Matters [3:45]
23. Brother to Brother [3:04]
24. Lured Into an Ambush [1:47]
25. Henri's First Time [3:35]
26. Glenn Takes the Stand [5:10]
27. Bad Timing [2:39]
28. Could've Been Just Like You [2:31]
29. A Cold, Hard Fact About Warden Humson [5:15]
30. Not Worth Going Back There [2:12]
31. Something Worth Fighting For [3:49]
32. "I Want to Stop Being Afraid" [7:35]
33. "They're the Murderers" [2:15]
34. A Verdict and a Petition [2:00]
35. "I Won, Didn't I?" [1:24]
36. The Definition of Victory [1:22]
37. Action/Reaction [2:02]
38. Coda and End Credits [4:14]
Disc #2 -- Murder 8y Num8ers
1. Coastal Credits [2:43]
2. Derange the World [4:45]
3. Crime Scene [4:16]
4. Workmates [5:04]
5. Dealers and Victims [4:52]
6. Nice Detective Work [6:37]
7. The Profile [2:56]
8. Kids Like That [4:49]
9. Way too Involved [6:28]
10. Looking at Justin [5:03]
11. Suspect Named [3:01]
12. Attacked [1:24]
13. What Lisa's Like [4:53]
14. Losing It? [4:23]
15. Trash Hual [2:41]
16. Stick Together [:32]
17. Part of It [2:30]
18. Good Cop's Request [4:02]
19. Dual Inquiry [3:13]
20. Murder Scenario [5:15]
21. Talking Game [7:35]
22. Stand Up and Face It [2:17]
23. Hidden Below [5:20]
24. "Wish I Met You First" [2:43]
25. Suicide Pact [3:25]
26. Over the Edge [3:28]
27. Reaching Out [3:36]
28. Justin's Act [2:01]
29. End Credits [5:28]

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      Michael Douglas Steven Taylor
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      Viggo Mortenson David Shaw
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