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To celebrate our Hitchcock DVD giveaway, Times Online have five copies of the
an Alfred Hitchcock 15-DVD box set up for grabs (normal price £89.99).
The set includes five of the greatest films ever made, all ranked in the top
250 films of all time according to the Internet Movie Database: Rear
Window, Psycho, Vertigo, Shadow of A Doubt and Rope.
Also included are the classic late Hitchcock masterpieces Marnie and The
Birds.
Each DVD in the set comes with fascinating extras, including a documentary on
the making of Shadow Of A Doubt (the director's favourite film),
Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for The Birds, an appreciation of Topaz
by film critic and historian Leonard Maltin, plus the American Film
Institute's Salute to Alfred Hitchcock that followed Psycho.
To win this superb survey of Alfred Hitchcock's oeuvre from the 1940s through
to the 1970s, including those bona-fide contenders for the greatest film
ever made, answer the following question
Sir Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar, despite five nominations for Best
Director. Which was the only one of his films to receive the Oscar for Best
Picture?
This competition is now closed
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here to buy this box set for just £24.99 on hmv.com with free
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closer to the music, film and games you love".
Terms and conditions
1.The competition will run on www.timesonline.co.uk website from Thursday,
September 11, 2008 to Sunday, September 21, 2008.
2. Closing date for entries is midnight on midnight on Sunday, September 21,
2008.
3. Unless otherwise stated, the competition is open to all residents of the UK
and ROI aged 18 or over, except employees of Times Newspapers Limited
(“TNL”) and their associated, affiliated or subsidiary companies, and their
families, agents, or anyone connected with this competition, including the
third party promotional partners.
4. Entry limited to one per person. The winners are responsible for ensuring
they are able to accept the prize as set out and in accordance with these
terms and conditions, in the event they are unable to do so then the TNL
reserves the right to redraw the prize.
5. Entry is free but entrants should be aware that they may be subject to
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6. An eligible entrant must be an individual and must submit an entry in the
form provided by TNL under this promotion including their name, address and
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exclude entrants and withhold prizes for violating any of these terms and
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8. There are five prizes. The winners will be drawn at random from all correct
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notified by email within seven days of the draw date. All reasonable
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cannot be contacted or is not available, TNL reserves the right to re-draw
another winner from the correct entries which were received before the
closing date.
9. Each prize consists of The Alfred Hitchcock 15-DVD box set. The prize is
provided by HMV. The set includes The Birds, Family Plot, Frenzy, The Man
Who Knew Too Much, Marnie, Psycho, Rope, Rear Window, Saboteur, Shadow Of A
Doubt, Topaz, Torn Curtain, The Trouble With Harry and Vertigo, plus extras.
Films follow historic classification system, and are not suitable for under
18s.
10. There is no cash or other alternative to the prize stated and the prize is
not transferable and no part or parts of the prize may be substituted for
other benefits, items or additions.
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receiving their prize.
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published on the Website.
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