 As part of its marketing campaign for The Girl , HBO released a 30 @-@ second trailer in August 2012 . During a Television Critics Association press tour promoting the film , Hedren said " I have to say that when I first heard Toby 's [ Jones ] voice as Alfred Hitchcock , my body just froze " . Hedren 's daughter , Melanie Griffith , attended a screening ; when the film ended , the audience was silent until Griffith said " Well , now I have to go back into therapy again ! " Hedren attended a London screening in October . The Girl made its US television debut on HBO and HBO Canada on 20 October 2012 . It had its UK premiere on 26 December , as part of BBC Two 's Christmas programming . The film was released on DVD in the UK on 7 January 2013 . 
