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Before Bourne, before Bond, there was.. Thornhill??

Advantages: The first of the great Hollywood Thrillers..with all the frills..
Disadvantages: Tame for modern audiences

...wanted to see more. North by Northwest (1959) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock 131 minutes Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau The plot has holes so gaping you could fly a crop duster through: The Plot (if you can suspend your belief): Grant stars as Roger Thornhill, a Maddison Avenue advertising exec. Through a case of mistaken identity, he is believed to be a secret agent for the government, who just happens to ...
...movie polls that are released. North By Northwest however is THE first extravagant, technicolour thriller which would’ve shaken viewers by their lapels on the big screen. From the suave hero who is phased by nothing, the sinister villain, the beautiful girl, thunderous music, the humour and exotic location: this film has it all. In fact, Albert Broccoli based his James Bond screen adaptation on this film and picked Sean Connery for the role due to ...

runningman77 25.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of North By Northwest (DVD)

"I hardly think a few birds are going to bring about the end of t

Advantages: Classic Hitchcock - I can say no more !!
Disadvantages: None

...review with a quote from the Master himself, Alfred Hitchcock: "When a new Hitchcock film appears, the public and critics sit back at the start and say to themselves, 'Let's see him scare me.' My job is to get them up on the edge of their seats, and to keep them there. It gets more difficult all the time because one must find new ways to surprise an audience. Any time a viewer of one of my films can say to himself, 'I knew that was coming,' I've ...
...'The Birds' was based on the story of the same name written by Daphne Du Maurier - this was Hitchcock's third major film based on the author's works (after Jamaica Inn (1939) and Rebecca (1940). In the original story the birds were attacking in the English countryside, not in the Calafornian town used in the film. This film shows Hitchcock at his best as 'Master of Suspense' and covers a five day period from Friday to Tuesday. The film starts with ...

oldchem 05.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Birds (DVD)

  Beware of "Strangers on a Train"

Advantages: Fabulous story, fabulous atmosphere and fabulous acting
Disadvantages: A very few irksome things but neglible

Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train - excellent movie! I could leave it that but of course I won’t. I’d had this 2 disk special edition in my DVD collection for a while before I got around to watching it. I really should have watched it as soon as I bought it. Not that I need an excuse to watch it all over again. There is no law that says you have to wait any given period of time before you can watch a film that you enjoyed all over again! WHAT’S ...
...BACKGROUND Strangers on a Train was adapted from “Strangers on a Train” written by Patricia Highsmith (who also penned The Talented Mr Ripley) was used as the inspiration for the 80s film Throw Momma from the Train starring Billy Crystal and Danny DeVito. Not surprisingly (for me anyway) there has been a Bollywood remake of the film called Strangers. If you’ve seen Throw Momma from the Train you will know that the inspiration for the murders ...

anonymili 23.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Strangers On A Train (Special Edition) (DVD)

Torn Curtain - Was It Really Torn?

Advantages: It's Hitchcock
Disadvantages: But not at his best

Torn Curtain is an Alfred Hitchcock produced and directed film released in 1966 which starred Paul Newman and Julie Andrews as Professor Michael Armstrong and his assistant/fiancé Sarah Sherman with support from Wolfgang Kieling, Lila Kedrova, Hansjorg Felmy, Ludwig Donath, Carolyn Conwell, Gisela Fischer and Gunter Strack. Professor Armstrong is engaged to his assistant Sarah Sherman and the films starts off with them on board a ship to Copenhagen ...
...his usual acting prowess in Torn Curtain. I did feel that the plot had some glaring holes in it from start to finish. I didn't understand the significance of Professor Manfred going with Sarah to the bookshop to collect the Professor's book as he doesn't even look at the book or try to. Whilst watching a Hitchcock film, one tries to find hidden meaning in so many scenes and strangely enough there just weren't many hidden meanings in Torn Curtain. ...

anonymili 28.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Torn Curtain (DVD)

How strange...

Advantages: Brilliant story and cinematography and creepy acting
Disadvantages: Hardly any

...make you very wary of strangers from now on! The tension is fantastic right the way through, with some quite unsettling scenes, and lots of examples of Hitchcock's revolutionary visual style. I would definitely recommend it! Strangers on a Train is available online from www.dvd.co.uk for £5.99 for the single disc edition, or £7.99 from www.play.com for the special 2 disc edition. These are both good ...

l-m-n-o-p 29.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Strangers On A Train (DVD)