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DVD Marnie
You could call this one Hoot Along with Hitch. With the possible exceptions of Topaz and Family Plot, this is Hitchcock's cheesiest movie, visually and psychologically crass in comparison with a peak achievement like Vertigo--although it shares some of that film's characteristic obsessive themes. Sean Connery, fresh from the second Bond picture, From Russia with Love, is a Philadelphia playboy who begins to fall for Tippi Hedren's blonde ice goddess only when he realizes that she's a professional thief; she's come to work in his upper-crust insurance office in order to embezzle mass quantities. His patient program of investigation and surveillance has a creepy, voyeuristic quality that's pure Hitchcock, but all's lost when it emerges that the root of Marnie's problem is phobic sexual frigidity, induced by a childhood trauma. Luckily, Sean is up to the challenge. As it were. Not even D.H. Lawrence believed as fervently as Hitchcock in the curative properties of sexual release. --David Chute
I agree with other reviewers that this is a vastly underrated film. Tippi Hedren is lovely and wonderful in a tough role. Sean Connery is fascinating to watch whenever he is on screen. I find that this movie srangely pulls at the subconcious. It is dream inducing. Dark. To me this means that Hitchcock knew what he was doing. Sure, some of the Freud stuff is "cheesy," but it still "pulls." Don't miss it.
One Of Hitchcock's Best, Highly Underrated
Frsh off the success of "The Birds", Alfred Hitchcock wasted no time in making his next feature film, "Marnie". Early on in the casting process, it was rumored Grace Kelly would make her long awaited return to movies by playing the title chracter. But, it never happened. Instead, the role went to "Tippi" Hedren, who starred in "The Birds" as well. The result was possibly the most underrated of Hitchcock's movie.
Marnie (Hedren) is a complusive theif. She can't control herself. She takes what she likes as she pleases without ever thinking twice. In an attempt to cure herself, she goes to work for the wealthy Mark Rutland (Sean Connery in one of his best roles ever), but she winds up trying to steal from him as well. Rather than firing her and calling the police, Rutland falls in love with her, almost as compulsively as she steals from him. The two marry, but that does not solve Marnie's problem. Mark is now determined to get to the bottom of this, leading to a harrowing conclusion in which Marnie is finally able to confront her demons for good.
As I said, "Marnie" is a severely underrated movie. "Tippi" Hedren gives the best performance of her (relatively short) career, even better than her star making role in "The Birds". And Sean Connery gives one of his top five greatest performances as Mark. Forget "The Untouchables" (thought that is an awesome movie). This was the film that Sean should have won an Oscar for.
As with all the Universal releaes of Hitchcock movies, the extras are simply awesome. This is a movie I would highly recommend. Seriously, it's one of the most underrated movies ever.
One of Hitchcock's best films, in my opinion.
I love all the stars in this movie. The only thing I don't care for is the music. It's a little over the top. Sean Connery gives an excellent performance as does Tippi Hedren.
Vacationing in northern California, Alfred Hitchcock was struck by a story in a Santa Cruz newspaper: "Seabird Invasion Hits Coastal Homes." From this peculiar incident, and his memory of a short story by Daphne du Maurier, the master of suspense created one of his strangest and most terrifying films. The Birds follows a chic blonde, Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), as she travels to the coastal town of Bodega Bay to hook up with a rugged fellow (Rod Taylor) she's only just met. Before long the town is attacked by marauding birds, and Hitchcock's skill at staging action is brought to the fore. Beyond the superb effects, however, The Birds is also one of Hitchcock's most psychologically complicated scenarios, a tense study of violence, loneliness, and complacency. What really... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Tippi Hedren - Rod Taylor DVD Release Date: Released the 28 March 2000 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Although it wasn't a box-office success when originally released in 1958, Vertigo has since taken its deserved place as Alfred Hitchcock's greatest, most spellbinding, most deeply personal achievement. In fact, it consistently ranks among the top 10 movies ever made in the once-a-decade Sight & Sound international critics poll, placing at number 4 in the most recent survey. (Universal Pictures' spectacularly gorgeous 1996 restoration and rerelease of this 1958 Paramount production was a tremendous success with the public, too.) James Stewart plays a retired police detective who is hired by an old friend to follow his wife (a superb Kim Novak, in what becomes a double role), whom he suspects of being possessed by the spirit of a dead madwoman. The detective and the disturbed... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Kim Novak - James Stewart DVD Release Date: Released the 31 March 1998 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 remake of his own 1934 spy thriller is an exciting event in its own right, with several justifiably famous sequences. James Stewart and Doris Day play American tourists who discover more than they wanted to know about an assassination plot. When their son is kidnapped to keep them quiet, they are caught between concern for him and the terrible secret they hold. When asked about the difference between this version of the story and the one he made 22 years earlier, Hitchcock always said the first was the work of a talented amateur while the second was the act of a seasoned professional. Indeed, several extraordinary moments in this update represent consummate filmmaking, particularly a relentlessly exciting Albert Hall scene, with a blaring symphony, an assassin's... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): James Stewart - Doris Day Director(s): Alfred Hitchcock DVD Release Date: Released the 06 March 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Alfred Hitchcock considered this 1943 thriller to be his personal favorite among his own films, and although it's not as popular as some of Hitchcock's later work, it's certainly worthy of the master's admiration. Scripted by playwright Thornton Wilder and inspired by the actual case of a 1920's serial killer known as "The Merry Widow Murderer," the movie sets a tone of menace and fear by introducing a psychotic killer into the small-town comforts of Santa Rosa, California. That's where young Charlie (Teresa Wright) lives with her parents and two younger siblings, and where murder is little more than a topic of morbid conversation for their mystery-buff neighbor (Hume Cronyn). Charlie was named after her favorite uncle, who has just arrived for an extended visit, and at first Uncle... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Teresa Wright - Joseph Cotten Director(s): Alfred Hitchcock DVD Release Date: Released the 06 March 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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An experimental film masquerading as a standard Hollywood thriller. The plot of Rope is simple and based on a successful stage play: two young men (John Dall and Farley Granger) commit murder, more or less as an intellectual exercise. They hide the body in their large apartment, then throw a dinner party. Will the body be discovered? Director Alfred Hitchcock, fascinated by the possibilities of the long-take style, decided to shoot this story as though it were happening in one long, uninterrupted shot. Since the camera can only hold one 10-minute reel at a time, Hitchcock had to be creative when it came time to change reels, disguising the switches as the camera passed behind someone's back or moved behind a lamp. In later years Hitchcock wrote off the approach as misguided, and... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): James Stewart - John Dall - Farley Granger Director(s): Alfred Hitchcock DVD Release Date: Released the 06 March 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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