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  North by Northwest (1959)
Hitchcock was a master at this and in North by Northwest he lets his genius shine through totally.
North by Northwest was also nominated for Best Set Decoration and Best Film Editing, but lost to Ben-Hur in both categories.
North by Northwest just reinforces my belief that Alfred Hitchcock was one of the greatest directors of all time.
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 North By Northwest (1959)
North by Northwest (1959) is a suspenseful, classic Alfred Hitchcock caper thriller.
The box-office hit film is one of the most entertaining movies ever made and one of Hitchcock's most famous suspense/mystery stories in his entire career.
The allusion to traveling 'North' by Northwest (airlines) seems to be the most probable explanation for the film's title.
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  Film Freak Central - Hitch on Disc: THE FIFTIES (1955-1959)
Indeed, North by Northwest is something of a kinetic remake of Notorious that recasts the monstrous mother (Jessie Royce Landis) as a woman with Elizabeth Taylor's hooker's phone number--Butterfield-8 being bought off by her son for fifty bucks to do something illegal.
But North by Northwest is more than a clearing house of Hitchcock's auteur tendencies: it's neither a self-homage nor a shrine, but rather a devilishly complex pre-post-modern beast rumbling along on its style and self-knowledge with an energy more exhilarating than enervating.
North by Northwest is Hitchcock at his most entertaining and contemptuous--a response to the failure the year before of Vertigo and the last time he really gave a shit about what the audience thought of his pictures.
filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/hitchondisc50s2.htm   (800 words)

  
  Film Freak Central - Hitch on Disc: THE FIFTIES (1955-1959)
Indeed, North by Northwest is something of a kinetic remake of Notorious that recasts the monstrous mother (Jessie Royce Landis) as a woman with Elizabeth Taylor's hooker's phone number--Butterfield-8 being bought off by her son for fifty bucks to do something illegal.
But North by Northwest is more than a clearing house of Hitchcock's auteur tendencies: it's neither a self-homage nor a shrine, but rather a devilishly complex pre-post-modern beast rumbling along on its style and self-knowledge with an energy more exhilarating than enervating.
North by Northwest is Hitchcock at his most entertaining and contemptuous--a response to the failure the year before of Vertigo and the last time he really gave a shit about what the audience thought of his pictures.
www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/hitchondisc50s2.htm   (800 words)

  
 North by Northwest
North by Northwest (1959) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Alfred Hitchcock filmed North by Northwest during one of his most fertile creative periods, in between the obsessive mania of Vertigo and the taboo-shattering Psycho.
I wish I could say something more for North by Northwest." Ellen Fitzpatrick was "unable to say anything on its behalf culturally." It took the young French iconoclasts like Francois Truffaut to force serious consideration of his work into the intellectual mainstream.
www.moviediva.com /MD_root/reviewpages/MDNorthbyNorthwest.htm   (1173 words)

  
 North
I had the rightside couloir on North Peak as an ice climb in 1998.
A huge ramp is easily visible to the northwest of Steelhead lake.
This ramp is used for accessing the northwest ridge.
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 North by Northwest (M-G-M, 1959)
First, in both Notorious and North by Northwest, a loose woman's relationship with a foreign agent is exploited by an American intelligence agency (Cavell 251).
In North by Northwest, Grant is playing the role that Bergmann played in Notorious: A heavy drinker that misplaces his trust in someone who betrays that trust, thus placing his life in jeopardy (Spoto 345).
In North by Northwest, Hitchcock used it sparingly in the cropdusting sequence, to have a better effect than it would have been if he had used it more.
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 VERTIGO AND NORTH BY NORTHWEST
In North by Northwest he integrates these two obsessions and, as I want to suggest, provides a view of a woman's desire in the character of Eve Kendall.
He makes the point, which I will link to North by Northwest, that the object of desire is not so much a concrete object (a person, thing, or event), as it is a mask or image projected onto a concrete object.
One important difference between the two films, however, is that North by Northwest portrays the desire of a woman whereas Vertigo portrays the desire of a man. But in neither case should the idea that one's desire is created by another come as a surprise.
www.mtsu.edu /~jpurcell/Cinema/vertigo.htm   (4679 words)

  
 Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest: The Significance of an Afterthought - Associated Content
Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest: The Significance of an Afterthought
His film, North by Northwest, is an example of his manipulation of a viewer’s emotions of fear and anticipation.
One of the key scenes, the crop duster scene, in North by Northwest, is devoid of all dialogue.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/37165/alfred_hitchcocks_north_by_northwest.html   (579 words)

  
 North by Northwest - Rotten Tomatoes
NORTH BY NORTHWEST is a suspense thriller that finds Cary Grant in the role of Roger Thornhill, a Manhattan advertising executive mistaken for a spy.
North By Northwest is still a classic, coming as it does during Hitchcock's most creative period, but it lacks that extra little taste to make it truly great.
Of course, the hallmark of North by Northwest is the way in which Hitchcock develops tension.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/north_by_northwest   (705 words)

  
 The DVD Journal | Quick Reviews: North By Northwest
The hubris of Alfred Hitchcock is that North By Northwest is both a re-working of one of his most successful films and an homage to himself at the same time.
But everyone is quite willing to overlook a shameless remake when it's good, and North By Northwest is more than that — it's one of the best films from the Hitchcockian oeuvre, and as such that makes it one of the best American films of the past 100 years (#40, according to the AFI list).
Warner's DVD edition of North By Northwest is a definitive item, with a restored print that is free of defects and a marvelous anamorphic transfer (1.85:1).
www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/n/northbynorthwest.q.shtml   (793 words)

  
 North by Northwest News
North by Northwest News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Alfred Hitchcock This is perhaps an obvious choice, however, most people tend to overlook the Master of Suspense's early work as well as the relevancy of his last film as a key element in the continuing...
Alfred Hitchcock was at the peak of everything when he got the notion to make North by Northwest.
www.topix.net /movies/north-by-northwest   (647 words)

  
 DVD Review - North By Northwest   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Not only are we treated to an absolutely stunning transfer and a crisp Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, the DVD boasts a "making-of" documentary hosted by Eva Marie Saint and featuring interviews with screenwriter Ernest Lehman, designer Robert Boyle and Hitch’s daughter Patricia Hitchcock.
"Northwest" is a fantasy told in concretely modern terms, possessing elements equally at home in any Grimm or Andersen fairy tale.
Suffice to say, "North by Northwest" satisfies on every level: melodrama, action-thriller, comedy and even mythology.
www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/north_by_northwest.shtml   (1720 words)

  
 skyjude - north by northwest
"North By Northwest" -1959 - Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Filmed in glorious Technicolor and using this to the max, North By Northwest is a dream of a movie.
All the ingredients are here from the macguffin, to the blonde heroine, the cross country chase and the everyman in a case of mistaken identity attempting to prove his innocence.
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 North by Northwest: Special Edition (1959)
North By Northwest appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.78:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
North By Northwest isn't Hitchcock at his absolute best, but it's close, as the film provides a very compelling mix of action, intrigue and debonair humor.
Bottom line: North By Northwest offers yet another fine Hitchcock DVD and it'll fit nicely between Vertigo and Psycho in your collection.
www.dvdmg.com /northbynorthwest.shtml   (1740 words)

  
 North by Northwest: Special Edition (1959)
North By Northwest appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.78:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
North By Northwest isn't Hitchcock at his absolute best, but it's close, as the film provides a very compelling mix of action, intrigue and debonair humor.
Bottom line: North By Northwest offers yet another fine Hitchcock DVD and it'll fit nicely between Vertigo and Psycho in your collection.
dvdmg.com /northbynorthwest.shtml   (1740 words)

  
 North by Northwest Review - The Ultimate Cary Grant Pages
Metro's "North by Northwest" is the Alfred Hitchcock mixture as before - suspense, intrigue, comedy, humor.
Eva Marie Saint has been effectively drab and convincingly sweet in previous roles, but she dives headfirst into Mata Hari in "North by Northwest" and shows she can be unexpectedly and thoroughly glamorous.
Hitchcock at the helm, moving "North by Northwest" is a colorful and exciting route for spies, counterspies and lovers.
www.carygrant.net /reviews/north.html   (1320 words)

  
 Amazon.com: North by Northwest: DVD: Ed Binns,Leo G. Carroll,Bill Catching,Philip Coolidge,Lawrence Dobkin,Robert ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Positioned between the much heavier and more profoundly disturbing Vertigo (1958) and the stark horror of Psycho (1960), North by Northwest (1959) is Alfred Hitchcock at his most effervescent in a romantic comedy-thriller that also features one of the definitive Cary Grant performances.
"North by Northwest" is an in tense film made in the concept of the wrong man at the wrong time, just like in "The Man that Knew Too Much".
The greatest part of North by Northwest, however, is the trademark Hitchcockian suspense.
www.amazon.com /North-Northwest-Ed-Binns/dp/0790749815   (1836 words)

  
 purevolume™ | north by northwest
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 North by northwest
In years past, when western upcounty teams like Northwest and current senior Nirav Kadam (left) met up with western downcounty teams like Whitman, the results were predictable.
Northwest not only grew into a 4A school within eight years of opening, it has already had to expand its building to accommodate students from the housing developments springing up all over the area.
And the line between north and south, when it comes to success in boys soccer, blurs a little more each year.
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 eBay: North by Northwest VHS + docu Destination Hitchcock (item 190032895685 end time Mar-17-07 18:43:15 PDT)
Considered by many to be the prototypical pure action movie (creating the template for later James Bond and Indiana Jones films), the film is a cross-country roller-coaster ride with Alfred Hitchcock at the helm.
NORTH BY NORTHWEST is number 40 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.
NORTH BY NORTHWEST was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1995.
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 notcoming.com | North by Northwest: The Title Credits
Trains figure prominently into North by Northwest, so it is no coincidence that Saul Bass would design a title sequence that opens with lines crisscrossing the screen like railroad tracks.
After a few seconds, however, it becomes apparent that the lines have come to form a different shape - that of a skyscraper.
North by Northwest is a fast-paced thriller that keeps audiences on their toes; Bass’ opening segment gives audience a taste of the ride they’re in for.
www.notcoming.com /saulbass/caps_nxnw.php   (325 words)

  
 North by Northwest - Intro & Plot Synopsis
North By Northwest is a classic and is considered one of Hitchcock's best works.
North by Northwest @ Greatest films- intended for those who have seen the movie.
If there are any other North by Northwest links that you think should be listed here, please don't hesitate to email us at all_hitchcock@geocities.com.
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 Amazon.ca: North by Northwest (Widescreen): DVD: Alfred Hitchcock,Cary Grant,Eva Marie Saint,James Mason,Jessie Royce ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
North by Northwest is the classic Alfred Hitchcock tale starring Cary Grant as Roger O. Thornhill, mistaken by enemy spies (led by James Mason) for a deep cover CIA agent.
And North by Northwest is ranked up there with Psycho, Vertigo, The Birds and Rear Window, but I like North by Northwest more.
And I like the fact that North by Northwest is part travelogue, as Richard Thornhill is literally taken aboard planes, trains and automobiles, making you feel like an accidental tourist as you watch him struggle to the bottom of the mystery.
www.amazon.ca /North-Northwest-Widescreen-Alfred-Hitchcock/dp/0790749815   (2196 words)

  
 North By Northwest
Classic Hitchcock themes are refined by the master director of suspense in the breezily constructed North By Northwest.
In North By Northwest, Hitchcock finds a grand foil for Grant's suave presence in James Mason, who brings his own old world sophistication to villain James Van Damme.
The fabric on the lamp shade is a transfer nightmare, yet on North by Northwest it is thoroughly stable.
www.filmsondisc.com /DVDpages/north_by_northwest.htm   (665 words)

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