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Strangers on a Train - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Strangers on a Train is a film released in 1951 by Warner Bros. The film was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Like Shadow of a Doubt, Strangers on a Train is one of many Hitchcock films to explore the doppelgänger theme. Unlike Strangers on a Train, both women committed their individual murders, one before the timeline in the episode, and the other at the beginning. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strangers_on_a_Train   (735 words)

Strangers on a Train (1951) One film that tends to get somewhat lost under the Vertigo's and the Psycho's is this film; Strangers on a Train, the most compelling film that Hitchcock ever made. Strangers on a Train is one of the greatest thrillers ever made. Unfortunately, Robert Walker died just one year after the release of Strangers on a Train, and I believe that is a great loss to cinema. www.imdb.com /title/tt0044079   (1054 words)

Strangers on a Train movie,trailer,review,pics,pictures,poster,news,DVD at The Z Review Noam Murro has been hired to direct Warner Bros. Pictures' new version of "Strangers on a Train." David Seltzer is writing the screenplay for the adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel, which was first made into a film in 1951 by Alfred Hitchcock. This site has no intention to infringe on the rights of the film owners of Strangers on a Train and intellectual copyright holders of the movies mentioned herein and hold copyright over the movie, characters, merchandise and storyline. Please do not ask us if you can take part in the movie as we are not affiliated to Strangers on a Train in any other way than reporting on the movie. www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/s/strangersonatrain.htm   (332 words)

Amtrek Store Strangers on a Train puts a refreshing spin on Alfred Hitchcock's familiar theme of an innocent man caught up in a web of murder and deceit. Train is a riveting thriller that chronicles the French Resistance's attempt to stop a train taking crates of fine French art to Nazi Germany. Burt Lancaster plays the train inspector who is persuaded to help the French Resistance sabotage the train, and the film winds up as a battle of wits between Lancaster and Paul Scofield, who plays the German general who ordered the seizing of the art. www.amtrek.net /store   (1682 words)

Strangers on a Train "Strangers on a Train" was remade twice: once in 1969 under the name "Once You Kiss A Stranger", and again in 1996 as "Once You Meet A Stranger". Alfred Hitchcock appears boarding the train carrying a double bass fiddle early in the film. They talk hours on end until the train comes to a stop. www.deadrabbit.org /movievault/strangersonatrain.htm   (497 words)

Christian Century: Strangers on a Train Arguably Alfred Hitchcock's wittiest thriller, the film features Robert Walker as an elegant sociopath who meets tennis celebrity Farley Granger on a train and proposes "criss-cross murders": Walker will kill Granger's blackmailing estranged wife (and leave him free to marry a senator's daughter) if Granger will eliminate Walker's tyrannical papa. Strangers on a Train (Motion picture) / Movie reviews The movie careens into a delirious triple climax--a tennis match Granger must win in record time, Walker's efforts to recover a lost cigarette lighter, and a struggle on a merry-go-round gone out of control. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_25_121/ai_n8583056   (173 words)

Strangers on a Train (1951) Hitchcock makes his cameo appearance early in the film boarding a train carrying a double bass fiddle as Farley Granger gets off the train (see also his cameo in The Paradine Case). Remade as Once You Kiss a Stranger and the inspiration for Throw Momma From the Train. Raymond Chandler is credited as the main author of the script, but it was almost completely written by Czenzi Ormonde who was credited as second author. hitchcock.tv /mov/strangers_on_a_train/train.html   (134 words)

DVD Empire - Item - Strangers on a Train / DVD-Video "Strangers On A Train" is really a great suspense rollercoaster. Strangers On A Train Shines on DVD - 5 out of 5 (6/6/2001) I was never much into classics, until I saw one of hitch's greatest films "Vertigo." Ever since then I have been buying every Hitchcock film there is on dvd. www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=48&partner_id=29346865   (454 words)

DVD Review - Strangers on a Train Wealthy brat Bruno (Robert Walker) takes a seat on the train and immediately recognizes the person sitting across from him as tennis pro Guy Haines (Farley Granger). There's an extended version of Bruno and Guy's train conversation, which lends more insight into the obsessive, brash nature of Bruno's attraction to Guy. The setup this go around, as the title would lead you to believe, happens on a passenger train. www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews2/strangersonatrain.html   (897 words)

Strangers on a Train (Main Page) Now, one of her finest works is again in print: Strangers on a Train, Highsmith's first novel and the source for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1953 film. Educated at Barnard where she studied English, Latin, and Greek, she had her first novel, Strangers on a Train, published in 1950 to great commercial success and filmed by Alfred Hitchcock. With deadpan accuracy, she delighted in creating true sociopaths in the guise of the everyday man or woman. www.wwnorton.com /catalog/spring01/032198.htm   (293 words)

Strangers on a Train Movie: Strangers on a Train DVD is available from Bestprices.com STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, based on the Patricia Highsmith novel, quickly became one of Alfred Hitchcock's most successful thrillers and remains one of his most popular films. Undoubtedly one of his finest films, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN transforms a highly improbable situation into a series of logical events that inexorably lead to murder. Strangers on a Train Movie: Strangers on a Train DVD is available from Bestprices.com www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/085391532422IE   (457 words)

Amazon.co.uk: Strangers On A Train (1951): DVD The essential plot behind the film is that of two strangers meeting on a train (one being the slightly insane Walker) with one of the two unwittingly landing himself in a difficult situation, where he finds he is an accessory to murder with nowhere to hide. Strangers on a Train remains one of Hitchcock's crowning achievements and a suspenseful classic that never loses its capacity to thrill and delight. Buy Strangers On A Train (1951) with Marnie [1964] DVD today! www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000056BB2   (1216 words)

Amazon.com: Books: Strangers on a Train The 1950 novel STRANGERS ON A TRAIN was Highsmith's first novel, and the premise was so intriguing that no less than legendary director Alfred Hitchcock snapped up the movie rights and turned it into one of his most admired films. Strangers on a Train, is taut, well-crafted, and difficult to put down. The Hitchcock film is a classic of its kind--but even so the novel was both too hot and too dark to be filmed "as is" in the repressive 1950s. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393321983?v=glance   (1216 words)

More Great Directors and Their Best Films Suggested Filmography: Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down By Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Night on Earth (1991), Dead Man (1995), Year of the Horse (1997), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003). Suggested Filmography: The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), The Private Life of Don Juan (1934), Rembrandt (1936), That Hamilton Woman (1941), Perfect Strangers (1945). British Producer/Director and Founder of London Films in the 1930s www.filmsite.org /moredirectors3.html   (1216 words)

Encyclopedia: Throw Momma from the Train Strangers on a Train is a film released in 1951 by Warner Bros.... Owen goes to see Strangers on a Train, a movie in which two strangers meet on a train and form a plot to commit a murder for the other. The movie is a parody of the 1951 Alfred Hitchcock thriller, Strangers on a Train. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Throw-Momma-from-the-Train   (799 words)

Strangers on a Train -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article Like (Click link for more info and facts about Shadow of a Doubt) Shadow of a Doubt, Strangers on a Train is one of many Hitchcock films to explore the (Click link for more info and facts about doppelgänger) doppelgänger theme. Bruno orders two double drinks on the train in the beginning of the film. Hitchcock's film was the basis for the comedy Throw Momma from the Train (1987), starring (Click link for more info and facts about Billy Crystal) Billy Crystal and (Click link for more info and facts about Danny DeVito) Danny DeVito. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/strangers_on_a_train.htm   (392 words)

GreenCine product main - Throw Momma from the Train (1987) The "exchange murders" plot gambit, played with utter solemnity in Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, is used as the launching pad for raucous laughter in Throw Momma From the Train. Larry recommends that Owen watch a screening of Strangers on a Train, which he considered a model of tight, concise storytelling. Cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld would apply the "black humor" lessons learned in Throw Momma From the Train for his own directorial debut, The Addams Family (1991). www.greencine.com /webCatalog?id=2447   (254 words)

DVD Times - Throw Momma From The Train What also worked well in the film's favour was the obvious homage to Hitchcock, not least the fact Owen goes to the cinema to see Strangers On A Train, but the rear projected road while they travel in Larry's car. Throw Momma From The Train teams Danny De Vito and Billy Crystal, with Oscar nominated Anne Ramsey in this update on Alfred Hitchcock's classic Strangers On A Train. However, it comes as no real surprise that Crystal seems to be coasting in Momma because the film falls down at the first hurdle - the script. www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=4927   (1058 words)

Before Sunrise This is the dynamic of this film and in the long run what makes it so believable and interesting as these two strangers in the night begin to actually articulate their innermost feelings, because there is literally no tomorrow for their relationship. Two young strangers meet on a train traveling to Vienna when an older couple begin arguing and the young girl moves her seat to get away. The thing that drives Celine and Jesse's relationship and ultimately the film is their mutual interest in coversation and their willingness to engage in it throughout the film. www.chucksconnection.com /beforesunrise.html   (1229 words)

UpcomingDiscs.com DVD Review > by Studio > MGM > Throw Momma from the Train Hitchcock’s “Strangers On A Train” has always been one of my favorite films from that era. Throw Momma from the Train is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. You voted for Throw Momma from the Train over Meet the Parents. www.upcomingdiscs.com /dvd_review.php?load_this=throwmomma&review_where=studios&winner=throwmomma&dbtd=31&dbtc=194&dw=21&cw=170&contender=meetparents&bg=comedy#battle   (540 words)

DVD Talk > Reviews > Throw Momma From The Train The film is a bit of a send up of "Strangers On A Train", but the way it goes about it's work generally works very well, but sometimes comes across as rather flat - neither unfunny or funny - that in-between place that doesn't make for a particularly memorable picture. A comedy, and a very dialogue-driven one, the majority of the film is mono in nature and doesn't really expand outwards beyond that with the exception of the score. SOUND: "Throw" is offered in Dolby 2.0, and there really isn't much going on, as expected. www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?ID=1953   (634 words)

Home Theater Forum - HTF REVIEW: Strangers On A Train - Two Disc Special Edition (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED). Also included in the set is the ultimate WB Hitchcock property, North By Northwest (1959) in a new style keepcase, and finally the featured film, Strangers On A Train. Strangers On A Train: The Victim’s P.O.V. is a short interview with Kasey Rogers who spends her time reflecting on being chosen for the role of Miriam and her time spent during the shoot. Strangers On A Train is a brilliant suspense thriller that will have you glued to your seat, perhaps even on the edge of it for 101 minutes. www.hometheaterforum.com /htforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209631   (634 words)

Paycheck (2003): Reviews Paycheck is a terribly muddled mess, a Hitchcock homage (with generous, obvious nods to The Birds, Strangers on a Train and North by Northwest) by a great filmmaker trying to say a great deal with so very little. Quite honestly, if this had been a more violent film, it wouldn’t have been nearly as much fun. Paycheck is one of those movies in which all the ingenuity went into the original idea and none into its execution. www.metacritic.com /video/titles/paycheck   (1126 words)

English 300: Paranoia in Literature and Film Discuss: Strangers on a Train, film and novel Your grade in the class will be determined by three exams (one a week) that will test your reading knowledge and your ability to analyze the short stories, novels and films covered in class. Recently, paranoia has gone through a renaissance in popular culture, cropping up in a variety of different media, such as television, film and literature. www.u.arizona.edu /~scobb/syllabus.html   (426 words)

Wimbledon film review, In Film Australia Easily the film's standout achievement is its photography of tennis, a sport mostly ignored by cinema over the years (although immortalized by Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, where the court became a climatic test of endurance for its hero). The pace propelling Wimbledon's game is too often way too casual; the sentiment of the film's resolution is frustratingly over-the-top and Loncraine is much too complacent with his formula. On the flip side their are some nifty examples of internal narration (aka, a sweat-pouring Bettany freaking out to the audience at the base line), a funky opening credit scene and the film's moments of tennis mayhem are fast, intense and buzzing with action. www.infilm.com.au /reviews/wimbledon.htm   (628 words)

Amazon.com: Alfred Hitchcock: Family Plot / Strangers On A Train / Suspicion / Notorious (Film Score Re-recordings): Music: John Williams,Franz Waxman,Roy Webb,John Williams,Charles Ketcham,Utah Symphony Orchestra,Dimitri Tiomkin To film scores aficionados today, Hitchcock's name is inextricably linked to that of the great Bernard Herrmann, as well it should be. Although this is an older CD (released in 1985), it still is a marvelous collection of Hitchcock film themes. But, there were many other instances where films directed by "Hitch" benefited by scores from other equally masterful musicians as Herrmann. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000153O?v=glance   (1281 words)

Strangers on a Train (1951) It inspired Train>, was recently featured in an episode of , has been referred to in more than a dozen movies, and has surged in popularity as a novel since Highsmith found a new audience following the film adaptation of . Trivia: The American version ends when with Guy Haines and Anne Morton in the train back to Washington are interrupted by a mister who asks Guy if he is the famous tennis star. Tagline: It begins with the shriek of a train whistle and ends with shrieking excitement! us.imdb.com /Title?0044079   (1281 words)

"The Manchurian Candidate" (Original 1962 Version) - The Film Fan Man at BuzzFlash.com Even Janet Leigh, who earned above-the-title billing, makes the most of what could charitably be referred to in lesser films as the role of "the girl." She and Marco meet as strangers on a train, but their relationship quickly develops. In one of many unforgettable shots in the film, the camera does a 360º pan of the men as they listen to a group of Garden Club women discuss hydrangeas. The Film Fan Man has been known to quote movie dialogue and obscure song lyrics in daily conversation. www.buzzflash.com /filmfan/04/08/fil04003.html   (625 words)

Film Noir Thrillers at Brian's Drive-In Theater Ruth Roman starred in the big-budget film noir pictures Beyond the Forest and Strangers on a Train. Jan Sterling was great as an icy blonde in 1950s film noir releases, such as The Human Jungle and The Harder They Fall. Film noir staple Alan Ladd starred in many crime dramas in the 1940s and 1950s, including some features that defined the film noir genre, such as The Glass Key, The Blue Dahlia, and This Gun for Hire. www.briansdriveintheater.com /filmnoir.html   (625 words)

Teen Movie Critic With films like Suspicion (1941), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Lifeboat in the 40's, and Strangers on a Train (1951), Rear Window (1954) and Vertigo (1958) in the 50's, Hitch grew into a household name and was one of the most respected film directors of his time. After Hitch finished one last film in England, he moved to Hollywood and directed the ambitious Rebecca (1940), a film that was not of his usual directing style. Foreign Correspondent (1940) was the first film from Hollywood that featured Hitch's recognizable touch. www.dreamagic.com /roger/hitchcock.html   (576 words)

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