1959's "North by Northwest" by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and a very young Martin Landau.
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (Ernest Lehman), Best Production Design (Henry Grace and Frank McKelvy), and Best Film Editing (George Tomasini).
Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and a very young Martin Landau.
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (Ernest Lehman), Best Production Design (Henry Grace and Frank McKelvy), and Best Film Editing (George Tomasini).
The plot involves an advertising executive (the template for “Mad Men”’s Don
Draper?) who is mislead and framed by a secret organization. Thick in identity
confusion, this is the perfect role for the iconic Grant. Grant would tell fans
who told him that they always wanted to be him, that "I've always wanted
to be Cary Grant too", as per his self deprecating but larger than life persona.
Hitchcock would say often that Grant was his favourite actor to work with, and “NbN”
is sometimes cited as Grant's finest work.
After a bravura opening credits' sequence (by the legendary graphic designer Saul Bass), the movie plunges straight in and never stops amazing, as Grant's charisma, his chemistry with Saint, Hitchcock's interesting camera work, and Ernest Lehman's script keeps things a dashing mix of heavy and light, as the characters zip from New York to cornfields to Mount Rushmore.
After a bravura opening credits' sequence (by the legendary graphic designer Saul Bass), the movie plunges straight in and never stops amazing, as Grant's charisma, his chemistry with Saint, Hitchcock's interesting camera work, and Ernest Lehman's script keeps things a dashing mix of heavy and light, as the characters zip from New York to cornfields to Mount Rushmore.
The effects from “NbN” sometimes feel like they're from 1959, but it's a treat that's definitely worth a re-visit whomever you are.
4.5/5
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