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When screenwriter Ernest Lehman was assigned to work for Alfred Hitchcock, he told the famed "master of suspense": "I'd like to write the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures." The result, released in 1959,...
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North by Northwest (1959) is a suspense film starring Cary Grant, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and produced at MGM. The movie's world premiere took place in the San Sebastian International Film Festival. North by Northwest is a tale of mistaken...


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North by Northwest is a 1959 film about an advertising executive who is mistaken for a spy and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock . Written by Ernest Lehman . The Master of Suspense presents...


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1998 AFI list of top-100 movies
6/21/2007: 496 words, approx. 2 pages
The American Film Institute's original 1998 list of the top-100 American movies:1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.2. "Casablanca," 1942.3. "The Godfather," 1972.4. "Gone With the Wind," 1939.5. "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962.6. "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.7. "The Graduate," 1967.8. "On the Waterfront," 1954.9. "Schindler's List," 1993.10. "Singin'...
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2007 AFI list of top-100 movies
6/21/2007: 493 words, approx. 2 pages
The American Film Institute's 2007 list of the top-100 American movies:1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.2. "The Godfather," 1972.3. "Casablanca," 1942.4. "Raging Bull," 1980.5. "Singin' in the Rain," 1952.6. "Gone With the Wind," 1939.7. "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962.8. "Schindler's List," 1993.9. "Vertigo," 1958.10. "The Wizard of Oz,"...
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The Plaza hotel celebrates 100 years
10/2/2007: 653 words, approx. 2 pages
The Plaza hotel, the setting for dozens of movies and home to the fictional Eloise, celebrated its 100th birthday Monday with a party complete with fireworks and a 1-ton cake in the building's image.The party came as the Israeli mogul who bought the famed hotel...
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Hitchcock Had Right Direction
3/9/2007: 1,126 words, approx. 4 pages
Alfred Hitchcock knew fear. Once, when he was 5 and created some mischief, his father sent him to the local police station with a note. After reading the note, a sergeant put the boy in a cell for a few agonizing moments.The policeman returned and...
 


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Critical Essay by Gordon Gow
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[North by Northwest] is arguably as good an indication as can be found of Alfred Hitchcock's ability to match his sense of humour to his lively suspense tactics. Strictly speaking, according to those who claim to know such things, the title is a compass point that doesn't exist. It is our cue to disregard any measure of 'reality' in the film. 'Realism' is there, of course; but not, overtly at any rate, 'reality'. Further nudges towards levity are given...


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