Rebecca is a 1940 american psychological thrillermystery film. A british gentlemans innocent bride grapples with intrusive reminders of his deceased wife. Everyone who loves film knows the opening words of rebecca, that astonishing mixture of emotional hothouse and freezer that was hitchcock s first american film, made for david o selznick and. Psycho, rear window, vertigo, north by northwest, notorious, the birds, it goes on and on. Maxim is still troubled by the death of his wife, rebecca, in a boating accident the year before. Danvers and discovers that rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone at manderley. Yes, dear readers, its rebecca, daphne du mauriers 1938 novel and one of my personal stranded on a desert island picks. He was regarded by many critics as the greatest actor of the 20th century. Zapping between past and present, fiction and reality, cinema and television, the filmmaker interweaves a. Legendary english film directorproducer alfred hitchcock, popularly called master of suspense, and counted among most influential directors in the history of cinema, commenced his journey in british film industry as art director and title designer. Alfred hitchcock s first hollywood film and the only hitchcock feature to win the academy award for best picture, rebecca is one of those films that holds up wonderfully across repeat viewings.
At the beginning of the plot the narrator, a women we never know her name, dreamed. Watch rebecca theater 62 1962 now on your favorite device. Directed by alfred hitchcock, it was his first american project, and his first film. He had soon hired a rotund englishman as director and producer, but rebeccathe first of four collaborations with alfred hitchcockwas very much a david o.
Scene analysis in alfred hitchcocks rebecca velvet film. Rebecca 1940 is the classic hitchcock gothic thriller and a compelling mystery and haunting ghost story about a tortured romance. Rebecca is a 1940 american romantic psychological thriller film directed by alfred hitchcock. With charles dance, diana rigg, geraldine james, jonathan cake. The film won an academy award for best cinematography and best picture, and was the only hitchcock film to win that distinction. She and maxim fall in love, get married and return to manderley, his large country estate in cornwall.
It was hitchcocks first american project, and his first film under contract with producer david o. In this atmospheric gothic horror, hitchcock tells a story of woman maturation, growth and struggle of overidentification with other women, while casting a nameless young girl, with no clear selfidentity, as his main heroine. The film is based on a novel by daphne du maurier, who also grew up in cornwall. Rebecca vostfr alfred hitchcock laurence olivier, joan fontaine, g. Selznick in rebecca 1940 joan fontaine and laurence olivier in rebecca. Du mauriers novel rebecca was a property selznick had acquired at great cost to follow his production of gone with the wind 1939, and the.
Hitchcock makes his customary cameo in rebecca by appearing outside a phone booth. Whatever elements were good were generally ripped from the hitchcock film, be it dialogue, plot changes, or even shots. The masters first american film is an adaptation of daphne du mauriers novel of the same name, which he made under the patronage of the. Alfred hitchcocks rebecca 1940 is a cinematic masterpiece whose most defining character is a dead womans domineering presence. Sherwood and joan harrison, and adaptation by philip macdonald and michael hogan, were based on the 1938 novel of the same name by daphne du maurier. The british film industrys loss was hollywoods gain, as rebecca 1940 made abundantly clear. Selznick following his recent success with gone with the wind 1939, it was hitchcocks first americanhollywood film, although it retained distinctly british characteristics from his earlier. Laurence kerr olivier, baron olivier of brighton, om, kbe was an academy awardwinning english actor, director, and producer. Sherwood based on philip macdonald and michael hogans adaptation of daphne du mauriers 1938 novel rebecca. Some of the exteriors at manderley were filmed at del monte, california, while the beach. The film was released in selected cities on november 23, 2012, with a. Sherwood and joan harrison, and adaptation by philip macdonald and michael hogan, were based on the 1938 novel of the same name by daphne.
The first american project from the master of suspense, rebecca was alfred hitchcocks first film produced under contract with david o. By the time hitchcock arrived in america in early 1939, selznick had a better project. Rebecca displayed hitchcocks unparalleled talent for ominous atmosphere, as he derived suspense from the clash between fontaine and judith andersons coldly sadistic, rebeccaobsessed mrs. Rebecca by alfred hitchcock alfred hitchcock, laurence. The title character is already dead when the story begins. His directorial debut happened with the british silent film the pleasure garden 1925.
Romance becomes psychodrama in the elegantly crafted rebecca, alfred hitchcocks first foray into hollywood filmmaking. Alfred hitchcocks first hollywood film and the only hitchcock feature to win the academy award for best picture, rebecca is one of those films that holds up wonderfully across repeat viewings. Joan fontaine plays the unnamed narrator, a young woman who works as a companion to the welltodo mrs. Boasting a superb cast the thenunproven joan fontaine was the big gamble, but her performance now outshines laurence oliviers.
He remembered that when he told her shed be dead in a few months, she said, oh, no, doctor, not that long, so her death was assumed to be suicide. What happened to her becomes the source of much drama, and mystery. See more ideas about alfred hitchcock, classic movies and hitchcock film. A selfconscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husbands dead first wife. Hitchcock is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, alfred hitchcock and his wife and partner alma reville. Alfred hitchcocks filmography reads like an alltime best of list. Rebecca was alfred hitchcocks second film based on a du maurier novel the first was jamaica inn, and his first hollywood production. Alfred hitchcock notorious 1946 part 1 of 11 by btopsmoviechannel1. The films screenplay was a version by joan harrison and robert e. Hitchcocks first american film and his only best picture winner, rebecca is a masterpiece of haunting atmosphere, gothic thrills, and gripping suspense. Selznick had originally intended hitchcocks first film for him to be about the titanic. They marry, and soon she finds out that the former mrs. Hitchcock is a 2012 american biographical drama film directed by sacha gervasi, based on stephen rebellos nonfiction book alfred hitchcock and the making of psycho. Everyone who loves film knows the opening words of rebecca, that astonishing mixture of emotional hothouse and freezer that was hitchcocks first american film, made for david o selznick and.
Films alfred hitchcock streaming fr film streaming vf. Based on the novel by daphne du maurier, the classic psychological thriller rebecca was alfred hitchcocks first american film. Find out where rebecca 1940 is streaming, if rebecca 1940 is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Rebecca vostfr alfred hitchcock laurence olivier, joan fontaine, g sanders.
Selznick put gone with the wind into production in the late 1930s, he realized that he needed help with other pictures on the studio schedule. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Rebecca 112 movie clip dreams of manderley 1940 hd.
Rebecca directed by alfred hitchcock available on vhs. Drama, mystery, suspense, thriller, romance, statut. The elaborately appointed manderley mansion became a character in itself, with rebeccas expressively lit, diaphanously curtained bedroom. Regarder rebecca gratuit film full hd en ligne gratuit voir rebecca en streaming en ligne duree minutes et diffuse sur 19400412 notation mpaa est 33 titre original. The doctor told them that rebecca had terminal cancer that would have killed her in a few months, and she would have been on morphia not long after hed seen her and given her the bad news. Dazzling montagebased film which uses alfred hitchcocks fascination with doubles as a springboard to reexamine the sociopolitical anxieties of cold warera america.
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