[39][40], Eva Marie Saint's wardrobe for the film was originally entirely chosen by MGM. She also says that Townsend is a United Nations diplomat. North by Northwest is a 1959 American spy thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason. Das Unternehmen wird beim Amtsgericht 20355 Hamburg unter der Handelsregister-Nummer HRB 151302 geführt. In 1995, North by Northwest was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." It boasts a sharp story that never lets up until the crazy climax. 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Vandamm disregards Thornhill's protestations and arranges his death in a staged drunken driving accident. Foreign spy Philip Vandamm and his henchman Leonard try to eliminate him but when Thornhill tries to make sense of the case, he is framed for murder. [13] There has been some speculation as to whether he made one of his rare second appearances, this time at around the 45-minute mark in drag as a woman in a turquoise dress on the train. Mother, this is your son, Roger Thornhill...No, no, Mother. ", "The Development of VistaVision: Paramount Marches to a Different Drummer", "Commercial Property/430 Park Avenue; Redesigning and Upgrading a Faded Office Building", "The Complete NY Filming Locations of North By Northwest", "Filming Locations for Alfred Hitchcock's North By Northwest (1959), in New York, Chicago, and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota", "United Nations, New York City, New York - The Alfred Hitchcock Wiki", "Location of the Crop Dusting Sequence in North By Northwest", "People & Events: Mount Rushmore and Hitchcock's North by Northwest", "ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S North by Northwest (1959; 136 mins. The film's plot involves a "MacGuffin", a term popularized by Hitchcock — a physical object that everyone in the film is chasing, but which has no deep relationship to the plot. Roger O. Thornhill (played by Grant) is a successful advertising executive who, while having Kaplan had already checked out before the time when Kendall claimed she talked to him. In his book-length interview Hitchcock/Truffaut (1967) with François Truffaut, Hitchcock said that he wanted to do "something fun, light-hearted, and generally free of the symbolism permeating his other movies. "North By Northwest" is full of classic Hitchcock moments. [68] Despite its popular appeal, the film is considered to be a masterpiece for its themes of deception, mistaken identity, and moral relativism in the Cold War era. Following the murder of Townsend at the United Nations, Thornhill rushes to Grand Central Terminal, where he sneaks onto the. Vandamm leaves his thugs to deal with Thornhill; in order to escape, Thornhill disrupts the auction until police are called to remove him. They flee to the top of Mount Rushmore. Rushmore. A tale of innocent American tourists in Morocco whose son's kidnapping sets off a twisting plot of international intrigue. Lehman and Hitchcock spitballed more ideas: a murder at the United Nations Headquarters; a murder at a car plant in Detroit; a final showdown in Alaska. A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies. A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco. Hitchcock regular Leo G. Carroll is cold heartedly sinister as the "professor". [69] Hitchcock noted, in an interview with Peter Bogdanovich in 1963, "It's a fantasy. 55 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition). ", The film's title is reported to have been the influence for the name of the popular annual live-music festival South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, started in 1987, with the name idea coming from Louis Black, editor and co-founder of the local alternative weekly The Austin Chronicle, as a play on the Hitchcock film title. Hitchcock had an idea of a chase across the face of Mount Rushmore. One of the film's posters advertised: "Only Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock ever gave you so much suspense in so many directions." North by Northwest (1959) - Trailer. His good looks, genuine charm, and humorous take on his situation will have you rooting for him the whole way. One of the thugs throws a knife and Townsend falls dead. Thornhill survives to be arrested for driving under the influence. The whole film is epitomized in the title — there is no such thing as north-by-northwest on the compass. GQ rates the most chic men's clothing on film", Fashion: Suits they are a-changin Cary Grant's "North By Northwest" Suit Is the Greatest in Film History, "Blu-ray Disc and DVD details from Wired.com". Composer Bernard Herrmann had recommended that Hitchcock work with his friend Ernest Lehman. garykmcd. Screenwriter William Goldman insists in Which Lie Did I Tell? At the Mount Rushmore visitor center, Thornhill—now willingly playing the role of Kaplan—negotiates Vandamm's turnover of Kendall to be arrested. [74], North by Northwest was adapted as a stage play by Carolyn Burns. The cast, as in most Hitchcock films is excellent. At the house, Thornhill overhears that the sculpture holds microfilm and that Leonard has discovered the blanks remaining in Kendall's gun. North By Northwest 1959 Trailer Cary Grant Eva Saint Marie James Mason. [4], North by Northwest is a tale of mistaken identity, with an innocent man pursued across the United States by agents of a mysterious organization trying to prevent him from blocking their plan to smuggle out microfilm which contains government secrets. This was the only Hitchcock film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Das Unternehmen wird derzeit von … He and his art team carefully surrounded the hero Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) with examples of 1950’s luxury: the Plaza Hotel in New York, the Phipps Estate on Long Island, the new United Nations Building, the Twentieth Century Limited, The Ambassador Hotel in Chicago. North by Northwest (1959) is a suspenseful, classic Alfred Hitchcock caper thriller. Die letzte Änderung im Handelsregister wurde am 25.04.2018 vorgenommen. 6:36. No, they didn't give me a chaser. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. North by Northwest is a 1959 American spy thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason. [21] Hitchcock placed replicas of square Indiana highway signs in the scene. Watch for Hitchcock's hilarious cameo appearance at the end of the opening credits. Was it designed by Frank Lloyd Wright? 0:40. Viele übersetzte Beispielsätze mit "north-northwest" – Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch und Suchmaschine für Millionen von Deutsch-Übersetzungen. Not all is as it seems however, leading to a dramatic rescue and escape at the top of Mt. Time magazine called the film "smoothly troweled and thoroughly entertaining. [56] North by Northwest was ranked 13th in BBC's 2015 list of the 100 greatest American films.[57]. [59], Film critic Charles Champlin saw the film as an "anthology of typical Hitchcockian situations", and was particularly taken by the scene and suspense in which Grant's character avoids death when attacked by a crop-dusting plane in the cornfields, which he believed was representative of Hitchcock's finest work.[60]. Lil took her eyes off her hands and looked up at Alain. Thornhill fails to convince his mother and the police of what happened. Not all is as it seems however, leading to a dramatic rescue and escape at the top of Mt. Along the way he is seduced by Mason's mistress (Eva Marie Saint) while being pursued by Mason and his cronies from New York to Chicago to South Dakota and ultimately to Mount Rushmore for the film's climax. In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its "10 Top 10" — the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres — after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. One trailer for North by Northwest features Hitchcock presenting himself as the owner of Alfred Hitchcock Travel Agency and telling the viewer he has made a motion picture to advertise these wonderful vacation stops.[44]. The British film magazine Empire ranked the crop-duster scene as the "greatest movie moment" of all time in its August 2009 issue.[22]. Saint is holding a pistol. Lehman repeated this story in the documentary Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest that accompanied the 2001 DVD release of the film. [20] The aircraft that hits the truck and explodes is a wartime Boeing-Stearman Model 75 trainer, and many of these were also used for agricultural purposes until the 1970s. She had previously appeared in Rear Window. "[52] On Metacritic it has a score of 98 out of 100, based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Was this review helpful to you? [45][46] This release is a special 50th-anniversary edition, restored and remastered from original VistaVision elements. )", "Connecting The Dots - THE VANDAMM HOUSE in 'North By Northwest, "Cary Grant's gray suit tops movie clothing list. [2], North by Northwest currently holds a "Certified Fresh" 99% rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 75 reviews, with an average rating of 9.05/10. Der Fahrer will von nichts gewusst haben. [53] The film ranks at number 98 in Empire magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Films of All Time. Hitchcock had the idea of the hero being stranded in the middle of nowhere, but suggested that the villains try to kill him with a tornado. Why ‘Allen v. Farrow’ Isn’t Enough, Chadwick Boseman is the first posthumous Oscars acting nominee since Heath Ledger, Film News: Virtual 2021 South By Southwest Fest, Mar.16-20, 2021, Top 100 Movies as Rated by Women on IMDb in 2016, The Top 200 Movies as Rated by Women on IMDb in 2018. Thornhill goes to her room and confronts her; she leaves. These two men, they poured a whole bottle of bourbon into me. ten französischen Kritikern, den „auteurs“. The UN Headquarters buildings were also designed by Harrison and Abramovitz, the architects of Thornhill's office. North by Northwest was Ernest Lehman’s only original screenplay. [41], In François Truffaut's book-length interview, Hitchcock/Truffaut (1967), Hitchcock said that MGM wanted North by Northwest cut by 15 minutes so the film's length would run under two hours. 3:15. Late in North by Northwest, it emerges that the spies are attempting to smuggle microfilm containing government secrets out of the country. [63] Two of the three awards went instead to Ben-Hur, and the other went to Pillow Talk. Following Thornhill's escape from Vandamm's henchmen at the Plaza, he takes a taxi to the United Nations Headquarters to meet Lester Townsend.
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