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Actors: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about North by Northwest |
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All of director Alfred Hitchcock's themes are here: An everyday man (Cary Grant) caught up in mysterious events, a polite but oily villain (James Mason), a beautiful blonde (Eve Marie Saint) and imaginative set-piece scenes. The film follows Grant's Roger Thornhill as he tries to figure out why he has been mistaken for spy, escape danger from a homocidal cropduster and fall in love with a treacherous double-agent.
--Mark Schreiner, Resident Scholar
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Cary Grant plays Roger Thornhill, a man who is chased all over USA by a crime orginization that thinks he is a double agent.
--Erik Stahlberg, Resident Scholar
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Cary Grant is caught up in a fatal case of mistaken identity in this Masterpiece directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock. James Mason is convinced that Grant is a spy who has been hounding him, and so frames Grant for murder. Grant, while on the run, meets and falls in love with Eva Marie Saint, who is more than she seems to be. One great scene follows immediately on the heels of another. Mission Impossible 2 only wishes it was this cool.
--Dan Waldman, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of North by Northwest |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 36.7%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 36.7%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 26.7%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- finding a spy/saboteur
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- spy
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- falling off
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Washington D.C.
- Chicago
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
Kind of violence:
- mental battles
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- None
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