Record Number |
618089 |
Title |
North by northwest [DVD] / [produced and] directed by Alfred Hitchcock. |
Edition |
Widescreen ed. |
Publisher/Date |
Australia : Warner Home Video, 2001. |
Pagination etc. |
1 videodisc (PAL)(131 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm. |
Contents note |
Special features include: scene selection ; "Destination Hitchcock: the making of North by Northwest" ; TV spot ; still gallery ; music only track ; cast and crew ; theatrical trailer ; commentary by screenwriter Ernest Lehman. |
Creation Note |
Producer/director, Alfred Hitchcock ; writer, Ernest Lehman ; music, Benard Herrmann |
Performer note |
Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis. |
Summary Note |
A successful Madison Avenue advertising executive is a victim of a bizarre series of events that plunge him deep into a world of crime and intrigue, where, mistaken for a spy, he is hunted down by police and spies alike. Matters are further complicated when he meets Eve Kendall, a mysterious, enticing and highly provocative blonde who manages to further jeopardise his life while being caught up in a whirlwind romance with him. |
Disc characteristics: DVD Region 4. |
Closed-captioned in English or Italian. |
Target audience note |
Rated: PG. |
Language note |
Dialogue in English or Italian, with optional English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Romanian and Bulgarian subtitles. |
Subject |
Feature films -- United States |
Motion pictures, American |
Spy films |
Espionage -- Drama |
Detective and mystery films |
Man-woman relationships in motion pictures |
Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 |
Grant, Cary, 1904-1986 |
Saint, Eva Marie, 1924- |
Corporate Author |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Warner Home Video (Firm) |
Added title |
Destination Hitchcock: the making of North by Northwest. |
Shelf Location |
DVD F NORT |