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	North By Northwest Hitchcock and Grant are a winning combination in this comedy thriller about a respectable advertising executive caught between the police, who think he's a killer, and a gang of spies, who think he's a double agent. The taut script was Oscar nominated and the chase sequence, as Cary is buzzed by crop-dusting planes, is still a heart-stopper.     Availability: refer to store website Shipping: refer to store website	£16.99 at choicesdirect.com Not rated yet Info All items of this shop
	North By Northwest (Special Edition) (Boxset) (DVD) Special Edition Collector's Boxset. Hitchcock and Grant are a winning combination in this comedy thriller about a respectable advertising executive caught between the police, who think he's a killer, and a gang of spies, who think he's a double agent. The taut script was Oscar nominated and the chase sequence, as Cary is buzzed by crop-dusting planes, is still a heart-stopper.     Availability: refer to store website Shipping: refer to store website	£42.49 at choicesdirect.com Not rated yet Info All items of this shop
	WARNER HOME VIDEO North By Northwest [1959] A strong candidate for possibly the most entertaining and enjoyable film ever made by a Hollywood studio, <I>North by Northwest</I> is positioned between the much heavier and more profoundly disturbing <I>Vertigo</I> (1958) and the stark horror of <I>Psycho</I> (1960). In the corpus of Alfred Hitchcock films it shows the director at his most effervescent in a romantic comedy-thriller that also features one of the definitive Cary Grant performances. Which is not to say that this is just ­Hitchcock Lite­. It's a classic Hitchcock Wrong Man scenario: Grant is Roger O Thornhill (initials ROT), an advertising executive who is mistaken by enemy spies for a US undercover agent named George Kaplan. Convinced these sinister fellows (James Mason as the boss and Martin Landau as his henchman) are trying to kill him, Roger flees and meets a sexy Stranger on a Train (Eva Marie Saint), with whom he engages in one of the longest, most convolutedly choreographed kisses in screen history. And of course there are the famous set pieces: the stabbing at the United Nations, the crop-duster plane attack in the cornfield (where a pedestrian has no place to hide) and the cliffhanger finale atop the stone faces of Mount Rushmore. With its sparkling Ernest Lehman script and that pulse-quickening Bernard Herrmann score, what more could a filmgoer possibly desire? --<I>Jim Emerson, Amazon.com</I><p> <B>On the DVD</B>: This wide-screen print of the movie looks remarkably fresh, preserving the vivid depth of the original's VistaVision cinematography. The main extra feature is a new and entertaining 40-minute documentary hosted by Eva Marie Saint in which most of the surviving cast and crew give their insights into the making of the picture (we learn for example that canny Cary Grant charged 15 cents per autograph). Screenwriter Ernest Lehman provides an audio commentary and on a separate audio-only track Bernard Herrmann's masterful score can be heard in its entirety. There's also a stills gallery and trailers. --<I>Mark Walker</I>     Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Shipping: refer to store website	£4.97 at Amazon.co.uk  4.5/5 Info All items of this shop
	NORTH BY NORTHWEST PG author: ; publisher: WARN     Availability: refer to store website Shipping: refer to store website	£12.99 at countrybookshop.co.uk  4.0/5 Info All items of this shop
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	Faber and Faber North by Northwest: Screenplay (Faber Reel Classics S.) Three weeks after being commissioned by Alfred Hitchcock to adapt the novel <I>The Wreck of the Mary Deare</I> for the screen, Ernest Lehman was forced to admit that he wasn't the man for the task. Rather than find a new writer, Hitchcock offered Lehman the chance to work on something else; accepting the new commission, the screenwriter conceded that ­All I want to do is write the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures.­ Starting from the director's desire to film a chase scene across the Faces of the Presidents on Mount Rushmore, a convoluted thriller began to take shape: ­a real movie movie­, as Lehman describes it in the introduction to this volume.<p>The plot revolves around one of Hitchcock's favourite conceits--mistaken identity. Advertising Executive Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a man named George Kaplan, leading to his abduction and an attempt upon his life. Evading arrest after he is framed for murder, Thornhill pursues Kaplan and attempts to turn the tables upon his attackers. Lehman's first-rate script is sharply written--with Thornhill retaining his wit even under pressure--and manages to keep tight control of a complex plot, by rationing the information given both to Thornhill and to the audience. Often cited as a precursor of the modern action movie, <I>North by Northwest</I> possesses a charm and sophistication too often lacking in its descendents. --<I>John Oates</I>     Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Shipping: refer to store website	£4.99 at Amazon.co.uk  4.5/5 Info All items of this shop
	Faber and Faber North by Northwest: Screenplay (Classic Screenplay) Three weeks after being commissioned by Alfred Hitchcock to adapt the novel <I>The Wreck of the Mary Deare</I> for the screen, Ernest Lehman was forced to admit that he wasn't the man for the task. Rather than find a new writer, Hitchcock offered Lehman the chance to work on something else; accepting the new commission, the screenwriter conceded that ­All I want to do is write the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures.­ Starting from the director's desire to film a chase scene across the Faces of the Presidents on Mount Rushmore, a convoluted thriller began to take shape: ­a real movie movie­, as Lehman describes it in the introduction to this volume.<p>The plot revolves around one of Hitchcock's favourite conceits--mistaken identity. Advertising Executive Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a man named George Kaplan, leading to his abduction and an attempt upon his life. Evading arrest after he is framed for murder, Thornhill pursues Kaplan and attempts to turn the tables upon his attackers. Lehman's first-rate script is sharply written--with Thornhill retaining his wit even under pressure--and manages to keep tight control of a complex plot, by rationing the information given both to Thornhill and to the audience. Often cited as a precursor of the modern action movie, <I>North by Northwest</I> possesses a charm and sophistication too often lacking in its descendents. --<I>John Oates</I>     Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. Shipping: refer to store website	£8.99 at Amazon.co.uk  4.5/5 Info All items of this shop