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Title: North by Northwest
Post by: Pas on August 05, 2005, 05:38:18 PM
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Trailer here (http://www.movie-list.net/classics/north-by-northwest.mov)

Release date : July 17 (1959)

Cast : Cary Grant (Roger O. Thornhill), Eva Marie Saint (Eve Kendall), Jessie Royce Landis (Clara Thornhill)

Director : Alfred Hitchcock (Vertigo)

Screenwriter : Ernest Lehman (Sabrina)

Premise : Middle-aged Madison Avenue advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill is mistaken for a government agent by a gang of spies. He gets involved in a series of misadventures and is pursued across the States by both the spies and the government whilst being helped by a beautiful blonde.
Title: North by Northwest
Post by: hedwig on August 05, 2005, 05:54:43 PM
Where is this now showing?
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Post by: modage on August 05, 2005, 06:06:19 PM
this looks good.  i can't wait.
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Post by: Brazoliange on August 05, 2005, 06:12:38 PM
Cary Grant.

:yabbse-thumbdown:
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Post by: w/o horse on August 05, 2005, 06:18:00 PM
Eva Marie Saint is fucking hot as hell.  I'll see this one just for her.

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Post by: grand theft sparrow on August 06, 2005, 09:02:36 AM
I saw this already.  It was pretty good but it got weird when planes started falling out of the sky.
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Post by: cine on August 06, 2005, 10:34:50 AM
that trailer was so boring. and i cant believe that guy showed off the poster during the trailer.. haha i mean really. he even says "and now for the climax of our tour"..

looks okay i guess.
Title: North by Northwest
Post by: samsong on August 06, 2005, 11:26:04 AM
seriously guys, this is, like, the worst movie i've seen all year, perhaps of all time...  although it definitely not as bad as Gerry. god, what the fuck was with that shit?  anyway, here are some concise and cleverly titled points as to why.  grr i'm so ANGRY!!!

reason i did not like the film 1: all that fucking MUSIC.  shit man... it's so obvious it's going for suspense and thrills.  WE GET IT!!!

reason i did not like the film 1a: all that attempt at suspense? not suspenseful.  this goes beyond just the music, too.

reason i did not like the film 2: cary fucking grant is so bad.  all he does is run around for the entire film, and nothing else! no conventional character stuff for me to bite my teeth into.  fuck that shit, man.

reason i did not like the film 3: omfg the PLOT.  THE PLOT is so fucking ridiculous.  the plot sucked, dude.  films need better PLOTS.  by now they should realize that films are nothing without a good PLOT.

reason i did not like the film 4 that makes everything i just said that much more pointless:
I FUCKING HATE ALFRED HITCHCOCK.  he's a bigger hack than brett ratner, or i'm going to say that anyway because everyone on xixax thinks so... about ratner, anyway -- everyone seems to LOVE the hitchCOCK.  i actually loved Rush Hour 2.  back to the point, that guy hasn't made a good movie in his LIFE, and this definitely is not an exception.  he built his career on, like... being fat, and making pretentious trailers for movies that suck.  if i may be so bold, i would say that alfred hitchcock is the pavement, yes, the PAVEMENT, of directors.

if anyone comes on here and posts about how good this film is, well, to quote a good friend of mine:
Quote from: a good friend of minei will fight you.
this isn't even about a difference of opinion. this movie is just BAD, as i have just scientifically proved.  F for FUCKING SHIT, which is exactly what this movie is.  if fucking was spelled "F-UCKING" i would've given it an F-.  fuck you, alfred hitchcock... fuck you.
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Post by: pete on August 06, 2005, 11:29:44 AM
c'mon, the plane was cool.
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Post by: Ravi on August 06, 2005, 12:15:22 PM
This Alfred Hitchens guy should be banned from making movies.
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Post by: SiliasRuby on August 06, 2005, 12:29:55 PM
He was officially banned from the world on april 29th 1980.
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Post by: RegularKarate on August 06, 2005, 01:18:46 PM
Wow, that trailer is fucking disappointing. Looks like Hitchcock fucked this one up.
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Post by: GoneSavage on August 06, 2005, 01:51:34 PM
After this one, they'll be calling this guy the next Kubrick.
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Post by: Tictacbk on August 06, 2005, 03:18:51 PM
Quote from: samsong
I FUCKING HATE ALFRED HITCHCOCK.  he's a bigger hack than brett ratner,




least true statement of the day....i hope you were drunk when you wrote this.
Title: North by Northwest
Post by: hedwig on August 06, 2005, 03:23:33 PM
Quote from: samsongseriously guys, this is, like, the worst movie i've seen all year, perhaps of all time...  although it definitely not as bad as Gerry. god, what the fuck was with that shit?  anyway, here are some concise and cleverly titled points as to why.  grr i'm so ANGRY!!!

reason i did not like the film 1: all that fucking MUSIC.  shit man... it's so obvious it's going for suspense and thrills.  WE GET IT!!!

reason i did not like the film 1a: all that attempt at suspense? not suspenseful.  this goes beyond just the music, too.

reason i did not like the film 2: cary fucking grant is so bad.  all he does is run around for the entire film, and nothing else! no conventional character stuff for me to bite my teeth into.  fuck that shit, man.

reason i did not like the film 3: omfg the PLOT.  THE PLOT is so fucking ridiculous.  the plot sucked, dude.  films need better PLOTS.  by now they should realize that films are nothing without a good PLOT.

reason i did not like the film 4 that makes everything i just said that much more pointless:
I FUCKING HATE ALFRED HITCHCOCK.  he's a bigger hack than brett ratner, or i'm going to say that anyway because everyone on xixax thinks so... about ratner, anyway -- everyone seems to LOVE the hitchCOCK.  i actually loved Rush Hour 2.  back to the point, that guy hasn't made a good movie in his LIFE, and this definitely is not an exception.  he built his career on, like... being fat, and making pretentious trailers for movies that suck.  if i may be so bold, i would say that alfred hitchcock is the pavement, yes, the PAVEMENT, of directors.

if anyone comes on here and posts about how good this film is, well, to quote a good friend of mine:
Quote from: a good friend of minei will fight you.
this isn't even about a difference of opinion. this movie is just BAD, as i have just scientifically proved.  F for FUCKING SHIT, which is exactly what this movie is.  if fucking was spelled "F-UCKING" i would've given it an F-.  fuck you, alfred hitchcock... fuck you.

HAHAHHAHAHAHahaha

btw, this is the same guy who directed "Psycho" for those that didn't know

now THAT shit was the cat's pajamas. great cast, plus im a julianne moore fan
Title: Re: North by Northwest
Post by: matt35mm on August 06, 2005, 04:10:33 PM
Quote from: Pas Rap(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2Fwoofboy_movie%2Fpict%2Fnorthbynorthwest.jpg&hash=1dea4496e958968a1cfccb77467d2855f99676f3)
The look on his face is interesting.  He seems to be focused on something in a way that you wouldn't be if there was a plane behind you.  Like he's thinking "Is that dog poop?" or "is that a quarter?" or "Did I leave the gas on?"

It's entirely inappropriate.  You guys must be right, this whole film seems misdirected.
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Post by: life_boy on August 06, 2005, 05:29:34 PM
Quote from: Hedwiggreat cast, plus im a julianne moore fan

Hahaha.  Nice reveal.

Quote from: Hedwignow THAT shit was the cat's pajamas.
Title: North by Northwest
Post by: RegularKarate on August 06, 2005, 06:29:22 PM
I think Pas was talking about this:

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Summer of 2K + 6!
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Post by: MacGuffin on August 06, 2005, 07:11:26 PM
How unoriginal.  :sleeping:

This movie looks like a rip-off of the John Woo classic, Paycheck with a dash of Silver Streak. Plus the airplane scene looks stolen from the helicopter chase in From Russia With Love. And the score... totally sounds like Re-Animator.  :elitist:
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Post by: cron on August 06, 2005, 07:13:21 PM
i seriously feel like huging modage  right now.
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Post by: Brazoliange on August 06, 2005, 11:19:43 PM
agreed.
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Post by: Pubrick on August 07, 2005, 08:10:09 AM
i seriously feel like punching brazoliange right now.
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Post by: cine on August 07, 2005, 09:30:20 AM
agreed.
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Post by: NEON MERCURY on August 07, 2005, 09:47:14 AM
Quote from: life_boy

Hahaha.  Nice reveal.
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Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on August 07, 2005, 12:16:53 PM
Ok, look you guys, you always criticize new movies... well I say give this one a chance!

I mean Hitchcock is new to the game (isn't this his debut film?).  Let's cut him some slack.  I know it's a bit sloppy here and there, but overall I feel that this could be the start of a good career.  I at least see a follow up film...

Oh, and I don't know if this belongs in the Grapevine, but I read somewhere that Hitchcock is in pre or post production for a remake of that Gus Van Sant movie about Norman Bates and whatever.
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Post by: SiliasRuby on August 07, 2005, 03:10:26 PM
Quote from: Pubricki seriously feel like punching brazoliange right now.
Seriously. P, don't make him minisilias, if u do...Oh, I'd be sooo mad.  :-D
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Post by: socketlevel on August 07, 2005, 03:55:39 PM
Quote from: The W
Oh, and I don't know if this belongs in the Grapevine, but I read somewhere that Hitchcock is in pre or post production for a remake of that Gus Van Sant movie about Norman Bates and whatever.

wait... didn't i read it on xixax that gus van sant is thinking about remaking psycho agian?

-sl-
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Post by: hedwig on August 12, 2005, 02:08:50 PM
PRODUCTION STILLS:

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Just looking at these pictures is one of the most intense cinematic experiences of my lifetime. No but, come July 17 (1959) , North by Northwest being a great movie or North by Northwest being a good movie, it is clearly going to fucking light the celluloid from which it comes on fucking fire. That much is obvious.

Hitchock making this movie cements him as a ballsy director, and it also is this big obvious statement that clever and capable directors need to be doing edgier material and not Batman Begins.
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Post by: samsong on August 12, 2005, 02:56:39 PM
Batman Begins is a masterpiece.
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Post by: w/o horse on August 12, 2005, 03:38:35 PM
Fuck.
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Post by: Ravi on August 12, 2005, 05:11:07 PM
DVD will release on August 29, 2000.

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Extras include:

Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Commentary by Ernest Lehman
All-new digital transfer and Dolby 5.1 audio from refurbished elements
All-new behind-the-scenes documentary
Production stills gallery

I'm beginning to think that this film is Cary Grant being chased by a crop duster for 90 minutes.
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Post by: Pozer on August 12, 2005, 07:51:29 PM
I like crop dusters.
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Post by: Bethie on August 12, 2005, 11:56:01 PM
ohhh we're all funny now.
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Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on August 13, 2005, 12:28:12 AM
I'm more pumped for the critically acclaimed sequel...

http://xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=7640
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Post by: polkablues on August 13, 2005, 02:06:11 AM
Quote from: Bethieohhh we're all funny now.

And clever.  Don't forget how clever we all are.








Side note: Walrus, I laughed out loud when I clicked on that link.  Making the number of laughs I've gotten out of this thread = 1.