Stills must not be reproduced, copied or downloaded in any way. In 1940, film director alfred hitchcock won the best picture oscar with his first hollywood film, rebecca, based on the book rebecca and starring laurence olivier and joan fontaine. And, most surprisingly, did hitchcock depict a gay marriage way back in 1938s the lady vanishes. A selfconscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husbands dead first wife. The following are available for rebecca in the classics downloads section here at reel classics. Alfred hitchcock rebecca, a mulher inesquecivel 1940 bluray. Alfred hitchcock, the master of suspense, directed more than 50 feature films during his long career. Ironically, it was the only hitchcock film to win an oscar for best picture. Rebecca by alfred hitchcock skip to main search results amazon prime. Music from his films original soundtrack on allmusic 1999 released under the auspices of the museum of. Alfred hitchcock and the three investigators in the mystery of the coughing dragon book alfred hitchcock and the three investigators in the mystery of the flaming footprints book. Hitchcock rebecca, a mulher inesquecivel 1940 bluray 1080p legendado multi subs. She and max fall in love, marry and return to manderley, his large country estate in cornwall.
An analysis of alfred hitchcocks thriller, rebecca huffpost. Alfred hitchcock is best known for directing a producing psychological horror and suspense movies like psycho, vertigo, the birds, rebecca, lifeboat, rear window, north by northwest, strangers on a train, dial m for murder, to catch a thief, shadow of a doubt, notorious and more. Based on the novel by daphne du maurier, the classic psychological thriller rebecca was alfred hitchcock s first american film. The filmography and scripts of selected films of alfred hitchcock can be found here. For the rest of his life, hitchcock dismissed rebecca. This is a terrific adaptation of daphne du mauriers 1938 novel. Quite frankly, im amazed at how well hitchcock got what american audiences wanted in. Pages in category available as an ebook at openlibrary. The ending is a surprise in more way than one, and yet mrs. Its essential viewing for the auteurs committed fans. Max is still troubled by the death of his first wife, rebecca, in a boating accident the year before.
Danvers, and discovers that rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone at manderley. It was also hitchcock s only movie to win best picture. Rebecca is a 1940 american romantic psychological thriller film directed by alfred hitchcock. Known as the master of suspense, he directed over 50 feature films in a career spanning six decades, becoming as well known. The famed, late english film director alfred hitchcock was a complicated, twisted and mischievous man characteristics that show up in all his great movies. Joan fontaine plays the unnamed narrator, a young woman who works as a companion to the welltodo mrs. But soon you learn that rebecca was never the perfect wife danvers and others make her out to be. It was hitchcock s first american project, and his first film under contract with producer david o.
At the beginning of the plot the narrator, a women we never know her name, dreamed. What happened to her becomes the source of much drama, and mystery. Boasting a superb cast the thenunproven joan fontaine was the big gamble, but her performance now outshines laurence oliviers. Was the whole plot of rebecca driven by the twisted jealousy of an evil lesbian. Everyone who loves film knows the opening words of rebecca, that astonishing mixture of emotional hothouse and freezer that was hitchcock s first.
The 39 steps script 1939 foreign correspondent 1940 rebecca script 1940. Pdf daphne du maurier and alfred hitchcock richard. An analysis of alfred hitchcock s thriller, rebecca. Download rebecca by daphne du maurier pdf genial ebooks. Rebecca, published in 1938, was daphne du mauriers most successful novel. Alfred hitchcocks chillingly beautiful adaptation of daphne du mauriers bestseller. Scene analysis in alfred hitchcocks rebecca velvet. Alfred hitchcock s rebecca 1940 is a cinematic masterpiece whose most defining character is a dead womans domineering presence. The british film industrys loss was hollywoods gain, as rebecca 1940 made abundantly clear. A selfconscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrats wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wifes spectral presence. This was alfred hitchcocks first americanmade film.
This lovely, warm adaptation is blessed by charles dance who makes maxim a much more attractive man worth fighting for and emilia fox is a wonderful actress, even at this young age. The film, which starred sir laurence olivier as max, joan fontaine as the heroine, and dame judith anderson as. Du mauriers novel rebecca was a property selznick had acquired at great cost to follow his production of gone with the wind 1939, and the read more. It was directed by alfred hitchcock and has the distinction of being his first american film.
The period detail, costume and scenery are all spoton, and the acting is good, especially among the principals. Hitchcock rebecca, a mulher inesquecivel 1940 bluray. Rebecca is a 1940 american psychological thrillermystery film. Rebecca by alfred hitchcock a movie to download, on vod and legal streaming lacinetek. The best known of these is the academy award winning 1940 alfred hitchcock film version rebecca, the first film hitchcock made under his contract with david o. Rebecca is the only alfred hitchcock film to win the academy award for best picture. Sir alfred joseph hitchcock, kbe august 1899 29 april 1980 was an english film director and producer, widely regarded as one of the most influential and extensively studied filmmakers in the history of cinema. Born in londons east end in 1899 at the end of the victorian era, alfred hitchcock.
Directed by alfred hitchcock, it was his first american project, and his first film. Hitchcock s first american film and his only best picture winner, rebecca is a masterpiece of haunting atmosphere, gothic thrills, and gripping suspense. Watch alfred hitchcock rebecca, a mulher inesquecivel 1940 bluray. Sherwood and joan harrison, and adaptation by philip macdonald and michael hogan, were based on the 1938 novel of the same name by daphne du maurier. In all more than 50 major films are attributed to alfred hitchcock in a career that spanned 60 years.
Hitchcock, nominated as best director, went home emptyhanded. Alfred hitchcock remains to be an inspiration for the directors throughout the world and the cinematic techniques that he introduced are still utilized in the genre of crime and thriller. Dial m for murder north by northwest downton abbey season 3 region 2 dvd imported european release. Among her more famous works are the scapegoat, jamaica inn, rebecca, and the short story the birds, all of which were subsequently made into films, the latter three directed by alfred hitchcock. They marry, and soon she finds out that the former mrs. Sherwood and joan harrison, and adaptation by philip macdonald and michael hogan, were based on the 1938 novel of. Selznick and alfred hitchcock had a tumultuous, yet respectful relationship which produced classic films like spellbound 1945 and rebecca. Today is national alfred hitchcock day, so to pay tribute to the legendary master of suspense, were revisiting of his finest pictures hitch himself would be pleased that we settled on a. Generally, this television version is more faithful to the book, both in spirit and in plot, than the 1940 hitchcock version with laurence oliver and joan fontaine. Everyone who loves film knows the opening words of rebecca, that astonishing mixture of emotional hothouse and freezer that was hitchcock s first american film, made for david o selznick and.