“Hitchcock” quotes
(2012)
Title Hitchcock
Year 2012
Director Sacha Gervasi
Genre Drama, Biography
Year 2012
Director Sacha Gervasi
Genre Drama, Biography
Plot – Alfred Hitchcock, master of suspense and extraordinary film icon known for having created some of the most frightening and intriguing sequences ever to appear on the big screen, had a secret. He had a long and intense love story with a strong and determined woman, his wife and his professional collaborator, Alma Reville. The film sheds light on their fascinating and complex relationship. It does so through the story of their most courageous cinematic adventure: the filming of the disturbing thriller 'Psycho', which would be considered the most controversial film of the famous director as well as his greatest success. At the end of this tumultuous and incredible production, a work born of their love and their professional union, nothing in the film industry would ever be the same.
All actors – Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Danny Huston, Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg, Michael Wincott, Jessica Biel, James D'Arcy, Richard Portnow, Kurtwood Smith, Ralph Macchio
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“You may call me Hitch. Hold the Cock.”
“I've seen happier faces on a school bus going over a cliff.”
“The only worse than a visit to the dentist is a visit to the censor.”
“- Alfred Hitchcock: I'm under extraordinary pressures on this picture and the least you can do is give me your full support.
- Alma Reville: Full support! We've mortgaged our house! I'm your wife! I celebrate with you when the reviews are good. I cry for you when they are bad! I put up with all those people who look through me as if I were...” (continue)(continue reading)- Peggy: MGM wants you to do the Ian Fleming book "Casino Royale" with Cary Grant. Definitely your style.
- Alfred Hitchcock: Doesn't she know I just made that movie? It was called "North by Northwest". And "style", my dear, is mere self-plagiarism.“It was the knife that, a moment later, cut off her scream, and her head. Charming. Doris Day should do it as a musical!”
“- Alfred Hitchcock: My contract guarantees me final cut on all of my pictures.
- Barney Balaban: It also states that Paramount doesn't have to release anything that might cause the studio embarrassment!
- Alfred Hitchcock: As opposed to those last five Martin and Lewis pictures you're so proud of?”“Beware, all men are potential murderers. And for good reason.”
“- Geoffrey Shurlock: Is there any improper suggestion of nudity in this, uh, murder in the shower scene?
- Alfred Hitchcock: She won't be nude, she'll be wearing a shower cap.”
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