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North by Northwest (Original title)
Date: 1959 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Synopsis: Thriller. New York advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill is mistaken by a gang of spies for a Federal agent named George Kaplan. They make various attempts on his life and make him look like a murder suspect at the United Nations building. He flees their clutches, crossing America by train and coach, and is menaced by a cropduster, while he uncovers a plot involving smuggled microfilm. He faces the villains in a final showdown on Mount Rushmore.

Genre:
Thriller

Subject:
Espionage
Releases
Date: 1959Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 136 mins Length: 12256 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: March 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 136 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (49)
In: Screen v56 n1 Spring 2015  Pages: 1-24
Title: Screening and disclosing fantasy: rear projection in HitchcockAuthor: Bronfen, ElisabethArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article analysing the use of conspicuously artificial rear projection in the films of Alfred Hitchcock, suggesting that the device disrupts the viewer's emotional involvement and introduces an element of distancing, forming the basis of a 'contract' between director and audience based on mutual acknowledgement. Considers the way the technique highlights characters' projection of their own fantasy on to the world around them, or their responses to a drama projected on to them, and discusses how Hitchcock's cameo appearances contribute to an aesthetic which foregrounds illusion and artifice.

In: Empire n242 August 2009  Pages: 89-113
Title: 1001 greatest movie momentsArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Listing of a 1001 best 'moments' or scenes from films, themed by franchise, action or actor, plus a top ten listing of greatest moments by film.

In: Empire n241 July 2009  Page: 62
Title: In cinemas: North By NorthwestAuthor: FREER, Ian Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: DGA Quarterly v4 n4 Winter 2009  Pages: 62-69
Title: On the RoadArticle type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Stills of road movies with brief captions.

In: Empire n228 June 2008  Pages: 168-169
Title: The top 10 best-dressed charactersAuthor: O'HARA, HelenArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A listing and brief critique of the ten best-dressed characters in film

In: Empire n214 April 2007  Pages: 164-165
Title: The Top 10: movie scoresAuthor: FREER, Ian Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A listing and brief critique of the author's choices of the ten best movie scores.

In: Empire n201 March 2006  Pages: 77-88,90-101
Title: 201 Greatest movies of all timeArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A listing of the top two hundred and one films as chosen by the reader's of Empire magazine. With comments by actors and filmmaker's.

In: Screen International n1559 18 Aug 2006  Page: 24
Title: Final cut: North by Northwest by West EndArticle type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Alfred Hitchock's NORTH BY NORTHWEST was screened at Somerse t House as part of the 2006 Film4 Summer Screen and introduc ed by British Film Institute chair/director Anthony Minghell a.

In: Premiere v19 n8 May 2006  Pages: 82-87
Title: The Write Stuff: the 25 greatest screenplays of all timeArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: An inside look at the 25 best screenplays ever written as chosen by the Writers Guild of America.

In: Literature/Film Quarterly v34 n1 2006  Pages: 2-8
Title: Screen NarrativesAuthor: BAETENS, Jan Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: An analysis of NORTH BY NORTHWEST and ways of looking and being looked at.

In: Cinema Business n16 Jul/Aug 2005  Page: 24
Title: Classic train movies screened in West EndArticle type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Screenings of SOME LIKE IT HOT, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS The GENERAL and NORTH BY NORTHWEST at the Prince Charles in London are being sponsored by Virgin Trains to tie-in with their latest advertising campaign.

In: Empire n193 July 2005  Pages: 144-145
Title: Lets Revise...Spies: Essential ViewingAuthor: OSMOND, Andrew Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A listing of classic spy films with comments and further viewing recommendations.

In: Film Review vSpec. n59 August 2005  Pages: 54-55
Title: The best films of the '50sAuthor: FOX, Tom Article type: NoteLanguage: English

In: Film Studies n4 Summer 2004  Pages: 48-57
Title: Hitchcock's innocence plotAuthor: DUE, Reidar Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A discussion of the 'innocence plot' in Hitchcock's The 39 STEPS, YOUNG AND INNOCENT, SABOTEUR, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, I CONFESS, The WRONG MAN, NORTH BY NORTHWEST. Each film involves an unjustified accusation against a main character.

In: Sight and Sound v14 n8 August 2004  Page: 74
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: TOAL, Andrea Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD review of "Cary Grant boxset" comprising: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, DESTINATION TOKYO, NIGHT AND DAY.

In: Literature/Film Quarterly v31 n4 2003  Pages: 270-275
Title: Hitchcock's MacGuffin in the works of David MametAuthor: DIGOU, Mike Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the use of a "MacGuffin", which Mamet describes as "that thing which the hero is chasing", in NORTH BY NORTHWEST, AMERICAN BUFFALO, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS and The SPANISH PRISONER.

In: Premiere v14 n8 April 2001  Page: 120
Title: Classic scene: North by NorthwestArticle type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Extract from the screenplay to NORTH BY NORTHWEST.

In: Sight and Sound v11 n6 June 2001  Page: 61
Title: Homemovies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Film Studies n2 Spring 2000  Pages: 29-43
Title: 'My name's not Chaplin': North by Northwest and the...Author: SMITH, Ian Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A study of Cary Grant's screen persona, looking particularly at him as Roger Thornhill in NORTH BY NORTHWEST.

In: Quarterly Review of Film and Video v17 n1 March 2000  Pages: 19-34
Title: The Consumer Perversity of Roger ThornhillAuthor: POMERANCE, Murray Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the character Roger Thornhill in Alfred Hitchcock's film NORTH BY NORTHWEST.

In: Creative Screenwriting v7 n6 Nov/Dec 2000  Pages: 47-53
Title: North By Northwest: an interview with Ernest LehmanAuthor: BAER, Bill Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Ernest Lehman who recalls working with Alfred Hitchcock on NORTH BY NORTHWEST.

In: Premiere v14 n3 November 2000  Page: 107
Title: North by northwestAuthor: C.K. Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Film Score Monthly v5 n7 August 2000  Pages: 45-46
Title: The laserphile: autumn's harvestAuthor: DURSIN, Andy Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Cinema Journal v36 n4 Summer 1997  Pages: 43-56
Title: The Direction of North by NorthwestAuthor: MORRIS, Christopher D Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Deconstructive reading of NORTH BY NORTHWEST, finding the film questioning the concept of direction.

In: Film West n30 October 1997  Pages: 74-75
Title: Madison Avenue ManAuthor: SWEENEY, Eamonn Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Novelist Eamonn Sweeney writes why NORTH BY NORTHWEST is not the most thrilling film ever made but still can be watched without having to make allowances for the value judgements of its day.

In: Legend n22 Winter 1996/97  Page: 10
Title: MGM series: important CD series no.3Author: TONKS, Paul Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English

In: Empire n84 June 1996  Page: 40
Title: new filmsAuthor: NEWMAN, Kim Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v3 n11 November 1993  Page: 61
Title: [Sight and Sound - v3 n11 November 1993: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note

In: The Listener v115 n2941 2 Jan 1986  Page: 28
Title: [The Listener - v115 n2941 2 Jan 1986: no known title]Language: English

In: Literature/Film Quarterly v13 n1 1985
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v13 n1 1985: no known title]Language: English

In: Literature/Film Quarterly v13 n1 1985  Pages: 56-65
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v13 n1 1985: no known title]Language: English
Description: Use of the "double" device in SHADOW OF A DOUBT, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, and NORTH BY NORTHWEST.

In: Film Criticism v6 n3 Spring 1982  Pages: Spring 1-17
Title: [Film Criticism - v6 n3 Spring 1982: no known title]Language: English

In: Wide Angle v4 n1 1980  Pages: 44-52
Title: [Wide Angle - v4 n1 1980: no known title]Language: English

In: Cahiers du Cinéma n295 December 1978  Pages: 54-56
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - n295 December 1978: no known title]Language: French

In: Film Form v1 n1 Spring 1976  Pages: 19-34
Title: [Film Form - v1 n1 Spring 1976: no known title]Language: English
Description: Analysis.

In: Films and Filming v21 n1 October 1974  Pages: 51-4
Title: [Films and Filming - v21 n1 October 1974: no known title]Language: English

In: Filmkritik n1 January 1960  Page: 13
Title: [Filmkritik - n1 January 1960: no known title]Language: German

In: The Film Daily v116 n1 1 Jul 1959  Page: 8
Title: [The Film Daily - v116 n1 1 Jul 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: Cahiers du Cinéma v17 n102 December 1959  Page: 52
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - v17 n102 December 1959: no known title]Language: French

In: The Daily Cinema n8200 4 Sep 1959  Page: 7
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8200 4 Sep 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: Variety 1 Jul 1959
Title: [Variety - 1 Jul 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: Kinematograph Weekly n2709 3 Sep 1959  Page: 9
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2709 3 Sep 1959: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Films and Filming v5 n12 September 1959  Page: 25
Title: [Films and Filming - v5 n12 September 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v26 n309 October 1959  Page: 134
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v26 n309 October 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: Films in Review v10 n7 Aug/Sep 1959  Page: 418
Title: [Films in Review - v10 n7 Aug/Sep 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: Motion Picture Herald v216 n1 4 Jul 1959  Page: 324
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v216 n1 4 Jul 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: Sight and Sound v28 n3/4 Sum/Aut 1959  Page: 168
Title: [Sight and Sound - v28 n3/4 Sum/Aut 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v155 n36 30 Jun 1959  Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v155 n36 30 Jun 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v151 n23 29 Aug 1958  Page: 8
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v151 n23 29 Aug 1958: no known title]Language: English


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (41)
Title: Hitchcock and the spy film
Author: CHAPMAN, James  Pages: xiii, 346 pages

Title: Intimate violence: Hitchcock, sex, and queer theory
Author: GREVEN, David  Pages: x, 280 pages

Title: In secrecy's shadow: the OSS and CIA in Hollywood cinema 1941-1979
Author: Willmetts, Simon  Pages: xii, 307 pages

Title: Dial "M" for mother: a Freudian Hitchcock
Author: Gordon, Paul  Pages: 256 pages

Title: invention without a future: essays on cinema
Author: NAREMORE, James  Pages: xi, 356 pages

Title: Alfred Hitchcock
Author: BADMINGTON, Neil  Pages: 4 volumes

Title: Cohesion in film: tracking film elements
Author: Chiao-I Tseng  Pages: xiii, 176 pages

Title: Hitchcock's magic
Author: BADMINGTON, Neil  Pages: x, 208 p.

Title: Everything you always wanted to know about Lacan (but were afraid to ask Hitchcock)
Author: ZIZEK, Slavoj  Pages: xviii, 279 p.

Title: Crowds, power, and transformation in cinema
Author: BRILL, Lesley  Pages: x, 279 p.

Title: Cavell on film
Author: ROTHMAN, William  Pages: xxvii, 399 p.

Title: Film music
Author: LARSEN, Peter  Pages: 254 p.

Title: "I" of the camera: essays in film criticism, history, and aesthetics
Author: ROTHMAN, William  Pages: xxxii, 389 p.

Title: Thematic and methodological foundations of Alfred Hitchcock's artistic vision
Author: DRUMIN, William A.  Pages: vii, 432 p.

Title: Screenwriting: the sequence approach
Author: GULINO, Paul Joseph  Pages: xiv, 230 p.

Title: eye for Hitchcock
Author: POMERANCE, Murray  Pages: xi, 306 p.

Title: Hitchcock and Poe: the legacy of delight and terror
Author: PERRY, Dennis R.  Pages: xvii, 221 p.

Title: Hitchcock's films revisited
Author: WOOD, Robin  Pages: xliv, 413 p.

Title: North by northwest
Author: WILLIAMS, Dan  Pages: 81 p.

Title: Hitchcock murders
Author: CONRAD, Peter  Pages: i-xiii, 362p.

Title: analysis of film
Author: BELLOUR, Raymond  Pages: xx, 305p.

Title: Secrets of screenplay structure: how to recognize and emulate the structural frameworks of great films
Author: COWGILL, Linda J.  Pages: v-xv, 318p.

Title: North by northwest
Author: LEHMAN, Ernest  Pages: 196p.

Title: Notorious: Alfred Hitchcock and contemporary art
Author: BROUGHER, Kerry  Pages: 84p.

Title: Hitchcock's America
Author: FREEDMAN, Jonathan  Pages: vii-viii, 192p.

Title: Hitchcock's notebooks: an authorized and illustrated look inside the creative mind of Alfred Hitchcock
Author: AUILER, Dan  Pages: 567p.

Title: North by Northwest
Author: LEHMAN, Ernest  Pages: xii, 196 pages

Title: Hitchcock's secret notebooks: an authorised and illustrated look inside the creative mind of Alfred Hitchcock
Author: AUILER, Dan  Pages: 567 pages

Title: Perspectives on Alfred Hitchcock
Author: BOYD, David  Pages: 184p.
Description: BLACKMAIL pp. 71-86 NOTORIOUS pp. 103-111 VERTIGO pp. 112-127 NORTH BY NORTHWEST pp. 128-143 REAR WINDOW pp. 144-160 PSYCHO pp. 144-160

Title: Action and image: dramatic structure in cinema
Author: Armes, Roy  Pages: vii-x. 198p.

Title: North by Northwest: Alfred Hitchcock, director
Author: NAREMORE, James  Pages: 238p.
Description: Includes continuity script

Title: The tools of screenwriting: a writer's guide to the craft and elements of a screenplay
Author: HOWARD, David  Pages: 298p.

Title: Everything you always wanted to know about Lacan (but were afraid to ask Hitchcock)
Author: ZIZEK, Slavoj  Pages: 279p.
Description: NORTH BY NORTHWEST pp. 47-71 REAR WINDOW pp. 155-176

Title: Hitchcock's films revisited
Author: WOOD, Robin  Pages: x, 395 pages

Title: Hitchcock's films revisited
Author: WOOD, Robin  Pages: 395p.

Title: Narration in light: studies in cinematic point of view
Author: WILSON, George M  Pages: 223p.

Title: Readings and writings: semiotic counter-strategies
Author: Wollen, Peter  Pages: 228p.
Description: (Reprinted essays).

Title: Psychanalyse et cinema
Description: NORTH BY NORTHWEST pp. 235-350

Title: Focus on Hitchcock
Author: LAVALLEY, Albert J  Pages: 186p.

Title: North by northwest: screenplay
Author: LEHMAN, Ernest  Pages: 148p.
Description: Shooting script indicating deletions and additional material in the completed film.

Title: Figurations of exile in Hitchcock and Nabakov
Author: STRAUMANN, Barbara  Pages: vii, 240 p.