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See North by Northwest on us
Cary Grant & Eve Marie Saint
Mon, 22 Jun 2009
Arguably Hitchcock's most consistently entertaining movie, the romantic thriller North by Northwest (now 50 years young) comprises many of his most memorably virtuoso set-pieces. Thanks simply to a paging announcement in a hotel lobby, New York advertising man Roger O Thornhill finds himself the victim of a catastrophic case of mistaken identity; to clear his name - and stay alive - he suddenly has to leave town, first for Chicago, then on to South Dakota. En route, protection from his pursuers is provided by the evocatively named Eve...
A masterpiece of the picaresque, famous for superb scenes set in locations suggestive either of claustrophobia or of agoraphobia (the UN building, a barren crop-field, an auction room, Mt Rushmore), it also charts, with a deceptively light touch, its protagonist's progress from cynical detachment (the 'O' stands for 'nothing') through a sense of vulnerability to eventual commitment. Witty, impudently sexy, suspenseful throughout, this is Hollywood at its most urbanely glamorous.
North By Northwest is screening in London at Curzon Mayfair and BFI Southbank. To win a North By Northwest poster plus a pair of tickets to a screening of North By Northwest at BFI Southbank at a time to suit you between now and 9 July, simply answer the following question:
The screenwriter of North by Northwest was also responsible for one of cinema’s best sing-a-long-a-movies. Name it!
Answers by 12 noon on Tuesday 23 June, to general@scriptfactory.co.uk - and please put NORTH in the subject line. A further 2 runners-up will also get a pair of tickets each.
To book tickets, and find out more about North By Northwest go to www.bfi.org.uk