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Release Date:
12 April 1940 (USA)
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Tagline:
The shadow of this woman darkened their love. more
Plot:
When a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of the first wife maintaining a grip on her husband and the servants. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars.
Another 9 nominations
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(12 articles)
Directors We Love: Alfred Hitchcock
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(From Cinematical. 1 November 2009, 4:03 PM, PST)
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All around, an excellent production.
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130 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:16 |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (re-rating) |
Spain:13 |
Iceland:L |
USA:Approved (certificate #5969) |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
South Korea:15 |
Sweden:15 |
Peru:14 |
Germany:16
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This was the first film Alfred Hitchcock made with David O. Selznick. Hitchcock worked with screenwriter Robert E. Sherwood and Hitchcock's assistant Joan Harrison in the scripting process. But he was dissatisfied almost from the beginning of the shoot with Selznick's controlling - some called it obsessive - manner of "producing".
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Continuity: In the Monte-Carlo Hotel Lounge, the 'girl' and Mrs Van Hopper are having coffee. The 'girl's' coffee cup then a newspaper are in her right hand between shots without sufficient time or obvious motion to change them.
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Quotes:
The Second Mrs. de Winter:
No, it's not too late. You're not to say that. I love you more than anything in the world. Oh, please Maxim, kiss me please.
Maxim de Winter: No, it's no use. It's too late.
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Maxim de Winter: No, it's no use. It's too late.
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Featured in The Cider House Rules (1999)
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Did the novel reveal the second Mrs de Winter's name?Why didn't Maxim fire Mrs Danvers after Rebecca died?
Why did Mrs Danvers reveal Rebecca's room and private things to the new Mrs de Winter?
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his movie is a 10 from the very beginning. The casting is brilliant, the story is hauntingly beautiful, the performances are the best of what Hollywood once was, and the sets are of quality design and architecture. The direction is awesome, but it's Hitchcock, and I expect nothing less from his productions.
Rebecca is a glamorous, beautiful socialite who has won the hearts of all who knew her. Well, almost all. But a year after her untimely death, her grieving husband near his wit's end, has grown seemingly suicidal and aloof.
He engages his grief while on a trip to Monte Carlo, and meets the beautiful personal secretary and maid of a long-time friend, Mrs. Edythe Van Hopper. She is young, naive, and completely unprepared for the life which is awaiting her; all qualities which George Fortescu Maximillian 'Maxim' de Winter finds endearing.
I won't detail the events in this movie, as the story itself is quite haunting, with surprises around every turn.
This is a definite "must have" in any suspense / horror / Hitchcock / classics movie collection, and a mandatory must see for all fans of all movies.
It rates a 10/10 for its absolute perfection, from...
the Fiend :.