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Hitchcock—honors
the Master of Suspense during the time that he decided to make the movie Psycho. The script is masterfully
written and deploys well because it reveals the close relationship Hitchcock (Anthony
Hopkins) had with his wife, Alma (Helen Mirren), and the importance that
relationship had in propelling his career forward. A particularly poignant
scene has Hitchcock telling Alma that Psycho
is stillborn without her input. While I have many favorite directors—Nolan,
Spielberg, Jackson, Miller, Scorcese, Ridley Scott, Bigelow, Coen Brothers,
Wachowski Brothers, Leone, Coppola—for their ability to invoke and synthesize emotion,
music, and intellect through entertainment, Hitchcock holds my devotion for his
ability to invoke suspense. Director Sasha Gervasi did a great job in bringing John
J. McLaughlin’s script to the big screen.
Storyline
Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony
Hopkins), after getting accolades for his film North by Northwest with Cary Grant, decides to break form and make something
more daring. He chooses a Robert Bloch novel Psycho as the basis for his next film. The rest of the film details
what went on behind the scenes in making Psycho,
how an apparent failure ends as one of Hitchcock’s most renowned movies.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director
Sacha Gervashi for his directing efforts. Thank you to Executive Producers Ali
Bell and Richard Middleton for making the film possible. Additional
characters/cast include: Janet Leigh (Scarlett Johansson), Whitfield Cook (Danny Huston)
Peggy (Toni Collette), Lew Wasserman (Michael Stuhlbarg), Ed Gein (Michael
Wincott), Vera Miles (Jessica Biel), Anthony Perkins (James D’Arcy), Barney
Balaban (Richard Portnow), and Geoffrey Shurlock (Kurtwood Smith).
Buy a ticket? Yes?
No? Maybe?
Ben Meyers
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