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The movie North by Northwest?

What is the 1959 movie - North by Northwest about?
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North by Northwest trailer (Alfred Hitchcock)

A gem in movie history. Hitchcock uses his sardonic wit to describe his 1950s suspense classic.

title sequence of North by Northwest

North by Northwest is a comic thriller by Alfred Hitchcock produced at MGM in 1959. The central theme is that of theater and play-acting, wherein ...

'North by Northwest' to get hearts pounding at Paramount

A suited man stands at a deserted crossroads, with dusty roads and flat blue skies extending in every direction.

Off in the distance, he notices a crop-dusting biplane drifting lazily through the air. Only it's not covering any crops. It's coming his way, the roar of its engine getting progressively louder.

We see the man's expression shift into a grimace as the plane flies lower and lower, still barreling right at him. At the last moment, he drops into the dirt, as the plane roars just overhead. He gets up, only to realize that the plane is reeling around to make another pass. And this time, a gunner is taking aim at him from the cockpit.

It's one of the most iconic action scenes in movie history, and it cuts to the core anxieties at the heart of Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 thriller, "North by Northwest." The film screens this Friday and Saturday at the Paramount Theatre as part of the venue's classic film series.

"The idea of the whole film is that this man is trapped alone," said Robert Holladay, the Paramount's film director. "There's no one he can trust."

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The Dictator, Throne Of Games, Old Man Luedecke, TEA on Council and what to do ...
By NOW staff Hitchcock Masterclass with Guillermo Del Toro The Pan's Labyrinth director, currently in town shooting Pacific Rim, presents another in his lectures on Hitch, tonight focusing on his 1959 masterpiece North By Northwest.

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Behind it is the majestic façade of the Plaza Hotel [featured in movies as varied as Alfred Hitch-cock's 1959 classic North By Northwest and Home Alone II: Lost In New-York]. What makes walking in Central Park so interesting, I soon realise,

TCM Essentials Jr Returns With SNL's Bill Hader
In August, the showcase will wrap up with the sci-fi classic The Invisible Man (1933), the high-stepping musical 42nd Street (1933), Alfred Hitchcock's nail-biting spy thriller North by Northwest (1959) and the romantic screwball comedy Ball of Fire

5-time champion Moose Skowron dead at 81
5-time champion Moose Skowron dead at 81 FILE - In this May 23, 1959, file photo, Moose Skowron, right, first baseman of the New York Yankees, jokes with Roy Campanella about his muscles after the Brooklyn Dodgers catcher won the pre-game hitting contest at Ebbets Field in the Brooklyn