{"id":36432,"date":"2024-08-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=36432"},"modified":"2024-08-16T11:00:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:00:42","slug":"36432","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=36432","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Hitchcock&#8221; (2012) starring Anthony Hopkins &amp; Helen Mirren \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z081624zview_hitchcock.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hitchcock<\/em> (2012)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Sacha Gervasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>John J. McLaughlin<\/strong>; based on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3WQ9OiJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE MAKING OF PSYCHO<\/a> by Stephen Rebello<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Danny Huston, Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg, Michael Wincott, Jessica Biel, James D&#8217;Arcy, Richard Portnow, Kurtwood Smith, Kai Lennox, Tara Summers, Wallace Langham, Paul Schackman, Currie Graham, Spencer Garrett\u00a0 <\/strong>and <strong>Ralph Macchio<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Behind every Psycho is a great woman.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alfred Hitchcock coming off the success of <em>North by Northwest<\/em> is looking for a new project.\u00a0 The studios have offered high profile projects, but Hitch has his sights on adapting Robert Bloch&#8217;s novel PSYCHO.\u00a0 The studio is against the idea.\u00a0 Hitch is determined to make the film even if he has to finance it himself.<\/p>\n<p>He does. The studio is offering little support. So Hitchcock risks everything to see the project through.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hitchcock was nominated for one Academy Award&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling<\/em> &#8211; Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, Martin Samuel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The scenes of Hitchcock&#8217;s office on the Paramount lot were shot in Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s actual office!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Michael Wincott is excellent in the role of Ed Gein, the real life murderer that inspired Robert Bloch to write PSYCHO.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><em><strong>Hitchcock (2012)<\/strong> <\/em>rates 4 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z081624zview_hitchcock2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hitchcock (2012) Director: Sacha Gervasi Screenplay: John J. 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