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    North by Northwest vs James bond Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest” is a film based on James Bond films. In a way that it was considered the movie that started the spy movie genre. It uses many elements from spy movies such as the James bond Characteristics, the use of music in a way to help with the mood, and has the typical ending that you would see in a spy where bond gets the girl and saves the day. It starts in New York City where an Ad executive Roger Thornhill is kidnapped under a false

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    Stirring and innovative, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 thriller North by Northwest is a meticulous and mysterious tale of mistaken identity. Starring one of the most prominent and suave leading actors in classic Hollywood, North by Northwest depicts Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill – a New York hot shot mistaken for the enigmatic ‘George Kaplan’. Furthermore, the film follows his quest to clear his name and intercept the devious plan of a secret consortium that aims to discredit the US Government. The shot

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    Alfred Hitchcock’s film North by Northwest (1959) is famed as a classic man-on-the-run thriller, following protagonist Roger Thornhill as he flees across state lines in a mad dash to save his life and unravel the mystery to his extraordinary predicament. However, mid-way through the film Thornhill’s quandary is further complicated by the introduction of Eve Kendall, a beautiful yet mysterious woman he encounters on a train during his escape from the authorities and people trying to kill him. During

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    The film North by Northwest follows the adventurous story of Roger O. Thornhill, who is mistaken for the nonexistent government agent George Kaplan. After being kidnapped a framed for murder, he goes on the run, encountering many dangers and traveling across the country. "George Kaplan" is being hunted by the foreign spy Vandamm and Eve Kendall, who is secretly an undercover CIA agent. While on the run Thornhill meets Ms. Kendall and falls in love with her, but he unknowingly blows her cover and

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    the films North by Northwest and Inception it is revealed that false identity will bring despondency and concern. By comparing the two films together we can closely relate the Idea of false identity and how it does bring a state of despondency. North by northwest demonstrates this using The protagonist Roger Thornhill as well as the Antagonist Vandamm. In inception it is shown by using the Protagonist Dominick Cobbs and the Antagonist Mal Cobbs. Misguided information plays a role in North by northwest

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    Film Critique North by Northwest is an adventure, crime, mystery thriller that was created in 1959 by the director Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock is famous for many movies in the thriller genre such as Psycho, Vertigo and Rear Window. Alfred Hitchcock was a famous director well renowned for his style. Hitchcock enjoyed suspense in his films as Hitchcock said “Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.” (BrainyQuote, 2016) Hitchcock loved creating suspense in his movies. Hitchcock was

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    The film North by Northwest was released in 1959 and is a suspenseful film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The films protagonist is actor Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill. He plays New York City ad executive pursued by ruthless spy Phillip Vandamm after Thornhill is mistaken for a government agent. Hunted relentlessly by Vandamm's associates, the harried Thornhill ends up on a cross-country journey.  In the opening scene Hitchcock uses the opening credits to create a scene of suspense and contrast.

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    Mistaken identities are key elements in archetypal thrillers as they add to the suspense of the film, by constantly diverting the viewer's expectations of the character. In North by Northwest, Hitchcock incorporates one of his main character conventions of an innocent man being framed for a crime he didn't commit. In North By Northwest, Thornhill is mistaken for a fabricated agent and is made to believe that he was the cause of Townsend's murder. Furthermore, Because of this misunderstanding everyone

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    The Alfred Hitchcock film, North by Northwest, provides many high anxiety, suspenseful, and dramatic scenes. The hotel elevator scene, 30 minutes into the film, provides a comedic moment in Roger Thornhill’s desperate attempt to save himself. This scene comes after he and his mother visited the room rented to George Kaplan. While in the room they received a phone call from the men who are after “Kaplan,” upon discovering the call came from the lobby Thornhill and his mother head to the elevators

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    The Golden Age of Hollywood: North by Northwest Alfred Hitchcock’s North by North West is classified under the genres of adventure, mystery, thriller film(IMDb), and is also listed as lone of the greatest films of all time. North by Northwest was released on July 28, 1959 at the tail end of the “Golden Age of Hollywood” by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studios. The budget was estimated as $3,101,000 and Grossed $13,275,000 at the box office in the U.S. North by Northwest was written by Ernest Lehman

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