Hitchcock lives?
February 8th, 2008 at 12:56pm Will Pfeifer
For its annual movie issue, Vanity Fair magazine is recreating famous scenes from Hitchcock movies using current actors. I question the choice of some of the actors. (I love Seth Rogen, but even he’d admit he’s no Cary Grant). Still, it’s pretty funny to see him racing across the cornfield ala NORTH BY NORTHWEST…
 
Here’s Naomi Watts as Tippi Hendren in MARNIE. Unlike Seth and Cary, the resemblance is pretty strong here. I’d say if Hitch came back from the dead and wanted to make a starring one of his trademark blonde ice queens, Watts would be his best bet.
There are plenty more on the site including Jodie Foster as Tippi Hendren in a scene from THE BIRDS, Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johannson as Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly in REAR WINDOW and a whole lot of people (including Eva Marie Saint, who really did act for Hitchcock) as the cast of LIFEBOAT. If you want to see them all, pick up the magazine. If you want to see them all but are too cheap to pick up the magazine, just click here.
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7 Comments Add your own
1. Loglincoln | February 8th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Movie Man,
You are a genius to find this. Gen-i-us. Hilarious. You can spend all day on this kind of stuff. What ones would you like to see most? I am thinking I’d like to see John Candy recreate scenes from Norbit. How about Eddie Murphy as “The Jerk?” Wait, how about putting Chuck Sweeny in one of those classic newspaper movies? That’d be a hoot!
2. odessa steps magazine | February 11th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Did you happen to see the Italian wine commercial directed by Scorsese that’s like 6 minutes of Hitchcock homages? great.
3. greg g | February 11th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Odessa:
Nobody knows what the hey you are talking about. What the hey are you talking about? Wine coomercial? What do you spend your life in a screen like movieman?
4. elDizzle | February 12th, 2008 at 7:14 am
The key to Reserva. Here’s a link;
http://www.scorsesefilmfreixenet.com/video_eng.htm
5. Will Pfeifer | February 12th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Odessa — I (and apparently elDizzle) know exactly what you’re talking about. It’s great, especially if you’re a fan of Hitchock.
6. Rand McNally Atlas | February 12th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Greg g, this is a blog for movie lovers. Please keep it positive.
7. Greg g | February 14th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Movie — How bout explaining a little what it is then, rather than excluding the rest of us? I mean, we can’t all spend our days watching movies.
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