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Rear Window
1954
The weather is getting hotter, and photographer L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) is stuck in his apartment with a broken leg and nothing to do--that is, nothing to do but spy on his neighbours through their open windows across the way in the apartment complex. There's an attractive and scantily clad dancer, a songwriter, a lonely .. Read more
| Starring | Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr |
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| Director | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Rear Window
The weather is getting hotter, and photographer L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) is stuck in his apartment with a broken leg and nothing to do--that is, nothing to do but spy on his neighbours through their open windows across the way in the apartment complex. There's an attractive and scantily clad dancer, a songwriter, a lonely woman, and the Thorwalds (Raymond Burr and Irene Winston), a bickering couple, among others. But when Mrs. Thorwald disappears, Jefferies is sure that something's wrong. Soon, despite the warnings of his girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly), and his motherly nurse Stella (Thelma Ritter), Jefferies has out his binoculars and telephoto lens and is studying his neighbour 'like a bug under glass.' However, looking in from the outside might not be as safe as Jefferies assumes. REAR WINDOW is not only a gripping story of murder and suspense, it is a celebrated allegory on the nature of film itself, a story in which the audience watches Jefferies watch the story unfold. The different windows can also be seen as a representation of the emerging medium of television, with Jefferies watching a multitude of 'shows' from the comfort of his own apartment.
| Starring | Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, James Stewart, Sara Berner, Frank Cady, Georgine Darcy |
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| Director | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 52 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Horror Films, 100 must-see movies, 100 Top Thrillers |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Apr 2003 Production year: 1954 |
| Format | DVD |
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"...Everything from the masterly opening sequence to the ambiguous final shot indicates that this is the work of a prodigiously talented director..." -- 5 out of 5 stars
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Artificial but gripping suspenser of an unusual kind; with such restricted settings, all depends on the script and the acting, and they generally come up trumps.
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37 out of 38 people found this review helpful
Hitchcock Classic.
James Stewart confined to a wheel chair with a broken leg relieves the boredom by harmless spying on his neighbours.It`s hot summertime so all the windows in the appartments opposite are open,most of the time.He gets suspicious when the wife of the arguing couple who live opposite go missing.He enlists the help of his girlfriend(Grace Kelly) to do the leg work.You see as he does,through their windows,people living different lives.Stewart and Kelly interact marvelously and she`s never looked more beautiful.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Unputdownable - the first time
Thinking about it, I was surprised that although I knew the rough plot, I didn't actually know the final outcome of this film. Despite its fame and the numerous references in other films and media, I did not know whether the 'murderer' actually was a murderer, or whether Mr Peeping Tom had jumped to the wrong conclusion. If I *had* known, then the film would not have been nearly as exciting, and as such it's probably a film to watch just the once. It is undoubtedly beautifully scripted and well made, but to be a real classic worthy of 5 stars, I would want to be able to watch it again and again without the experience being dimmed.
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