North by Northwest

This movie, I believe is Alfred Hitchcock finest accomplishment. If you like a good plot, talented actors, and films with wit and suspense, this is your answer.

In the film, Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant), becomes mistaken as a man named George Kaplan. Mister Kaplan was involved with some, shall we say, dangerous men, and is about to be "knocked off". When Grant tries to make since of this misunderstanding, he gets accused of murder and is wanted by the police and men he was already running from. Little does Grant know that he has just stepped into a web of lies laid out by the government to catch the bad guys. Thornhill never existed, but now Grant gets to play the bait for the government. By the end of the movie, Grant and his leading lady (Eve Marie Saint as Eve Kendell), are dangling from Mount Rushmore.

North by Northwest (1959) won several awards and was nominated for three Oscars. Starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in Alfred Hitchcock's best film.

Always,
Avery


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My favorite actor of all time, Cary Grant

 

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Cary Grant was a big movie start in the 1930's trough 60's. I really like him because he plays a different character in every movie. In To Catch a Thief  he played a retired burglar who is being impersonated. In Father Goose Grant was a drunken hermit living on an island. No matter the part, he was always a good guy even if the plot made him out to be bad at the beginning. It was always a surprise to find out the truth at the end of the movies.

Grant has a certain charm and sophistication on film that I find attractive even if he was an older man. He had some of the best and funnest lines in every movie. He worked with the amazing director Alfred Hitchcock several times and starred in North By Northwest which was a huge success in 1959. He was in over 70 films and received the Academy Award For Life Time Achievement in 1970. He also received the second most distinguished actors award from the America Film Institute. The man was amazing!

Cary Grant worked with many actors such as Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn, and Bette Davis just to name a few. He was in so many movies but some you might recognize are An affair to Remember, To Catch a Thief, None But The Lonely Heart, and Charade. In Charade (1963) Grant starred opposite Audrey Hepburn who played a confused widow that was much younger in the film. Grant had lines added into the script making it clear that Hepburn was chasing after him and even had jokes in the film about the age difference. He turned down the role of James Bond in Dr. No (1962) because he though that at age 58 he was too old.

As I said before I love Cary Grants work and I hope this made you a fan also! If you haven't seen any of his movies, I HIGHLY recommend it.

Always,
Avery

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