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His nominations were for: Rebecca (1940), Lifeboat (1944), Spellbound (1945), Rear Window (1954), and Psycho (1960). The 1960s saw an influx of foreign directors being nominated for Oscars. (Suite101.com)
Friends, family in The Colony stand by arrested Arizona beauty queen Jan 15, 2008
FOX 11 Fantasy Home in the Foothills by Living Spaces LLC. 01:37 PM MST on Monday, January 14, 2008. (FOX 11, AZ)
Doc delivers message of tolerance Jan 11, 2008
The Revue Cinema (400 Roncesvalles Ave., 416-531-9959) shows Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Rear Window at 7 p.m. Wednesday and 9:20 p.m. Thursday, both in a double bill with Orson Welles's A Touch of Evil. And the Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor St. W., 416-516-2331) unspools Psycho on Monday (9:15 p.m.) and Thursday (4:30 p.m.). (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Sneak reviews 2007: The year's top films Jan 11, 2008
"Disturbia" - a modern, scary, witty "Rear Window" - turned Shia LaBouf into a superstar. An immensely likable, earnest and charming everyman, LaBouf is easily the next "Tom," be it Cruise or Hanks. (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
Spears taken in ambulance after standoff Jan 5, 2008
A horde of paparazzi chased the ambulance as it left the neighborhood, their strobes going off as they held up their cameras to the vehicle's rear window. Another group of videographers met the ambulance at the hospital, banging on the ambulance doors. (FOX 11, AZ)
Wesley Morris's top films of 2007 Dec 30, 2007
"Disturbia" was ersatz "Rear Window," and "Transformers" was ersatz "Trans- formers." Both starred Shia LaBeouf, who - don't tell Vanity Fair - feels to me like an ersatz star. (VF declared him the new - um, ersatz - Tom Hanks. (Boston Globe)
TV Cars Race For Title Of Most Memorable Dec 28, 2007
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TV Cars Accelerate Toward Most Memorable Title Dec 28, 2007
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Crime & punishment Dec 13, 2007
Two bullets entered the car through the upper part of the driver s side rear window. One of the bullets grazed the victim. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Ring in the New Year with a Hitchcock Marathon on HDNet Movies Dec 13, 2007
Rear Window 8:15 p.m. ET. A photojournalist, forced to confinement in his apartment due to two broken legs, passes the time by "spying" on his neighbors and discovers a possible murder. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Return Of The Chipmunks Dec 10, 2007
After years of frustration, he finally hit the big-time in 1951, co-writing the Rosemary Clooney classic, "Come On-a My House." Along the way, he continued to compose and also played small roles in films, like Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window.". But by the end of the '50s, Bagdasarian's career had stalled. (CBS News)
Bookmark it! Dec 10, 2007
It then gives Scorsese the chance to make his own Hitchcock film, and you'll spot beautiful visual references to Notorious, North by Northwest, Marnie, Saboteur, Vertigo, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and, finally, to Reserva wine itself. Post arts critics. (The Palm Beach Post)
Honk if you haven't read this Dec 4, 2007
A popular car sticker with young female drivers is the frangipani - tropical flowers prettily arranged on the car rear window as if to say "the driver of this car is a sweet young girl; please be nice" ... The Aussie flag is proudly flown on the rear window of many a Holden sedan or ute, usually the V8-engined variety, and a caption underneath urging the reader to "love it or leave it". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Emotional trek to Sierra crash site for man who lost legs at age 10 Nov 26, 2007
Together they dug out the back of the fuselage enough to open the rear window. Inside they saw a little boy in a T-shirt, his skin almost white from the cold. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Yuma man allegedly pulled over drivers for speeding Nov 22, 2007
FOX 11 Fantasy Home in the Foothills by Living Spaces LLC. 11:38 AM MST on Wednesday, November 21, 2007. (FOX 11, AZ)
Madison County police blotter Nov 21, 2007
Your Connection to the. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Couch potatoes guide to Thanksgiving viewing Nov 20, 2007
Watch The Man Who Knew Too Much at 10:00 a.m., Vertigo at 12:30 p.m. and Rear Window at 5:30 p.m. and you'll stop thinking of Jimmy Stewart as that Christmas movie guy. The Birds get their revenge for all those turkeys at 8 p.m., and be sure you've showered before 10:30 p.m. and Psycho. (MSNBC -- News)
Striking writers don’t have script for new technology Nov 13, 2007
Dorothy Parker, once an unhappy writer in Hollywood, had an image of the town s power structure as a block-long limo with a gloved, jeweled hand sticking out the rear window holding a bagel with one bite taken out of it. The writers are running alongside the limo just trying to get their own bite. (Scranton Times, PA)
Anthony Hopkins to Play Alfred Hitchcock Nov 10, 2007
I know all about the movies and had a closer look at why he set that shot up in the way that he did and the skill and rhythm of his movies like Rear Window and Vertigo. "He was really quite astonishing and there's so much wit to his work."I think those scenes between Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window are so witty and sophisticated. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Comment: Timothy Garton Ash Nov 8, 2007 11 arrested in alleged Fiji plot Nov 4, 2007 Bowling Ball Thrown Onto Interstate Oct 31, 2007 15-year-old drug-dealing daddy sent to prison Oct 28, 2007 Paris on film Oct 28, 2007 Hit List: Top Ten Films from the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock Oct 26, 2007 Key witness fails to appear at Diana inquest Oct 18, 2007 Pick your flicks Sep 27, 2007 Harris on Blair Sep 27, 2007 Caught On Dashcam: Officer Shocks Woman With Taser Sep 22, 2007 Tasers used against autistic California teen Sep 21, 2007 Haunting memories of Princess Grace Sep 16, 2007 New doco for Apollo 13 astronauts Sep 14, 2007 Nick Childs Joins Grey New York as Director of Content Development Sep 12, 2007 Survival miracle after bay nightmare Sep 9, 2007 'You always try to do it the proper way' Sep 5, 2007 SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Aug 30, 2007 Read on... Aug 28, 2007 * Teens at the rear window Aug 24, 2007 'CCO Rewind: Mark Rosen Aug 24, 2007 'Bourne' takes Europe by storm Aug 22, 2007 Just a pretty face will do Aug 21, 2007 Vancouver Teen killed in skateboard towing accident Aug 20, 2007 Jimmy Stewart on New Stamp Aug 17, 2007 Jump! Reunited Van Halen Announces Plan To Tour U.S. Aug 14, 2007 New on DVD: Shia keeps an eye out in 'Disturbia' Aug 10, 2007 Colm Hagen/Courtesy Miramax Pictures Aug 10, 2007 New DVDs: Disturbia, TMNT Aug 7, 2007 Test Drive: Want a feature? New Chrysler minivans have it Aug 3, 2007 Bourne, Jason Bourne... is not Bond Aug 3, 2007 New focus in hunt for rapist Jul 31, 2007 N.Y.C.'s Darkest Days Jul 27, 2007 Rock attack victim awake: mother Jul 26, 2007 Break-ins reported Jul 24, 2007 Websites, classic films on English study list Jul 22, 2007 A British-Italian-American Coupe? Jul 20, 2007 My son's an idiot: premier Jul 13, 2007 Mutilation Frenzy, Hollywood Style, Slashes Limbs -- and Box-Office Sales Jul 13, 2007 Crime Report 07-09-2007 Jul 10, 2007 Clamping down on cheaters curtails 'creativity' in the garage Jul 6, 2007 What's on your top 10 movies list? Jun 30, 2007 Hollywood to remake early Hitchcock thriller Jun 28, 2007 Thompson on Hollywood Jun 28, 2007 BREW 2007: Fugitive 3D Launches Jun 25, 2007 AFI's top 30 films Jun 23, 2007 'Kane' still No. 1 on AFI list Jun 22, 2007 Citizen Kane Stands the Test of Time Jun 21, 2007 2007 list of the American Film Institute's top-100 movies Jun 21, 2007 American Film Institute's list Jun 21, 2007 Sterling Vineyards(R) Announces Movies for 5th Annual Sterling Silver Screen Series to Benefit Local Charities Jun 21, 2007 Frameline, Part 2 Jun 17, 2007 Collection bins of local charity looted Jun 16, 2007 20 arrested in Atlantica protests in Halifax Jun 16, 2007 Indiana couple attracts stares with custom hearse Jun 10, 2007 Extinction closes in on full-service stations Jun 9, 2007 Police Blotter Jun 8, 2007 Brangelina: Hollywood saints or just bonkers? May 28, 2007 Capsule reviews of current movies May 22, 2007 Rising gas prices may fuel minicars' popularity May 20, 2007 Hitchcock's 'Window' gold standard May 19, 2007 Movie Review: 'Disturbia's' 'Rear Window' reflection is reminiscent of Hitchcock May 16, 2007 In gritty 'Red Road,' she's the watcher and he's being watched May 11, 2007 Tops' new season a good vibe going May 11, 2007 The new lads muscle in May 10, 2007 Hitchcock on Holiday May 8, 2007
It shows a thoughtful-looking Mikhail Gorbachev, sitting in the back of a car through whose rear window you can clearly see one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin wall. Beside him is a leather bag by Louis Vuitton, for which luxury goods manufacturer this world historical figure and hero of our time is now serving as an advertisement. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Terrifying car-jacking bid like worst of US, say police Nov 4, 2007
A brick was then hurled through the rear window as the gang started kicking the car. Ms Bennett said she was scared the men would pull Mr Winnell out of the car to continue assaulting him. (The Age)
Bainimarama escaped death when he jumped out of a rear window of the officer's mess in the island nation's main military barracks and fled into nearby jungle. 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The bowling ball crashed through the woman's car windshield then out the rear window. The woman told police someone threw the ball down the interstate. (WKRC.com, OH)
38-caliber bullet through the rear window. The shot came within inches of the head of the 13-year-old, sitting in back, and hit a metal headrest support, narrowly missing a woman sitting in front. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Sanders thinks one of the greatest movies about New York is Hitchcock's Rear Window, and Binh is a great admirer of Minnelli's An American in Paris. Both were made entirely in Hollywood. (Guardian Unlimited)
Issue date: 10/24/07 Section. Who was Carlotta Valdes. (UCD Advocate, CO)
Because their car had only one small rear window they were unable to see the Mercedes, but Mmme Peyret recalled a motorcycle with a single rider passing them at great speed moments later. I quickly understood that the motorcycle could have been implied [sic] in the collision and that its rider was trying to get away from the place, she said in a statement to police. (Times Online)
"Rear Window." How can you not choose a stunning combo like Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly. Comedy. (The Indianapolis Star -- Entertainment)
"He's particularly fond of Hitchcock. "I love Rear Window or North by Northwest, which are witty, and incredible, and yet at the same time you suspend your disbelief for the duration of them. The amusing thriller, as it were, is a difficult thing to bring off, and that's what I sought to do - that kind of Cary Grant picks up a suitcase and is suddenly plunged into. (Guardian Unlimited)
The officer's report said the woman had kicked out a rear window in his cruiser and had tried to crawl into the front seat. She was being transferred to another police car when she was shot with the Taser. (NBC4.tv, CA)
Patrolman Richard Kovach's report said the 38-year-old woman, who had been ordered out of a bar, kicked at a rear window and tried to climb into the front seat once she was inside the cruiser. "I deployed a second Taser cartridge into her and the violent turbulent action stopped immediately," the report said. (FOX 11, AZ)
Like that slow-motion close-up of her face, as she draws near to kiss James Stewart in Rear Window. Or, when she's stretched out on the beach in Cannes in her black one-piece and designer sunglasses in To Catch a Thief. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. President Richard Nixon greets the still-quarantined Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins and Edwin Aldrin on their return. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
He also served as a creative consultant to Christopher Reeve on ABC-TV's remake of Hitchcock's "Rear Window" and the HBO Film "In the Gloaming", directed by the star. Nick graduated with a BA in English and Fiction Writing from Colby College and received a MFA from New York University. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
As it sank, Ms Cook managed to crawl through a broken rear window and struggle to shore. "She's bound and gagged in the back seat of the Magna and it's hit the water and luckily the window's smashed," Detective Sergeant Gerry Richardson said yesterday. (Sydney Morning Herald)
" Turned out Patrolman Ryan Laboissonniere had already responded, Sullivan providing backup. The former patted down a young male in black shorts and T-shirt behind the Toyota he was driving, then did the same to an older male friend with the driver sitting 15 feet away, per order, of course. The apparent suspicion? Temporary plates on the rear window of a vehicle that was someplace it didn't belong. A few minutes later, Sgt. Jack McRoberts and Patrolman Dave Waycott arrived in another cruiser.... (Woonsocket Call, RI)
A man was arrested after leaving the scene of a crash with the body of a motorcyclist lodged in the rear window of the car he was driving. 400. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Three films that mean a lot to me: Rear Window, directed by Alfred HitchcockTerms of Endearment, directed by James L. BrooksAuntie Mame, directed by Morton DaCosta. Last CD I bought: Dreamland, Madeleine Peyroux. (Variety)
Teens at the rear window ... Disturbia, a kind of adolescent Rear Window, is nowhere near as clumsy or grandiose as its title ... Like James Stewart's immobilized character in Rear Window, but with a mini digital-video camera as well as binoculars, he observes the habits of various local characters, though he is most interested in ogling Ashley, who is new in town and who takes his voyeuristic attention in reasonably good humor. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
"To this day I still think the scenes in Rear Window with Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart are as good as it gets," he said. "When Grace Kelly walks into that room and she takes her little nightie out, and the little purse, and he's more interested with those binoculars, seeing what Raymond Burr is doing across the way. Like, 'Hello, look around you, look who's here.'". (WCCO.com, MN)
The Shia LaBeouf starring "Rear Window" remake ended Harry Potter's long dominance, which had seen "Phoenix" camped out at number one for six weeks in the absence of any subsequent significant outings. "Phoenix," now at number two, has pulled $24 million on Italo screens to date. (Variety)
There was a similar moment in Rear Window when Grace Kelly leaned across the screen to kiss James Stewart. Why wasn't she kissing me. (BBC News -- UK)
Clark County Sheriff s Sergeant Tim Beiber said 16-year-old Joseph Madison was holding on to the driver's side rear window while being towed by a vehicle. When the vehicle hit a dip in the road, Madison lost his grip, fell and hit his head on the pavement. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Other highlights from Stewart's career include the movies "Rear Window," "Vertigo" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much," all directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Stewart played a country lawyer in "Anatomy of a Murder" and played a lawyer again in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," a Western released in 1962. (Time.com)
" Stewart, who died in 1997, starred in more than 80 movies, including "It's a Wonderful Life," "Rear Window" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
It's Rear Window for the slow set with Shia LaBeouf subbed for Jimmy Stewart. An adolescent under house arrest becomes convinced that a murderer lives across the way, and a ludicrously prolific one at that, given the high-traffic neighborhood partial to nocturnal outdoor partying. (USA Today -- Life)
Jarrold does deliver some craftily composed shots, particularly a departure and an arrival framed in the small square rear window of a departing stagecoach. But the glancing camera takes the stiffness and the costume party right out of Becoming Jane. (Silicon Valley's Metro)
DisturbiaIn a warmup to his summer blockbuster with Transformers, Shia LaBeouf starred in this sturdy teen thriller that borrowed its basic plot from Alfred Hitchcocks Rear Window a home-bound voyeur whos convinced he has a murderer for a neighbor. LaBeouf plays a youth sentenced to house arrest, alleviating his boredom by spying on the locals, including a man (David Morse) whom our hero suspects is a serial killer. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Standard on all: Power steering, brakes, windows, locks; climate control; AM/FM/CD/MP3 stereo; rear window wiper, washer, defroster; cruise control; grocery bag hooks; tilt-adjustable steering column. Other standard, optional features vary by model. (USA Today -- Autos)
Why is this ramped-up hardware party so much less suspenseful than James Stewart simply staring through binoculars in Rear Window. It's not only because Paul Greengrass is not Hitchcock. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Reko RennieJuly 31, 2007 - 11:31AM. A police image of the serial offender dubbed the 'hot chocolate rapist. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
" The series offers a chance to compare the studio version of Greenwich Village - as seen in "The Seventh Victim" (in which a young woman searches for her missing sister) - with the real thing in flicks like "Wait Until Dark" (where a blind Audrey Hepburn is menaced in a townhouse). Films were routinely shot on city streets in the silent era - highlighted in a sidebar series that runs on Mondays through Aug. 27 - but it wasn't until seminal noir "The Naked City" that a major talkie was filmed on... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Ms Miller, from Orient Point near Nowra, had been sitting in a car with friends, travelling south on the Princes Highway at Bombo, near Kiama, early on Sunday morning when the rear window shattered. A rock had allegedly been thrown at the car, smashing the glass and hitting her head. (Sydney Morning Herald)
A 58-year-old Greenville woman reported Saturday someone broke into the rear window of a residence in the 1800 block of West Third Street. Guns pointed. (The Daily Reflector)
A WEBSITE dealing with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on the United States, films with non-English dialogue and Hollywood classics such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Rear Window will be included on the new Higher School Certificate English reading list ... Run, Lola, Run by Tom Tykwer; Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock; 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick; Wag The Dog by Barry Levinson; Looking For Richard by Al Pacino; Ten Canoes by Rolf de Heer. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The dramatically sloping hard top featured a wide C-pillar and large rear window, while a trunk lid allowed full access to the rear storage area. Most people find the unique styling of the coupe more striking, which was a good thing, considering it sold for $5,995 in 1955, compared to $3,995 for the roadster. (BusinessWeek)
The charcoal-coloured SAAB sedan Nick Bracks was driving is now in a wrecker's yard in Williamstown, its rear window gone, the back seat covered in blood and smashed glass. Both the roof and bonnet are buckled and a front, driver's-side panel is badly damaged. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Disturbia,'' from Viacom Inc.'s DreamWorks SKG, features a teen voyeur who becomes convinced his neighbor is a killer, similar to Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 thriller ``Rear Window'' starring Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly. Stephen King. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
The rear window of a tan Ford F-150 pickup was destroyed by an unknown person in the 700 block of Portland at 12:41 p.m. Sunday. A string trimmer valued at $135 was reported stolen from a residence in the 2200 block of West 19th at 2:40 p.m. Sunday. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
NASCAR benched Knaus for the first four races last season after finding a device that raised the height of the rear window of Johnson's car for qualifying, deflecting air and increasing speed. But the Hendrick team was stunned at the severity of penalties levied this year. (USA Today -- Sports)
Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly star in Rear Window, directed by Alfred Hitchcock ... Rear Window: Hitchcock's best ... I totally agree with Singing in the Rain, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Citizen Kane, The Philadelphia Story, and To Kill a Mockingbird. (NPR)
Earlier this year, the teen-targeted thriller Disturbia, a modern-day homage to 1954's Rear Window, became a box office hit across the pond. And 1963's The Birds is also to be remade, with Naomi Watts possibly reprising the role made famous by Tippi Hedren. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Rear Window isn't as strong as I remember it either. North by Northwest is holding up better, as is Psycho. (Variety)
"Some of the visual effects that add to the game's realism include the reflection of the clouds and buildings in the rear window and the pre-race cinematography that's pulled straight from the movies.". I-play's Fast and Furious games have sold over seven-million downloads thus far, making it one of the very top franchises in the mobile space. (IGN Wireless Games)
"Rear Window," 1954 49. "Intolerance," 1916 50. (The Palm Beach Post)
2007 AFI List of Top-100 Movies. By The Associated Press. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The complete list of honorees is: 1 CITIZEN KANE 1941 2 THE GODFATHER 1972 3 CASABLANCA 1942 4 RAGING BULL 1980 5 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 1952 6 GONE WITH THE WIND 1939 7 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1962 8 SCHINDLER'S LIST 1993 9 VERTIGO 1958 10 THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939 11 CITY LIGHTS 1931 12 THE SEARCHERS 1956 13 STAR WARS 1977 14 PSYCHO 1960 15 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968 16 SUNSET BLVD. 1950 17 THE GRADUATE 1967 18 THE GENERAL 1927 19 ON THE WATERFRONT 1954 20 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1946 21 CHINATOWN 1974 22... (PR Newswire)
Latest Local Headlines. Associated Press - June 20, 2007 11:44 PM ET. (KRNV.com, NV)
2007 AFI list of top-100 movies - USATODAY.com. Sign up to receive our free Books e-newsletter and get the top news of the day in your inbox. (USA Today)
Sterling Silver Screenings will continue with The Sting on August 4, The Palm Beach Story on August 25 and conclude with Rear Window on September 8. Each screening offers wine tasting, a variety of concessions and festival seating on the Sterling Vineyard Meadow at Sterling Vineyards, 1111 Dunaweal Lane in Calistoga. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Production values and credibility are put on the back burner as the film borrows one of Hitchcock's plots and decorates it with a lot of naked bodies, giving new meaning to the title "Rear Window.". "Shelter Me" 7 p.m. Tuesday, the Castro; 6:30 p.m. Thursday, the Parkway: A lesbian couple return to Italy from a trip to Tunisia, only to find an Arab boy hiding in their car. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
She waited for sometime, staring at a truck so new it still had a temporary registration tag taped to its rear window. But the driver didn't return while she was there. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Several officers and spectators, as well asthe rear window of onepolice cruiser, were hit. A smaller group moved on to the public library on Spring Garden Road, where they wereagain confronted bypolice. (CBC News)
It looks just so dignified until you pull up from behind and read the lettering in the rear window ... A "Seed of Chucky" doll sits inside the rear window near a dangling toy skeleton. (NEPA News, PA)
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 06/09/07. The "ding-ding" sound Earl Middleton heard when he drove his Cadillac in to fill it up may be a foreign sound to many motorists. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
According to police, someone broke a rear window in an attempt to enter the house. The family dog began barking and the perpetrators fled the scene. (Ardmore Main Line Life, PA)
Slowly, a tinted rear window descends as an emaciated arm appears and points a bony finger, ET-like, in the direction of a bemused passing pedestrian. Seconds later, the car roars off again before stopping at an exclusive school in the city. (Daily Mail)
DISTURBIA (C+) Shia LeBeouf stars in this helping of high-school Hitchcock; i.e., a movie that seems to have been inspired by "Rear Window." LeBeouf does well as a teenager who is confined to his house after a run-in with the law. He suspects his neighbor (David Morse) may have something to do with the disappearance of a local woman. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
" Safety is one major concern most Americans have about smaller vehicles. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says that the smaller the vehicle, the more dangerous it is in a collision. As small as the Smart is, some might consider it not much safer than a motorcycle. But Smart says the vehicle has been designed with safety in mind, and it has a host of safety features -- beginning with the vehicle's body structure. "When you are on the leading edge of vehicle efficiency and small-vehicle... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rear Window, originally released in 1954 and out of circulation for nearly 30 years afterward (its rights were tied up in a legacy dispute), is one of the most beloved films in the master of suspense's canon ... Rear Window is anything but wholesome fun, but cinematic history since has shown that no one illuminates shadows with the complex and intelligent touch that Hitch does ... (Cinema Under the Stars in Mission Hills will screen Rear Window June 9-10. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
In the 1954 film Rear Window, Stewart plays a photographer holed up in his Greenwich Village apartment with a broken leg ... Disturbia uses the basic Rear Window premise, switching the photographer with a tech-savvy teenager and all the gadgets at the disposal of today s youth ... It s a nice variation on the Rear Window theme, which has been parodied in the popular media ad infinitum (My favorite variation being Bart as the watcher and Flanders as the killer on The Simpsons ). (Lompoc Record, CA)
Voyeurism is hot again, from the lonesome Stasi spook in "The Lives of Others " to Shia LaBeouf re-enacting "Rear Window " in "Disturbia " to Kate Dickie as the heroine of "Red Road ," British director Andrea Arnold's clammy, distressing debut feature and a film with a kick like a horse. Dickie plays Jackie , a glum, vaguely middle-aged woman who works as a closed-circuit TV operator in a rough neighborhood of Glasgow. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Next month has foolproof Casablanca (May 31-June 2), then the 1989 Batman smash (June 7-8), Hitchcock's voyeur gem Rear Window (June 9-10), Hepburn sparkling with Cary Grant in Charade (June 14-15), Sean Connery's Bond in Goldfinger (June 15-17), Tony Quinn and Keanu Reeves in A Walk in the Clouds (June 21-22), Hitchcock's gorgeous To Catch a Thief (June 23-24), Orson Welles in The Third Man (June 28-29) and the Jim Carrey head-twister Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (June 30, July 1).... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The film, a high school version of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, held the No. 1 spot for three weeks. LaBeouf also stars in an upcoming blockbuster wannabe, the $US145 million Transformers, one of the few non-sequels to generate enthusiasm among teens. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
To Catch a Thief: Special Collector's Edition (Paramount) Starring Cary Grant as a cat burglar and Grace Kelly as a hot-to-trot heiress, this is easily one of Alfred Hitchcock's slightest films, especially coming on the heels of Rear Window; indeed, its idyllic setting on the French Riviera suggests it was a vacation getaway for the director and his cast, who never looked more at home than in this sun-drenched setting. You keep expecting Grant to stop the action to request a drink, and you keep... (City Pages)
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