Next, Hitchcock tried to hire Ben Hecht, but learned he was unavailable. [13] With treatment in hand, Hitchcock shopped for a screenwriter; he wanted a "name" writer to lend some prestige to the screenplay, but was turned down by eight writers, including John Steinbeck and Thornton Wilder, all of whom thought the story too tawdry and were put off by Highsmith's first-timer status. Strangers on a Train marked something of a renaissance for Hitchcock, after several years of low enthusiasm for his late-1940s output,[25] and he threw himself into the micromanagement of some of its production. [63], David Keyes, writing at Cinemaphile in 2002, saw the film as a seminal entry in its genre: "Aside from its very evident approach as a crowd-pleasing popcorn flick, the movie is one of the original shells for identity-inspired mystery thrillers, in which natural human behavior is the driving force behind the true macabre rather than supernatural elements. As Guy listens with detached amusement, Bruno discusses the theory of \"exchange murders.\" Suppose that Bruno were to murder Guy's wife, and Guy in exchange were to kill Bruno's father? Built on the cummins singapore email address, Animal Adventure Little Luxuries Premium 38 Jumbo Plush Dino. Is he dishonest? [69] According to biographer Charlotte Chandler (Lyn Erhard), Hitchcock himself did not like either the "British" or the "American" version: Hitchcock told [Chandler] that the picture should have ended with Guy at the amusement park after he has been cleared of murdering his wife. Walker plays Bruno as "[55], Although its first rumblings came in 1947 with the trial and conviction of the "Hollywood Ten," the so-called Red Scare was gathering steam in 1950, with the espionage-related arrests of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and the trial of Alger Hiss. [4] "Granger is softer and more elusive, more convincing as he tries to slip out of Bruno's conversational web instead of flatly rejecting him. A diabolique and dark noir all set between a train and some neighborhood, with a confrontation that often becomes morally ambiguous and a direction that shows all HItch's talent in building creating suspense and scary scenes with just the right photography or even the A diabolique and dark noir all set between a train and some neighborhood, with a confrontation that often becomes morally ambiguous and a direction that shows all HItch's talent in building creating suspense and scary scenes with just the right photography or even the perfect cut and juxtaposition of shots (see how he builds the party scene with the progressive introduction of the bad guy in the initially stiff and upperclass situation). effective scene shows Guy floating in a little boat through the Tunnel of Love Later in life, while still praising Robert Walker's performance as Bruno, she criticized the casting of Ruth Roman as Anne, Hitchcock's decision to turn Guy from an architect into a tennis player, and the fact that Guy does not murder Bruno's father as he does in the novel. "[12] Chandler also felt that the original novel's plot was superior to Hitchcock's version, and argued that it should be restored. A tennis player, Guy HAINES, is about to finalize the divorce between him and his promiscuous wife. "On one side of the street, [are] stately respectable houses; towering in the background, on the right of the screen, the floodlit dome of the U.S. Capitol, the life to which Guy aspires, the world of light and order. Tennis star Guy (Farley Granger) hates his unfaithful wife. Roman's role as a nice, understanding girl is a switch for her, and she makes it warmly effective. "[13] In the novel, Guy is pursued and entrapped by a tenacious detective.[17]. That combination came in the first Bruno's I suspect the things we might see so plainly now - the homosexual longing in Bruno, the wicked contrast of the man of action and the man of ideas, the superficiality of Guy and the hungry depth . The psychological game that Bruno plays on Guy is to force him to kill Bruno's over-bearing father. on a Train" is not a psychological study, however, but a first-rate [56] In the book, Bruno dies in a boating accident[56] far removed from a merry-go-round. After appearances in his 2 best British films, "The 39 Steps" (1935) and "The Lady Vanishes" (1938) , the train was elevated to star billing along with the 2 male leads in "Strangers on a Train" (1951).Not only does the train move its Alfred Hitchcock loved trains. Sometime later, another stranger on a train attempts to strike up conversation with Guy in the same way as had Bruno. The rest was complete by early November. excellent suspect because of the genius of the actual killer's original plan: On the train, he is recognized by Bruno Antony ( Robert Walker ), an overly friendly man who talks Guy into having lunch with him in his private cabin. accidental overdose of tranquilizers. Guy wants to move into a career in politics and has been dating a senator's daughter (Ann Morton) while awaiting a divorce from his wife. She's behind Miriam in the early It was shot in the autumn of 1950 and released by Warner Bros. on June 30, 1951, starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker. Strangers on a Train previewed on March 5, 1951 at the Huntington Park Theatre, with Alma, Jack Warner, Whitfield Cook and Barbara Keon in the Hitchcock party[26] and it won a prize from the Screen Directors Guild. Guy This includes lots of great home movies; Alfred Hitchcock's Historical Meeting (SD; 1:08) is a weird little snippet without sound that shows Hitch interacting with actors made up as historical characters. The worker who called the police tells them that Bruno, not Guy, is the one he remembers seeing the night of the murder. When Bruno drops the lighter down the sewer, he tells the bystanders, he needs help retrieving his cigarette CASE. The police assign an escort to watch him. [10], Hitchcock secured the rights to the Patricia Highsmith novel for just $7,500 since it was her first novel. Once on the train, Bruno orders a pair of double drinks "The only kind of doubles I play", he says charmingly. was a classical technician in controlling his visuals, and his use of screen Senator Morton: Dreadful. Each will murder a stranger, with no apparent motive, so neither will be suspected. It was shot in the autumn of 1950 and released by Warner Bros. on June 30, 1951, starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker . No Highsmith cameo + a trailer. Review of 2 Disc 2004 Warner Bros edition(with orange & white cover)- As this well known film(from 1951) is equally well analysed & described In many other reviews I'll just give an overview of what's on the discs. The psychopath suggests that because they each want to "get rid" of someone, they should "exchange" murders, and that way neither will be caught. [13] Treatment writer Cook used Guy to make the film "a parable quietly defiant of the Cold War hysteria sweeping America. In accordance with the cautious censorship guidelines of the period, Hitchcock would later tame these elements of Walker's memorable performance by trimming and altering certain scenes, so the differences between the original and prerelease versions provide an illuminating illustration of censorship's effect on the story's thematic intensity. was above all the master of great visual set pieces, and there are several [12][15] Chandler took the job despite his opinion that it was "a silly little story. he would like to "strangle" Miriam. Hitchcock and his cast and crew decamped for the East Coast on October 17, 1950. "Vertigo," "Notorious," "Psycho" and perhaps (This shot was famously unfaked, and the When Guy arrives home, Bruno informs him Miriam is dead and insists that he must now honor their deal. His obsession with being wrongly accused no doubt refers to a traumatic episode But Miriam does not want the divorce, and instead plans to live off Haines's money. Guy, on the other hand, shows little interest in eating the lunch, apparently having given it no advance thought, in contrast to Bruno, and he merely orders what seems his routine choice, a hamburger and coffee. Amateur tennis star Guy Haines wants to divorce his vulgar and unfaithful small-town wife Miriam, in order to be able to marry the woman he loves. "[22] Robert Burks received the film's sole Academy Award nomination for its black and white photography.[23]. 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In the novel, Guy Haines is not a tennis player, but rather a promising architect, and he does indeed go through with the murder of Bruno's father. Add on for my new cinema room setup. DVD Features:Interactive MenusNewsreel:Hitchcock newsreel footageProduction NotesScene AccessTheatrical Trailer:Five trailers of Hitchcock movies, From its cleverly choreographed opening sequence to its heart-stopping climax on a rampant carousel, this 1951 Hitchcock classic readily earns its reputation as one of the director's finest examples of timeless cinematic suspense. "[29], Hitchcock was, above all, the master of great visual setpieces,[32] and "[p]erhaps the most memorable sequence in Strangers on a Train is the climactic fight on a berserk carousel. Alfred Hitchcock's cameo appearance occurs 11 minutes into the film. Alfred Hitchcock loved trains. The story concerns two strangers who meet on a train, one of whom is a psychopath who suggests that they "exchange" murders so that neither will be caught. "[50], Bruno tells Guy early on that he admires him: "I certainly admire people who do things", he says. Barbara tells Anne that Bruno was looking at her while strangling the other woman, and Anne realizes Barbara's resemblance to Miriam. Hitchcock himself designed Bruno's lobster necktie, revealed in a close-up to have strangling lobster claws,[26] and "he personally selected an orange peel, a chewing-gum wrapper, wet leaves, and a bit of crumpled paper that were used for sewer debris"[22] in the scene where Bruno inadvertently drops Guy's lighter down the storm drain. Hitchcock's biggest changes were in his two lead characters: The character called Bruno Antony in the film is called Charles Anthony Bruno in the book. the references to his private life, but inexplicably doesn't break off the Guy creeps into Bruno's father's room to warn him of his son's murderous intentions, but instead finds Bruno there waiting for him. This is a psychological thriller involves two young men who are strangers upon meeting each other on a train. She initially praised it, writing: "I am pleased in general. filming was completed, was institutionalized for treatment, and died of an Cast & Crew Read More Alfred Hitchcock Director Farley Granger Guy Haines Mr. Granger appears by arrangement with Samuel Goldwyn Ruth Roman Anne Morton Robert Walker This is a psychological thriller involves two young men who are strangers upon meeting each other on a train. The camera switches back and forth from the tennis match to Bruno dropping the lighter down a grate of a storm drain and struggling to recover it. DVD Features: . Sir. Guy takes this as a joke, but Bruno is serious and takes things into his own hands. Buy it! villains, and Hitch agreed with Truffaut that the audience sympathy was more The two sets of feet in the title sequence match each other in motion and in cutting, but they immediately establish the contrast between the two men: the first shoes "showy, vulgar brown-and-white brogues; [the] second, plain, unadorned walking shoes. The final scene of the so-called "American" version of this movie had Barbara and Anne Morton waiting for Guy to call on the telephone. Hitchcock had a crew shoot background footage of the 1950 Davis Cup finals held August 2527, 1950 at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York. at a carnival; Miriam and two boyfriends are in the boat ahead, and shadows on At first glance, Guy represents the ordered life where people stick to rules, while Bruno comes from the world of chaos,[49] where they get thrown out of multiple colleges for drinking and gambling. Guy Haines (Granger), an amateur tennis star, chances to meet the eccentric Bruno Anthony (Walker) on a train. director of photography It is a twisting story of a male-on-male Robert Walker is uncanny. Bruno is standing behind an iron gate, the bars casting symbolic shadows on his Where was the tennis match in Strangers on a Train? Ebert wrote: Hitchcock was a classical technician in terms of controlling his visuals, and his use of screen space underlined the tension in ways the audience isn't always aware of. He also showed intense interest in a seldom-considered detail of character delineation: food. This piece of film he then enlarged and projected onto a vast screen, positioning actors around and in front of it so that the effect is one of a mob of bystanders into which plaster horses and passengers are hurled in deadly chaos. A recently found longer prerelease British print (Side B) offers "a startling amplification of Bruno's flamboyance, his homoerotic attraction to Guy and his psychotic personality," according to Bill Desowitz of Film Comment. station with a note asking the sergeant to lock him up until called for. Dimitri Tiomkin's score, Robert Burke's cinematography, and Raymond Chandler's screenplay all add to this masterpiece. In Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classic, "Strangers On a Train", a naive and weary tennis pro unwisely allows himself to be enticed into the confidence of a seemingly silly stranger. [9] Granger described Hitchcock's attitude toward Roman as "disinterest" in the actress, and said he saw Hitchcock treat Edith Evanson the same way on the set of Rope (1948). 16793 GIFs. Guy wants Bruno dreams up a crazy scheme whereby he and Guy exchange murders. This Hitchcock thriller pulls out all the stops which would become standards in future films by the master director - an innocent man caught up in a web of trouble, a devious and unbalanced villain, dark humor, intelligent wordplay, and a climax that borders on the sublime. A football match is always ninety minutes, stretched to thirty minutes extra and a possible penalty shoot-out at most. The website's consensus reads, "A provocative premise and inventive set design lights the way for Hitchcock diabolically entertaining masterpiece. How perfect for a playful proposal: I'll kill yours, you kill mine. "[35], The final scene of the so-called American version of the film has Barbara and Anne Morton waiting for Guy to call on the telephone. Senator Morton: She was a human being. Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic (SD; 36:44) is a nice overview with Peter Bogdanovich and several others discussing . Ordinary Washington locations become sinister hunting grounds that mirror perfectly the creeping terror that slowly consumes Guy, as the lethally smooth Bruno relentlessly pursues him to a frenzied climax. In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3]. been haunting it all of these years. calculation, and usually got away with their crimes. This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's most complex amd multi-layered films. [18], There was not much time though less than three weeks until location shooting was scheduled to start in the East. Guy is suspended between tennis and politics, between his tramp wife and his senator's daughter, and Bruno is seeking desperately to establish an identity through violent, outr actions and flamboyance (shoes, lobster-patterned tie, name proclaimed to the world on his tiepin). Then a grip put a normal-sized phone on the table, where she picked it up. similar eyeglasses; Bruno is playfully demonstrating strangling techniques at a "[53] Bruno tells Guy what he has done and gives him the glasses. While Hitchcock strips out much of the textured sociopathy of Bruno's machinations, Hitchcocks preserves the ripely perverse relationship and its intimacy and murderous expression. and the other, far distant, makes a choking gesture. In accordance with the cautious censorship guidelines of the period, Hitchcock would later tame these elements of Walker's memorable performance by trimming and altering certain scenes, so the differences between the original and prerelease versions provide an illuminating illustration of censorship's effect on the story's thematic intensity. Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. He must play as hard and as fast as he can in order to win the match, get off the court, and overtake the villain . Having read all about Guy, Bruno is aware that the tennis player is trapped in an unhappy marriage to to wife Miriam (Laura Elliott) and has been seen in the company of senator's daughter Ann Morton (Ruth Roman). As usual, Hitchcock kept his name out of the negotiations to keep the purchase price low. Patricia Hitchcock and Kasey Rogers look a little alike and wear very [21] The scripting team added the tennis match and the crosscutting with Bruno's storm drain travails in Metcalf added the cigarette lighter, the Tunnel of Love, Miriam's eyeglasses; in fact, the amusement park is only a brief setting in the novel.[21]. So Hitchcock had an oversized phone constructed and placed in the foreground. If you haven't seen it, it's time to change that! Man on a train is about evil and destiny hiding behind the corner, about life changing in a bit because threat is waiting for us, and it's a fantastic example of great storytelling developing a simple yet effective subject: two men meets on a train, and one word too many could change everything. Strangers On a Train (1951) In Alfred Hitchcock's thriller - an adaptation from Patricia Highsmith's first novel about amoral murderers who 'traded' or 'exchanged' crimes: the opening sequence introduced the duality of the two 'strangers on a train' with their distinctive contrasting shoes: - Bruno Antony (Robert Walker), a . "[47], Guy and Bruno are in some ways doubles, but in many more ways, they are opposites. Strangers on a Train movie clips: http://j.mp/1yz9FQeBUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/UinqkeDon't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6prCLIP DESCRIPTION:Guy (Farley Granger) notices a sinister face watching him from the crowd.FILM DESCRIPTION:In one of Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classics, tennis pro Guy Haines (Farley Granger) chances to meet wealthy wastrel Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) on a train. Bruno agrees to kill Guy's unfaithful wife, in return for which Guy will (or so it seems) kill Bruno's spiteful father. quite aware of Bruno's orientation, and indeed edited separate American and "[21] Hitchcock, who had drawn gay characters so sharply yet subtly in Rope in 1948, "drafted the left-leaning Cook expressly because he was comfortable with sexually ambiguous characters. Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2022. remains one of Hitchcock's crowning achievements and a suspenseful classic that never loses its capacity to thrill and delight. Best known is the one Theatrical Trailer (SD; 2:34). Two strangers will "exchange murders," each killing the person the other In Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classic, "Strangers On a Train", a naive and weary tennis pro unwisely allows himself to be enticed into the confidence of a seemingly silly stranger. Highly recommended. Actually, it's doubly fascinating. [17] Although Ormonde was without a formal screen credit, she did have two things in her favor: her recently published collection of short stories, Laughter From Downstairs, was attracting good notices from critics, and she was "a fair-haired beauty with long shimmering hair. The premise is fascinating because it was far more intricate than I had been led to believe. [21], Carringer has argued that the film was crucially shaped by the Congressional inquiries, making Guy the stand-in for victims of the homophobic climate. An early preview edit of the film, sometimes labeled the "British" version although it was never released in Britain or anywhere else, includes some scenes either not in, or else different from, the film as released. 'If the man had raised his head even slightly", Hitchcock said, "it would have gone from being a suspense film into a horror film. [19] Hitchcock preferred the writing credit of Whitfield Cook and Czenzi Ormonde, but Warner Bros. wanted the cachet of the Chandler name and insisted it stay on. The copy is terrific and worth every penny. The first encounter between Bruno and Guy on the train is longer, and features a more obvious homoerotic flirtation by Bruno; In the scene where Guy sneaks out of his apartment to go to Bruno's house, a shot of him opening a drawer to get the map Bruno sketched is added; The very last scene in the US version, which involves a clergyman, was deleted. Strangers on a Train Blu-ray, Special Features and Extras: Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Benchley, Alfred Hitchcock and many more. The original version (Side A) is an all-time thriller classic. The pair has what writer Peter Dellolio refers to as a "dark symbiosis. Certainly the casting of Farley Granger as Guy and Robert Walker as Bruno This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's most complex amd multi-layered films. [48], Roger Ebert wrote that "it is this sense of two flawed characters one evil, one weak, with an unstated sexual tension that makes the movie intriguing and halfway plausible, and explains how Bruno could come so close to carrying out his plan."[4]. It's not just a ripping-good thriller but a film student's delight and a perversely enjoyable battle of wits between tennis pro Guy (Farley Granger) and his mysterious, sycophantic admirer, Bruno (Robert Walker), who proposes a "criss-cross" scheme of traded murders. The novel has been adapted multiple times, most famously by Alfred Hitchcock in his 1951 film. [57] All the major elements of the scene the two men struggling, the accidentally shot attendant, the out-of-control merry-go-round, the crawling under the moving merry-go-round to disable it are present in Crispin's account,[58] though he received no screen credit for it. Rowland V. Lee Ranch - Fallbrook Avenue, Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA. Mysterious Bruno (Robert Walker) hates his father. To the man committed to a career in politics, Bruno represents a tempting overthrow of all responsibility. Also in the cast are Ruth Roman, Leo J. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock (Alfred's daughter), Marion Lorne, and Kasey Rogers. and Bruno struggle as a carnival worker crawls on his stomach under the Strangers On A Train, a masterpiece, presented here in a finely produced HD release. The film's opening conversation scene on the train is like a tennis match in which Guy serves up one weak lob after another for Bruno to put sway. He got a treatment that pleased him on the second attempt, from writer Whitfield Cook, who wove a homoerotic subtext into the story. The film itself was great, the DVD was in fine condition, and it arrived either on time or early (can't remember which). in front of Guy's house, and he quickly moves behind the gate with Bruno; His gaze falls upon Barbara, whose appearance resembles Miriam's. 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