Teaser Tuesdays – North By Northwest
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
Alfred Hitchcock saw his film “North By Northwest” released in Los Angeles on July 17, 1959, and so began the adventure of Roger Thornhill, played by Cary Grant, a Madison Avenue advertising executive who becomes ensnared in a high-stakes game of mistaken identity. Along the way he encounters Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, and a nasty Martin Landau, with twists and turns taking him from NYC to a bus stop along Highway 41 for that famous cropduster scene and eventually to Mount Rushmore.
Ernest Lehman wrote the screenplay and received an Academy Award nomination for it. In the teaser below, Thornhill is about to be dispatched permanently after being mistakenly identified as George Kaplan and kidnapped. After unsuccessfully trying to convince his captors that he is the wrong man, Thornhill is then forced to drink copious amounts of alcohol, and is then put behind the wheel of the below-mentioned Mercedes-Benz with the goal of making him another dunk driving statistic.
INT. MERCEDES-BENZ
Valerian opens the door at his side and gets ready to jump. Just then, Thornhill, opening a bleary eye, begins to sense what is happening. He turns, puts both his hands on Valerian and gives him a violent shove, saying thickly:
THORNHILL
You take the bus, too.
Valerian falls out of the car. Thornhill grabs the wheel and turns it sharply.
EXT. MERCEDES-BENZ
The outside wheels travel along the edge of the precipice.
p. 17, “North By Northwest” by Ernest Lehman
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12 comments
I loved this movie. Here’s My tease.
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Alfred Hitchcock–some of his movies really scared me. nice teaser. my teaser is here and I have a little something for you today.
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Eek! That’s a scary moment. Great teaser!
If you’d like, you can check out mine here.
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I love this movie! And that’s one of the best scenes – funny and scary at the same time. Very Hitchcock. Great teaser!
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Such a great, classic movie! Thanks for the reminder!
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Sounds great! I dont think I have ever seen the movie.
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You definitely got me on this one. I’ll have to watch the movie or find the screenplay to see what happens next.
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I didn’t really care for this one of his. I’m not sure why? I need to re-watch it – maybe I had just consumed copious amounts of alcohol ;0)
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Nice teaser. That is one of my all-time favourite movies!
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I love this movie. But then again, I can watch Cary Grant in anything.
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Excellent choice in screenplay teaser. Cary Grant was one of the best and few can compare. The same of Hitchcock of course
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I liked this movie a lot. Good teaser, Michael.
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