Charade screwed up on its copyright and is in the public domaine. I posted this the other day and Chip S. posted the link the movie.
Director Stanley Donen, along with the writer Peter Stone, drop references to other movies in Charade.
Director Stanley Donen, along with the writer Peter Stone, drop references to other movies in Charade.
A great picture with good performances by Jim Coburn and an almost-unknown George Kennedy.
ReplyDeleteAnd the opening byplay between Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant is worthy of Hitchcock himself.
Hence the description the greatest Hitchcock movie that Hitchcock did not make!
DeleteIt seems incredible that this movie is 50 years old. It has a completely contemporary feel; much more so than films from later in the '60s.
ReplyDeleteI guess classic clothes in a timeless setting with articulate dialogue and a Mancini score help a lot.
Movies from the later 60s were trying to get into the "youth" thing, urbanity, sophistication, and, most importantly, wit fell by the wayside.
DeleteAlso, technical stuff, like the quality of film stock, took several hits.