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Rebecca is a 1940 American black-and-white mystery, drama, romance, and thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Produced by David O. Selznick through Selznick International Pictures, the movie is based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. The screenplay was written by Michael Hogan, Robert E. Sherwood, and Joan Harrison. The cast includes Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, and George Sanders, with Franz Waxman composing the score.
The film received the Academy Award for Best Picture and was recognized in the Academy Award Best Picture collection. It was also named one of the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Additional nominations included Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director. Distributed by United Artists and Netflix, the production has a runtime of 126 to 130 minutes. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.1 from 161,318 votes and a TMDb average of 7.892 from 1,972 votes.
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7.9Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
Cast
- Joan Fontaine as Mrs. de Winter
- Laurence Olivier as Maxim de Winter
- George Sanders as Jack Favell
- Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers
- Nigel Bruce as Major Giles Lacy
- Reginald Denny as Frank Crawley
Themes
- based on novel or book
- age difference
- obsession
- monte carlo
- bride
- cornwall, england
- love
- film noir
- rural area
- black and white
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Encyclopedic overview
Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was Hitchcock's first American project, and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selznick. The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, and adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan, were based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier.
The film stars Laurence Olivier as the brooding, aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter and Joan Fontaine as the young, never-named woman who becomes his second wife, with Judith Anderson, George Sanders and Gladys Cooper in supporting roles. The film is a gothic tale shot in black-and-white. Maxim de Winter's first wife Rebecca, who died before the events of the film, is never seen. Her reputation and recollections of her, however, are a constant presence in the lives of Maxim, his new wife and the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers.
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