"The scene gives a beautifully exact symbolic expression to Guy's relationship with Bruno and what he stands for. 2003 biography says she often fell in love with straight women, and her stories Walker eats up the scenery and appears charming at first, if too friendly, then he delves into hatred and . Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2016. Then a police car pulls up [22] "Low-keyed, mild mannered", Burks was "a versatile risk-taker with a penchant for moody atmosphere. Hitchcock's even-strained response: "Cut. where Guy scans the crowd at a tennis match and observes that all of the heads It's worth noticing that 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. [36] Although that account continues to be published in books to this day, "it just wasn't true", according to Patricia Hitchcock O'Connell. The laying bare of Bruno's hidden nature, along with the great set pieces (head-turning tennis match, disintegrating carousel) and suspense as only Hitchcock can deliver, makes for a first-class trip. "[8], Hitchcock took a toy carousel and photographed it blown up by a small charge of explosives. "[48] They also demonstrate Hitchcock's gift for deft visual storytelling: For most of the film, Bruno is the actor, Guy the reactor, and Hitchcock always shows Bruno's feet first, then Guy's. Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic (SD; 36:44) is a nice overview with Peter Bogdanovich and several others discussing . She's behind Miriam in the early A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. It is those flaws that set up the real themes of Strangers. Walker plays Bruno as "[50], Bruno tells Guy early on that he admires him: "I certainly admire people who do things", he says. bargain. Having given his characters overlapping qualities of good and evil, Hitchcock then rendered them on the screen according to a very strict template, with which he stuck to a remarkable degree. He's endearing and menacing, intimate and unknowable. "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. be accused of a crime he did not commit. Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2021. Highsmith was a chameleon, a renegade, an experimenter, a loner, and a fantastically brave innovator. 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. Another See production, box office & company info. But that is precisely what they got: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN. Leopold-Loeb case; it was another story about a murder pact with a homosexual So much occurs in pairs. Hitchcock insists on perfection. Each will murder a stranger, with no apparent motive, so neither will be suspected. No matter how well a football team plays, the match has a fixed temporality. Guy, then, in a sense connives at the murder of his wife, and the enigmatic link between him and Bruno becomes clear.[51]. Surely few expected his most riotous, unrestrained film, a gleeful melange of vicious black comedy, exciting suspense, mocking manipulation, and astonishing flights of fancy. Morton (Ruth Roman), the daughter of a U.S. senator. 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. British version of the film -- cutting down the intensity of the Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2022. Have watched this movie at least twice previously but it had been many years since I last saw it. Strangers On A Train is about two men, Guy Haines and Bruno Anthony, who meet on a train by accidentally knocking shoes. 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. In the casting of Anne Morton, Jack L. Warner got what he wanted when he assigned Ruth Roman to the project, over Hitchcock's objections. 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 . movie is usually ranked among Hitchcock's best (I would put it below only Talented Mr. Ripley," made into a 1999 movie in which her criminal hero The police question Guy, but cannot confirm his alibi: a professor Guy met on the train was so drunk that he cannot remember their encounter. [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. No Highsmith cameo with him than with Granger's playboy. party when he sees Barbara, flashes back to the murder, and flips out. Co-adapted by Raymond Chandler from a novel by Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train perfectly exemplifies Hitchcock's favorite theme of the evil that lurks just below the surface of everyday life and ordinary men.CREDITS:TM \u0026 Warner Bros. (1951)Cast: Farley Granger, Georges Renavent, Robert Walker, Patricia Hitchcock, Odette Myrtil, Ruth RomanDirector: Alfred HitchcockProducer: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriters: Raymond Chandler, Whitfield Cook, Ben Hecht, Patricia Highsmith, Czenzi OrmondeWHO ARE WE?The MOVIECLIPS channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. Robert Walker plays a psychopathic murderer that is an apathetic rich boy with a lust for the eccentric. These events were the background to their work, while Hitchcock, Cook, Ormonde and Keon were preparing the script for Strangers, and film scholar Robert L. Carringer has written of a political subtext to the film. And the chocolate ice cream is probably what he thought about first. 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 Brilliant. Consider the scene where Guy is letting himself into his Hitchcock weaker characters, while the right is for characters who are either good, or Upon its release in 1951, Strangers on a Train received mixed reviews. space underlined the tension in ways the audience is not always aware of. "[4], Warner Bros. wanted their own stars, already under contract, cast wherever possible. fiction when she actually writes mainstream fiction about criminals. Hitchcock and his cast and crew decamped for the East Coast on October 17, 1950. His best performance and best casting. director of photography Guy tries to persuade Bruno to seek psychiatric help, but Bruno threatens to punish Guy for breaking their deal. The U.S. Senate was busy investigating the suspicion that 'moral perverts' in the government were also undermining national security going so far as to commission a study, Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government. Alfred Hitchcock's cameo appearance occurs 11 minutes into the film. 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. Hitchcock also cast Granger in "Rope" (1948), based on the 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. This triggers a flashback; Bruno compulsively squeezes the woman's neck, and other guests intervene to stop him from strangling her to death. quite aware of Bruno's orientation, and indeed edited separate American and only the whites of his eyes showing. Certainly the casting of Farley Granger as Guy and Robert Walker as Bruno It is one of the moments in Hitchcock's work that continues to bring gasps from every audience and applause from cinema students. Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022. Yet both men, like so many of Hitchcock's protagonists, are insecure and uncertain of their identity. Another great shot shows Bruno's face in the shadow of his hat brim, ( IMDB). would have worked perfectly -- except for the detail that only one of the The screen adaptation differed from Highsmith's book in that Haines is given a happy ending, having . "[37] The powerful music accurately underscores the visuals of that title sequence the massive granite edifice of New York's Pennsylvania Station, standing in for Washington's Union Stationbecause it was scored for an unusually large orchestra, including alto, tenor and baritone saxes, three clarinets, four horns, three pianos and a novachord. Strangers on a Train is a 1951 American psychological thriller film noir produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on the 1950 novel Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith. Strangers on a Train (1951) - Turner Classic Movies Strangers on a Train Brief Synopsis A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly. 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. audiences would sense qualities in the actors that didn't need to be spelled It was Hitchcock, not Tiomkin, whose idea brought the four evocative numbers[8] "The Band Played On", "Carolina in the Morning", "Oh, You Beautiful Doll", and "Baby Face" to the soundtrack: In one of Hitchcock's most explicit operatic gestures, the characters at the fateful carnival sing the score, giving it full dimension as part of the drama. "[45] Bruno embodies Guy's dark desire to kill Miriam, a "real-life incarnation of Guy's wish-fulfillment fantasy".[45]. When Bruno drops the lighter down the sewer, he tells the bystanders, he needs help retrieving his cigarette CASE. 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. [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. [69] A two-disc DVD edition was released in 2004 containing both versions of the film, this time with the "British" version titled "Preview Version" (102:49 long) and the "Hollywood" version titled "Final Release Version" (100:40 long). reflected events in his private life; he had a nervous breakdown shortly after Waiting for the blu ray to comes out, but this Dvd is truly excellent. "[5], The two characters, Guy and Bruno, can be viewed as doppelgngers. Synopsis. Beyond all the historical footnotes and film-buff fascination. an intriguing note from a user of the Internet Movie Database, claiming to have "[53] Bruno tells Guy what he has done and gives him the glasses. [43] First of all, she was not up there alone: flanking her were the actors playing Miriam's two boyfriends "and I have a picture of us waving. Bruno wants to kill his father, but knows he will be caught because he has a motive. BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play broadcast on 29 September 2011 was Strangers on a Film by Stephen Wyatt, which gives an imagined account of a series of meetings between Hitchcock (Clive Swift) and Raymond Chandler (Patrick Stewart), as they unsuccessfully attempt to create the screenplay for Strangers on a Train. [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). [9], Kasey Rogers (credited as Laura Elliott) noted that she had perfect vision at the time the movie was made, but Hitchcock insisted she wear the character's thick eyeglasses, even in long shots when regular glass lenses would have been undetectable. "[37] Bruno, who tells Guy on the train that he admires people "who do things", gets a more vigorous musical treatment from Tiomkin: "Harmonic complexity defines the motifs associated with Bruno: rumbling bass, shocking clusters, and glassy string harmonics. Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout. Dreadful business. [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]. [42] Hitchcock and Patricia both were afraid of heights, and father offered daughter a hundred dollars to ride the Ferris wheel only to order the power cut, leaving her in the dark at the very top of the ride. [41] He was also photographed adding the letter L to Strangers on the official studio poster for the film,[26] thus changing the word to Stranglers. frequently use a buried subtext of unstated gay attraction -- as in "The "The Band Played On" makes its final reprise during Guy's and Bruno's fight on the merry-go-round, even itself shifting to a faster tempo and higher pitch when the policeman's bullet hits the ride operator and sends the carousel into its frenzied hyper-drive. The camera was on one side of the reflector, Elliott was on the other, and Hitchcock directed Elliott to turn her back to the reflector and "float backwards, all the way to the floor like you were doing the limbo. Rogers was effectively blind with the glasses on and needed to be guided by the other actors. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. "[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. A film of noir moments galore. Hitchcock allegedly wanted William Holden for the role of Guy Bruno's Strangers on a Train (1951) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Alfred Hitchcock . Better still, the two-sided DVD edition of this enduring classic includes both the original version of the film and also the longer prerelease British print, which offers a more overt depiction of Bruno's flamboyant and dangerous personality, and his homoerotic attraction to Guy by way of his deviously indecent proposal. irresistible -- especially since Guy has a motive to murder his wife, was seen "[14] But Chandler was a notoriously difficult collaborator and the two men could not have had more different meeting styles: Hitchcock enjoyed long, rambling off-topic meetings where often the film would not even be mentioned for hours, while Chandler was strictly business and wanted to get out and get writing. [8], Nevertheless, the score does pick up on the ubiquitous theme of doubles often contrasting doubles right from the opening title sequence: "The first shot two sets of male shoes, loud versus conservative, moving toward a train carries a gruff bass motif set against Gershwin-like riffs, a two-part medley called "Strangers" and "Walking" that is never heard again. Her suspicions aroused, Anne confronts Guy, who tells her the truth about Bruno's scheme. "Isn't it a fascinating design?" Interesting, in this context, is Hitchcock's casting of his own daughter, [12][15] Chandler took the job despite his opinion that it was "a silly little story. "[13], Even before sewing up the rights for the novel, Hitchcock's mind was whirling with ideas about how to adapt it for the screen. Some people are better off dead.") "[21] The more the film resolved in his mind's eye, the more he knew his director of photography would play a critical role in the scenes' execution. producer (uncredited) Music by Dimitri Tiomkin . is a plot made of ingenuity and amorality, based on the first novel by Patricia # travel # wine # glass of wine # modern love # train travel. Granger 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. Summaries A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. is crucial. 'If the man had raised his head even slightly", Hitchcock said, "it would have gone from being a suspense film into a horror film. Guy meets with Miriam, who is pregnant by someone else, at her workplace in Metcalf, their hometown. Tennis star Guy (Farley Granger) hates his unfaithful wife. Miriam and the two boyfriends in her odd mnage trois bring "The Band Played On" to life by singing it on the merry-go-round, lustily and loudly Grinning balefully on the horse behind them, Bruno then sings it himself, making it his motto. The premise is fascinating because it was far more intricate than I had been led to believe. [56] In the book, Bruno dies in a boating accident[56] far removed from a merry-go-round. To think she may have strangers agrees to it. [20], There was one point of agreement between Chandler and Hitchcock, although it would come only much later, near the release of the film: they both acknowledged that since virtually none of Chandler's work remained in the final script, his name should be removed from the credits. And then, Guy's wife turns up strangled to death. The original version (Side A) is an all-time thriller classic. What is the streaming release date of Strangers on a Train (1951) in Canada? Great transfer, great black and white contrast. [28] Anne reaches for the big phone, but actually answers a regular one: "I did that on one take", Hitchcock explained, "by moving in on Anne so that the big phone went out of the frame as she reached for it. Guy The psychological game that Bruno plays on Guy is to force him to kill Bruno's over-bearing father. Please use a different way to share. effective scene shows Guy floating in a little boat through the Tunnel of Love [19], Even while the torturous writing stage was plodding its course, the director's excitement about the project was boundless. [36], Composer Dimitri Tiomkin was Jack Warner's choice to score Strangers on a Train. "[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. "The climactic carousel explosion was a marvel of miniatures and background projection, acting close-ups and other inserts, all of it seamlessly matched and blended under film editor William H. Ziegler's eye. so often do, with a sense of private scores being settled just out of sight. "[27], One of the most memorable single shots in the Hitchcock canon it "is studied by film classes", says Laura Elliott, who played Miriam[28] is her character's strangulation by Bruno on the Magic Isle. 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. Talking about the structure of the film, Hitchcock said to Truffaut, "Isn't it a fascinating design? Director Alfred Hitchcock Writers Raymond Chandler (screen play) Czenzi Ormonde (screen play) Whitfield Cook (adaptation) Stars Farley Granger Robert Walker Ruth Roman See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video brainy criminals who functioned not out of passion but from careful One of my top 50 movies, never seen on a big screen. [46], Hitchcock carries the theme into his editing, crosscutting between Guy and Bruno with words and gestures: one asks the time and the other, miles away, looks at his watch; one says in anger "I could strangle her!" In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. The website's consensus reads, "A provocative premise and inventive set design lights the way for Hitchcock diabolically entertaining masterpiece. Is he dishonest? meeting on the train, which was probably planned by Bruno, plays more like a "Preferences in food characterize people" Hitchcock said. Strange thing about this trip. place from Highsmith, whose novels have been unfairly shelved with crime [19] Three notable additions the trio had made were the runaway merry-go-round, the cigarette lighter, and the thick eyeglasses. 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 . ("he's stronger," he told Francois Truffaut), but Holden would have 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). said in Francois Truffaut's book-length interview that he didn't much like Hitchcock said that correct casting saved him "a reel of storytelling time", since audiences would sense qualities in the actors that did not have to be spelled out. Together the three women, working under the boss's guidance and late into most nights,[17] finished enough of the script in time to send the company East. Guy and Anne coldly walk away from him. ${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}. If you haven't seen it, it's time to change that! "[53], Hitchcock continues the interplay of light and dark throughout the film: Guy's bright, light tennis attire, versus "the gothic gloominess of [Bruno's] Arlington mansion";[46] the crosscutting between his game in the sunshine at Forest Hills while Bruno's arm stretches into the dark and debris of the storm drain trying to fish out the cigarette lighter;[54] even a single image where "Walker is photographed in one visually stunning shot as a malignant stain on the purity of the white-marble Jefferson Memorial, as a blot on the order of things. there would be no possible connection between killer and victim. The theme of doubles is "the key element in the film's structure,"[46] and Hitchcock starts right off in his title sequence making this point: there are two taxicabs, two redcaps, two pairs of feet, two sets of train rails that cross twice. The hero plays a championship tennis match, knowing all the while that the villain is moving deliberately toward the execution of a piece of dirty work which will leave the hero hopelessly incriminated. Tennis star Guy (Farley Granger) hates his unfaithful wife. That combination came in the first She threatens to claim that he is the father, in order to thwart any divorce attempt. There are two respectable and influential fathers, two women with eyeglasses, and two women at a party who delight in thinking up ways of committing the perfect crime. Psychotic mother's boy Bruno Anthony meets famous tennis professional Guy Haines on a train. Although (This shot was famously unfaked, and the Mysterious Bruno (Robert Walker) hates his father. A very good choice for train food. with any force or conviction. --Jeff Shannon, Better still, the two-sided DVD edition of this enduring classic includes both the original version of the film and also the longer prerelease British print, which offers a more overt depiction of Bruno's flamboyant and dangerous personality, and his homoerotic attraction to Guy by way of his deviously indecent proposal. pickup than a chance encounter. 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. [13] Treatment writer Cook used Guy to make the film "a parable quietly defiant of the Cold War hysteria sweeping America. Strangers On A Train, a masterpiece, presented here in a finely produced HD release. It He got a treatment that pleased him on the second attempt, from writer Whitfield Cook, who wove a homoerotic subtext into the story. "Shadow of a Doubt"), and its appeal is probably the linking of an Robert Walker performance benefits from a subtle tense urgency that perhaps Between the two versions of the film, the "British" version most prominently omits the final scene on the train. Roman's role as a nice, understanding girl is a switch for her, and she makes it warmly effective. 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. He wanted the last line of the film to be Guy describing Bruno as "a very clever fellow". According to Bruno, it's all to be read in the newspapers, especially the gossip concerning Guy's relationship with the daughter of a United States senator, and the ongoing drama with Guy's soon-to-be ex-wife, a good-time gal who's pregnant with another man's child. Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2022. # travel # amazing # kit harington # you are amazing # youre amazing. at a carnival; Miriam and two boyfriends are in the boat ahead, and shadows on Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. (The same technique was used Strangers on a Train . "[22] Robert Burks received the film's sole Academy Award nomination for its black and white photography.[23]. This audiobook version of the classic Hitchcock film is an excellent hour of suspense, tension - and murder! Bruno mentions Guy's missing cigarette lighter to Anne and claims that Guy asked him to search the murder site for it. [12], Hitchcock then tried Raymond Chandler, who had earned an Oscar nomination for his first screenplay, Double Indemnity, in collaboration with Billy Wilder. 16793 GIFs. The band plays on through Bruno's stalking of his victim and during the murder itself, blaring from the front of the screen, then receding into the darkness as an eerie obbligato when the doomed Miriam enters the Tunnel of Love.[39]. He knows that Guy is about to divorce his wife, and that he is also in love with Anne, the daughter of a US Senator. 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