Title: Vertigo
Original Title: Vertigo
Year: 1958
Info
- Country: USA
- Length: 128 Minutes (2 hours 8 min)
- Genre: Crime Mystery Romance
- Studios: Paramount Pictures
- Distributor: Paramount Pictures
- Age rating: PG (Parental guidance)
Release Dates
- UK: August 24 1958
- United States: May 09 1958
Plot
Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) is a police detective who leaves the body when a colleague falls from a ledge while they were pursuing a criminal. Some time later, a call from an old friend of him, with whom he studied in school, Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore), which asks him to watch his wife Madeleine (Kim Novak) will make him to feel detective again. Madeleine is a beautiful woman who is depressed, and also believed to be possessed by her great-grandmother.
The most acclaimed film by Alfred Hitchcock with 'Psycho'. In fact in 2012 it was declared the best movie of all time. However, in 1959 it was nominated for only two Oscars, for best art direction and best sound.
Cast
Director:
Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Midge Wood
Videos
June 26 2018
Photos
Trivia
Linked to San Sebastian
It is one of the most outstanding premieres in san Sebastian Film Festival history, a fact that even appeared in an episode of '[THE MINISTRY OF TIME]'.
From misunderstood film to masterpiece
Poorly received by critics, the film is now considered one of Hitchcock´s masterpieces and one of the best films in history. It is the best movie ever for 'Sight and Sound' magazine.
Pioneer
First ever film to use computer graphics, in some of the the sequences done by Saul Bass.
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