Rebecca

Rebecca (1940)

The shadow of this woman darkened their love.

My Rating		8.0
IMDb Rating		8.4 (13,852 votes) top 250: #82

Front Cover

Actor

Laurence Olivier	George Fortescu Maximillian 'Maxim' de Winter
Joan Fontaine	The Second Mrs. de Winter
George Sanders	Jack Favell
Judith Anderson	Mrs. Danvers
Gladys Cooper	Beatrice Lacy
Nigel Bruce	Maj. Giles Lacy
Reginald Denny	Frank Crawley
C. Aubrey Smith	Col. Julyan
Melville Cooper	Coroner
Florence Bates	Mrs. Edythe Van Hopper
Leonard Carey	Ben
Leo G. Carroll	Dr. Baker

Plot
When a naive young woman marries a rich widower, they settle in his gigantic mansion, where she finds the memory of the first wife.

Movie Details

Director	Alfred Hitchcock
Producer	David O. Selznick
Writer	Robert E. Sherwood; Joan Harrison
Photography	George Barnes
Musician	Franz Waxman
Studio	The Selznick Studio

Genre	Mystery; Romance
Country	USA
Language	English
Movie Release Date	1940
Running Time	125 mins
Color	Black And White
Audience Rating	PG

Personal Details
Index	8
Collection Status	In Collection
Format	DVD
Viewing Date	2005
Purchase Date	2005
Purchase Price	35,00 zł
Condition	Excellent
Store	HMV
Seen Where	Home
Location	Birmingham
Owner	Madzia & Wojtek

Product Details
Release Date	2004
No. of Disks	1
Packaging	Keep Case
Region	Region 2
Screen Ratio	1.33 (4:3) Full Frame
Layers	Single Side, Single Layer
Chapters	14
Audio Tracks	Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - English
DVD Options	Interactive Menus Scene Selection

Extra Features

Laurence Olivier
Joan Fontaine
Film Facts
About the Creators
Production Notes
Slide Show
A Conversation with Hitchcock
An Interview with Kim Newman
"The Real Me (The Thin One)"
Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut
Biography
Quotes
Trivia

Fun Stuff

Trivia: Margaret Sullavan tested for the role of Mrs. de Winter. (more)

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: Walking back from the beach, the background moves much more quickly than the characters. (more)

Quotes:
Mrs. Danvers: [brings out a negligee from under the bedcovers] Did you ever see anything so delicate?
[motions the second Mrs. de Winter over]
Mrs. Danvers: Look, you can see my hand through it!
(more)

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 9 nominations (more)

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