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Marnie (1964)

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Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 16  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.8/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins

Synopsis: In terms of psychological power and innovative visual techniques, MARNIE ranks alongside VERTIGO and PSYCHO as one of Alfred Hitchcock's most exceptional films, though it is less well known than these classics. This thriller, based on a best-selling novel by Wilson Graham, revolves... In terms of psychological power and innovative visual techniques, MARNIE ranks alongside VERTIGO and PSYCHO as one of Alfred Hitchcock's most exceptional films, though it is less well known than these classics. This thriller, based on a best-selling novel by Wilson Graham, revolves around a pathological liar and compulsive thief (Tippi Hedren) who is befriended by her latest victim, Mark Rutland (Sean Connery). The core of the story concerns a wealthy man who marries a beautiful woman who steals from his business. Despite his sincere love, dashing looks, and wealth, some deep-seated neurosis makes her emotionally inaccessible, causing him to search her past for an explanation. This is Connery's American film debut, and he portrays his character's fascination with Marnie with a conviction that allows the psychological turmoil of the young woman to emerge. Hedren's performance as the deeply conflicted and emotionally scarred woman walks the fine line favored by Hitchcock, balanced between an icy sexuality and emotional fragility. The director wants to show the audience Marnie's world and fears, so he uses a range of innovative visual techniques--including awkward rear projections, flashes of color, and a menacing atmosphere of storms--to convey her troubled state of mind. MARNIE is one of Hitchcock's most underrated and underappreciated films. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Bruce Dern, Martin Gabel

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenwriter: Jay Presson Allen

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 2, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen
  • Dual - Single Sided

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - English
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - French
  • Subtitles - English (SDH)

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurette - 1. THE TROUBLE WITH MARNIE
  • 2. THE MARNIE ARCHIVES
  • Trailer - Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Production Notes

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Time Out
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A savory failure from the Master.

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05/16/08
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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Fine, disturbing Hitchcock near classic w/Connery and Hedren in good form.

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03/08/08
Steve Crum
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3/5

Punishingly long and, despite the professionalism on all levels, not especially moving or interesting

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04/09/07
Rob Gonsalves
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Viewed from the safe distance of four decades after its release, Marnie, perhaps even more than The Birds, emerges as the director's definitive late-period masterpiece.

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02/17/06
Fernando F. Croce
Slant Magazine
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4/5

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06/19/05
Emanuel Levy
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3/5

No review available.

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02/14/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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07/10/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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3/5

No review available.

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06/24/04
Frank Swietek
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4/5

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01/23/04
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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4/5

Not Hitch's best, but still incredible.

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09/17/03
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
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For my money, this Freudian tale about a beautiful kleptomaniac and liar is one of Hitchcock's best accomplishments, certainly one of his most perverse.

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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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01/10/03
Nell Minow
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3/5

No review available.

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11/26/02
Chuck Rudolph
Matinee Magazine
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2/5

I will never understand the rep of this among Hitch fans

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08/21/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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3/5

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08/10/02
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium
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4/5

Like Hitchcock's best work, there's something gleefully sick going on just under the surface.

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01/27/02
Jeremiah Kipp
ToxicUniverse.com
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Considered a misfire at the time, it now looks like late-period Hitchcock at his most Hitchcockian.

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10/30/01
Keith Phipps
Onion AV Club
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One of Hitchcock's more upsetting efforts.

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01/01/00
Dennis Schwartz
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