1. Alfred Hitchcock

2. Bell Work Who is Alfred Hitchcock? What do you know about him?
What movies did he direct?
Have you seen any of his movies?

3. Bell Work What is the fear of heights called?
Are you afraid of heights? If so, why?

4. The Fear of Heights
Acrophobia
Vertigo

5. Chicago: John Hancock Tower

6. Chicago

7. Grand Canyon Sky Walk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEa7P9e8Jvo

8. Bell Work
What are two questions that you would like to ask Alfred Hitchcock?

9. Alfred Hitchcock Born in London on August 13, 1899
Died: April 29, 1980
Nicknames:
Hitch
The Master of Suspense

10. Early Years Raised by strict Catholic parents
Childhood was lonely and sheltered
This was, in part, due to his obesity.
Sent by his father to the local police station with a note asking the office to lock him away for 10 minutes as a punishment for behaving badly.
His mother would force him to stand at the foot of her bed for several hours as punishment.
This idea of being treated harshly or wrongfully accused would show up later in his films.

11. A Gift for Suspense Studied engineering in London
Worked as an advertising designer at Henley’s
While working at Henley’s, he began to write, submitting short stories for the in-house publication.
In 1920, he entered the film industry with a full time position at the Famous Players Laskey Company.
He designed title cards for silent films.
Within a few years, he was working as an assistant director.

12. Films in London 1925, directed his first film Blackmail, 1929
the first British “talkie”

13. Hollywood
Arrives 1939
Rebecca (1940) won the Oscar for best picture.

14. Types of films Psychological thrillers depictions of violence
complex psychological characters

15. A Cultural Icon Made a cameo appearance is every film.
TV show: Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( )
Directed more than 50 films
In 1979, received the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award.

16. Death
April 29, 1980
Died peacefully in his sleep in Bel Air, California.
He was survived by his lifetime partner, Alma Reville, also known as “Lady Hitchcock” (she would die in 1982)

17. Strangers on a Train
1951
A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder...a theory that he plans to implement.
Trailer

18. Dial M for Murder 1954 Grace Kelly
An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B.
trailer

19. Rear Window 1954 Jimmy Stewart Grace Kelly
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder
trailer

20. New Version of Rear Window
Disturbia

21. To Catch A Thief 1955 Cary Grant Grace Kelly
When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must figure out the real thief in order to prove his innocence.
Trailer

22. Grace Kelly
Meets her future husband while filming “To Catch a Thief” in Monaco
The Prince of Monaco

23. The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Jimmy Stewart
Doris Day
A family vacationing in Morocco accidentally stumble on to an assassination plot and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering.
Trailer

24. Vertigo
1958
Jimmy Stewart
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's much-younger wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
trailer

25. North By Northwest 1959 Cary Grant
A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
trailer

26. The Birds
1963
Tippi Hedron
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.
Trailer

27. The Birds Three years in post production No real bird sounds
All sound tracked in the studio

28. The Birds Clips Crows attack students
Seagulls attack
Trapped in a phone booth

29. Halloween Costume

30. Psycho 1960 Tag line: “A boy’s best friend is his mother”
Anthony Perkins as Norman
Janet Leigh
Bates Motel
A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.

31. Psycho Trivia Psycho is the first film to show a toilet flush!
The car she drives is the same car they Cleaver’s drive in Leave it to Beaver!
Janet Leigh never took a shower after seeing the final version of the film. She only took baths for the rest of her life.
Shower Scene took 7 days and 78 takes

32. Janet Leigh’s daughter is Jamie Lee Curtis
She was in Halloween (the original)
Freaky Friday
Activia Yogurt

33. Psycho Clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps8H3rg5GfM
We all go a little mad sometimes
Shower scene

34. Hitchcock Cameo’s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YbaOkiMiRQ
Every cameo in 5 minutes

35. Trivia Time He was born one day before his wife, Alma.
He could not stand to look at his wife while she was pregnant.
Morbid fear of police ever since the day his father sent him to jail for ten minutes.
He never learned to drive. If you don’t drive, you cannot be pulled over by the police and given a ticket.
He loved to drink tea. When finishing a cup of tea on the set, he would often just throw it over his shoulder when he was finished, letting it falll or break wherever!

36. More Trivia
He delivered the shortest acceptance speech in Oscar history.
He simply said “Thank you.”
When he won a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1979, he joked to friends that he must be about to die soon. (he died a year later)
He is the voice of the “Jaws” ride at Universal Studios.
He was knighted by the Queen of England in 1980.

37. And Even More Trivia….
Walt Disney refused to allow him to film at Disneyland in the early 1960’s because he had made “that disgusting movie Psycho”
He had one other phobia (besides police):
Eggs!

38. Practical Joker?
He was infamous with cast and crews for his practical jokes.
Some inspired laughs, such as suddenly showing up on set in a dress.
He gave a dinner party once where all the food was blue.
Usually he found out about somebody’s phobias, such as mice or spiders, and in turn would send them a box full of them.

39. The Best Practical Joke?
To his wife, Alma
A wax head that was used in the trailer for Frenzy.

41. Quotes
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement, and occasionally, a hearty meal.
A good film is when the price of dinner, the theatre admission, and the babysitter were worth it.
In 1955, for one opening of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” he said, “For those of you watching this show in 2000, write us a letter and tell us how things are going where you are.”

42. Ticket out the Door
Using complete sentences, write three things you leaned about Hitchcock.

43. Ticket out the Door Would you “tilt” out over Chicago? Why or why not?
Would you visit the Grand Canyon Sky Walk? Why or why not?

44. Ticket out the Door
Which two Hitchcock films from the 1950’s would you most want to watch? Explain your answer.

45. Ticket out the Door Which films looks better: Psycho or The Birds?
Why? Explain your answer in three complete sentences.