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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Alfred Hitchcock |
| Stars: |
Bruce Dern |
| Actors: |
Barbara Harris |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Family Interaction · Black Comedy · Drama · Mystery |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
096896605436 |
| Release Date: |
1976 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 1min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 2hr 1min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (March 06, 2001)
UPC: 025192065927 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 1min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (May 23, 1995)
UPC: 096896605436 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Ernest Lehman |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"Without my research, you're about as psychic as a dry salami."--George Lumley (Bruce Dern) to Blanche (Barbara Harris)
"I told you about danger, didn't I? First it makes you sick, but then when you get through it, it makes you very, very loving."--Arthur Adamson (William Devane) to Fran (Karen Black)
"Isn't it touching how a perfect murder has kept our friendship alive all these years?"--Adamson to Joe Maloney (Ed Lauter) |
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| Details: |
FAMILY PLOT was Alfred Hitchcock's 54th and final film; he died on April 29, 1980. The film was Hitchcock's second biggest box office success. Once again the master has made a film that involves one of his favorite themes--doubling--with one character providing a dark counterpoint to the hero, acting out all his or her repressed, negative desires, as in SHADOW OF A DOUBT and STRANGERS ON A TRAIN. In this film, the two couples, one criminal but amiable and the other criminal but violent, provide a stark contrast with one another. The parallel couples also provide emotional counterbalance to one another as Hitchcock weaves alternating threads of humor and cruelty to create this layered story. When a rich, guilt-ridden dowager visits a psychic (Barbara Harris) for help in finding her family's long-abandoned heir, she sets off more than a search for a missing person. Unbeknownst to the lady, the psychic is a phony, and the lure of dollars sends her, along with her cabdriver husband (Bruce Dern), in hot pursu... |
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