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Rope (DVD, 2001) 
Rope (DVD, 2001)

 
Rope (DVD, 2001)

Leading Role: John Dall
Rating: Not Rated
Release Date: Mar 2001
Format: DVD
UPC: 025192067129
Product ID: EPID3332528
Description: Based on the famous Leopold and Loeb murder case (from which two other films, COMPULSION and SWOON, were also derived), ROPE both challenges and terrifies the audience. Alfred Hitchcock disdained the whodunit crime story, which he felt l...
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Movie Description
Based on the famous Leopold and Loeb murder case (from which two other films, COMPULSION and SWOON, were also derived), ROPE both challenges and terrifies the audience. Alfred Hitchcock disdained the whodunit crime story, which he felt lacked emotional force, and ROPE shows the director's preference for letting the audience know more than the characters onscreen. The film opens as two young men (Farley Granger and John Dall) strangle a friend just to prove they're intellectually capable of committing the perfect crime. To add to the amusement, they hide the body in a trunk that will serve as the dinner table for a party honoring the deceased. The film hones in on an hour and a half of the party, with the constantly moving camera capturing the changing emotional atmosphere as the guests grow increasingly concerned about the fate of the missing boy. ROPE is a directorial tour de force, blending complex camera movement with intricate staging to present the entire story in near-real time in one location. Notably, the adaptation of the play by Patrick Hamilton was written by perennial Hitchcock actor Hume Cronyn.

Credits
Producer:Sidney Bernstein
Cast:Constance Collier, Douglas Dick, Edith Evanson, John Dall

Notes
DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
   Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - English
   Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - French
   Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
   Making Of - 1. ROPE UNLEASHED
   Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
   Stills/Photos - 1. Production Photos
   Production Notes, Hitchcock cameo: see Hitch's profile in neon in a sign briefly visible from the apartment window.

Furniture was mounted on rollers so that it could be moved in and out as needed for the long takes.

Hitchcock wanted Cary Grant for the role of the schoolmaster.

ROPE was Alfred Hitchcock's first film as an independent producer.

The story is shot in near-real time, covering an approximately 80-minute period and taking place in one room. The film is a series of long takes, without close-ups.

Editorial Reviews
"...One can not understand the truly bold originality of [Hitchcock] without seeing it."
New York Times - p.II:19 - Vincent Canby (06/03/1984)

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