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"North By Northwest" Now Out On Blu-Ray

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Tripod.aic		#21	[-]
Posts: 633 Nov 16 09 1:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, very good example of the "MacGuffin".
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rayban	NORTH BY NORTHWEST	#22	[-]
Posts: 18192 Nov 16 09 11:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tripod, do you have a favorite "MacGuffin"? Somehow, I'll bet that you do. Maybe even more than one.
Tripod.aic		#23	[-]
Posts: 633 Nov 17 09 11:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	rayban wrote: Tripod, do you have a favorite "MacGuffin"? Somehow, I'll bet that you do. Maybe even more than one. I rather like the one in "Notorious"-----that uranium being shipped in wine bottles by Nazi sympathizers.
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rayban	NORTH BY NORTHWEST	#24	[-]
Posts: 18192 Nov 18 09 10:32 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tripod, that "MacGuffin" is a great one, and Hitchcock told Truffaut that the original producers were so opposed to the uranium MacGuffin, even when he explained that it would be the basis of the atom bomb, which they didn't think possible, that they (the producers) sold the entire package of "Notorious" to RKO.
Tripod.aic		#25	[-]
Posts: 633 Nov 18 09 10:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That's a hilarious anecdote, Rayban!
rayban	NORTH BY NORTHWEST	#26	[-]
Posts: 18192 Nov 19 09 11:01 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Later, Hitchcock met one of these men on a boat and the man apologized to him - and Hitchcock told him that he (one of the original producers) attached too much importance to the "MacGuffin" and that the film was essentially a love story in a spy context. The original material came from a story that appeared in "The Saturday Evening Post" about an actress who was asked to sleep with a spy and get some important information - of course, Hitchcock and Ben Hecht did their usual number on this material and brought us quite a memorable love story.
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