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Release Date:
14 January 1955 (Japan)
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Tagline:
Through his rear window and the eye of his powerful camera he watched a great city tell on itself, expose its cheating ways...and Murder! more
Plot:
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 4 wins
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5 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(55 articles)
Their Best Role: Meryl Streep
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January Jones and the best of clips from SNL
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It really blows me away...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| James Stewart | ... | L. B. 'Jeff' Jefferies | |
| Grace Kelly | ... | Lisa Carol Fremont | |
| Wendell Corey | ... | Det. Lt. Thomas J. Doyle | |
| Thelma Ritter | ... | Stella | |
| Raymond Burr | ... | Lars Thorwald | |
| Judith Evelyn | ... | Miss Lonelyhearts | |
| Ross Bagdasarian | ... | Songwriter | |
| Georgine Darcy | ... | Miss Torso | |
| Sara Berner | ... | Wife living above Thorwalds | |
| Frank Cady | ... | Husband living above Thorwalds | |
| Jesslyn Fax | ... | Sculpting neighbor with hearing aid | |
| Rand Harper | ... | Newlywed man | |
| Irene Winston | ... | Mrs. Anna Thorwald | |
| Havis Davenport | ... | Newlywed woman | |
| Marla English | ... | Girl at songwriter's party |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
112 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:PG (re-rating) (1983) (cerfiticate no. 27069) |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (1983) |
Canada:G (Quebec) (1983) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
USA:Approved (PCA #16938) |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:T |
Iceland:L |
Germany:12 |
West Germany:16 (f) |
Brazil:12 |
Sweden:11 (re-rating) (1984) |
Sweden:15 (original rating) (1955) |
New Zealand:PG |
Italy:T |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-8 |
France:U (2000 re-release) |
Netherlands:AL |
Norway:16 |
South Korea:15 |
UK:PG |
Peru:14 |
Singapore:PG
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Screenwriter John Michael Hayes based Lisa on his own wife, who'd been a professional fashion model when they married.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Jeff is getting back into the wheelchair after Stella has given him a massage, his pajama top jumps from being unbuttoned to buttoned between shots.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Voice on radio: Men, are you over 40? When you wake up in the morning, do you feel tired and rundown? Do you have that listless feeling...
[the camera pans around the courtyard; cut to later in the day]
Jeff: [answering phone] Jefferies.
Gunnison: Congratulations, Jeff!
Jeff: For what?
Gunnison: For getting rid of that cast!
Jeff: Who said I was getting rid of it?
Gunnison: This is Wednesday; seven weeks from the day you broke your leg. Yes or no?
Jeff: Gunnison, how did you ever get to be such a big editor with such a small memory?
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Voice on radio: Men, are you over 40? When you wake up in the morning, do you feel tired and rundown? Do you have that listless feeling...
[the camera pans around the courtyard; cut to later in the day]
Jeff: [answering phone] Jefferies.
Gunnison: Congratulations, Jeff!
Jeff: For what?
Gunnison: For getting rid of that cast!
Jeff: Who said I was getting rid of it?
Gunnison: This is Wednesday; seven weeks from the day you broke your leg. Yes or no?
Jeff: Gunnison, how did you ever get to be such a big editor with such a small memory?
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Remington Steele: Santa Claus Is Coming to Steele (#4.14)" (1986)
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Soundtrack:
Excerpt from 'Fancy Free'
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A Note Regarding SpoilersIs "Rear Window" based on a novel?
What happened to Miss Lonelyheart in the end?
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I first saw Rear Window about 4 years ago in a video/film program that I was attending. At that time I was simply blown away by it.
For starters, I was simply impressed w/ the set. The fact that you can see out of Jeffries' apartment window, across the courtyard and into the other tenant's apartments to see their goings on is incredible. The music used is a musician tenant creating a piece. The fact that it ebbs and flows w/ the action, until the very end when you actualy hear the finished piece committed to vinyl is really cool.
I liked the fact that you only see what Jeffries sees and therefore have to try and guess what actually happened.
While the movie, in a way is actualy about nothing, yet it is about voyeurism and to a lesser degree about love between two apparently different people. However, that is a side line to the actual plot.
for Hitchock, this film uses suspense, rather than gross thriller, such as Psycho or the Birds did to draw you into the film. I've seen it many times and always get something out of it every time. I own a non restored copy on tape and watch it at least twice a year-or more.
It's simply one of the best movies ever made that I've seen and one of my all time favorites. A near perfect movie if I say so myself.
Hitchcock realy paid attention to detail in this movie. The fact that you see "miss Lonely Hearts" actions, Even Lars Thorwald's action is incredible. The attention to detail is simply incredible.