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Marnie | Year: 1964 Classification: Mystery / Suspense Directed: - Alfred Hitchcock Actors/Actresses: - Diane Baker - Tippi Hedren - Sean Connery Marnie, an Alfred Hitchcock Delight Marnie is an excellent movie with stars Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery (who was at a peak in popularity at the time). Marnie is an excellent suspense story with a shattering climax that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Marnie is about a frigid women who is in fear of bright red colors and thunderstorms.She works at a company for a while and then steals money from the company safe. Her sheme goes well until she comes upon a man who relizes she is a theif (played by Sean Connery). She gives her a choice of marriage or going to jail. She accepts the marriage and during their honeymoon cruse her fridgity almost makes Mark Rutland (who is Sean Connery) rape her. The next day she trys to commit succicide by drowning herself into the pool. When they come back many things occur. Mark Rutland is trying to figure out why Marnie is acting the way she is.Marnie is still constantly in fear in bright red colors and when a bright red color on a mans coat during a hunt causes her horse to go into a dangerous gallop she is followed by Mr. Rutlands sister in law. Her horse is finally stopped when the horse cannot make it over a brick wall. Marnie is forced to kill it with a gun. After the sad loss she trys to rob the safe, but she can't because Mark has caught her. She takes her to her mother's house where she reviews her childhood occurence of when she killed a sailor (played by Bruce Dern). When it was first released the movie was a misfire, but now it is one of best Hitchcock movies ever. The acting is excellent and the Supporting Actors and Actresses. Watch for Hitchcock's Cameo at the very beginning of the movie. This is an excellent movie and it was made by no other then Alfred Hitchcock. Decent later Hitchcock Although I am a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock, I feel his later works are weaker than his movies before 1960. Psycho, to me, is his last true classic. The later ones - The Birds, Marnie, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy, Family Plot - are good, but not great. In Marnie, Hitchcock breaks from his normal suspense stories to present a psychological drama about Marnie, a woman who is incapable of love and steals to get what she needs. A lot of what ails her back traces back to her mother, who like most mothers in Hitchcock movies (never more so than in Psycho) is an unpleasant character. Sean Connery is a wealthy man who - despite being one of her theft victims - coerces her to marry him; he is intent on healing her, though his methods are a bit questionable. Tippi Hedren does a great job as the disturbed Marnie. Connery, who made this movie while he was in the middle of his Bond films, has a certain Bond-like cockiness that is sometimes callous and sometimes romantic. Although this is a good movie, it is not great. This is not so much because the movie has significant flaws, but just because it doesn't have anything really spectacular either. This would not be a good introduction to Hitchcock, but if you are already a fan, this would be worth your while. The masterpiece that is Marnie This is my favourite movie, probably because there isn't another film like it. It's a very intellegent and romantic thriller made just before movies started to tackle more 'adult' themes in a more graphic way. Marnie explores these themes but it is done in a romantasised and stylistic manner. Hitchcock directs brilliantly as you'd expect and manages to coax a real tour de force from Tippi Hendren. Connery is in his prime and Louise Latham is truly staggering as Marnie's mother. The underated (and dead sexy) Diane Baker is also excellent. I really can't recommend Marnie enough and this DVD is superb (better than the region 2 one). Buy Marnie at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Marnie Search with the Priority Search Engine on Marnie This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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