Rope
by Alfred Hitchcock
(Click here)
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: James StewartDirector: Alfred Hitchcock
Brand: STEWART,JAMES
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-20
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Movie Reviews of Rope
Movie Review: A Forgotten Hitchcock Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
"Rope"
A Forgotten Hitchcock Classic
Amos Lassen
"Rope" is Alfred Hitchcock's first color film and it is a compelling view. What Hitchcock does here and what he has always done so well is to show the selfishness and superficiality of America's culture by giving us two guys who think of themselves as intellectuals. Brandon and Phillip twist Nietzche's words to cover up a crime and then use a party as a fa?ade. The film looks beneath social conventions.
The film is loosely based on the Leopold-Loeb murder case. It involves two friends who want to commit the perfect murder. This murder is committed within minutes of the opening credits and once committed; we watch the differences of the two men unfold before our very eyes. They put the body in the very spot where people will have a party and we see Phillip's (Farley Granger) passiveness and paranoia. When Rupert Goodell (James Stewart) comes to the party, he knows something is not right and Brandon (John Dall), who is Phillip's opposite, shows just how sly and sneaky he is. He is a malicious person who gets a thrill from having committed the murder but also from trying to be brazen and get away with it openly.
The screenplay is wonderful. There is little action as this is basically a talky film. Suspense continues to build and the last twenty minutes of the film are nerve-wracking intense. The strange behavior of Brandon and Phillip heightens the suspense and the tension and the rope that is used to commit the murder is on view almost all through the film. The viewer finds himself hoping that the two will not get caught which is one of Hitchcock's touches of brilliance.
Made in the 1940's, the film has held up well and this is a real treat to watch.
Summary of Rope
No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG
Release Date: 20-JUN-2006
Media Type: DVD
An experimental film masquerading as a standard Hollywood thriller. The plot of Rope is simple and based on a successful stage play: two young men (John Dall and Farley Granger) commit murder, more or less as an intellectual exercise. They hide the body in their large apartment, then throw a dinner party. Will the body be discovered? Director Alfred Hitchcock, fascinated by the possibilities of the long-take style, decided to shoot this story as though it were happening in one long, uninterrupted shot. Since the camera can only hold one 10-minute reel at a time, Hitchcock had to be creative when it came time to change reels, disguising the switches as the camera passed behind someone's back or moved behind a lamp. In later years Hitchcock wrote off the approach as misguided, and Rope may not be one of Hitchcock's top movies, but it's still a nail-biter. They don't call him the Master of Suspense for nothing. James Stewart, as a suspicious professor, marks his first starring role for Hitchcock, a collaboration that would lead to the masterpieces Rear Window and Vertigo. --Robert Horton
Drama DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in The Essential Farley Granger (in chronological order)
The Girl in the Red Velvet SwingTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2007-07-10; DVD
Best price: $11.94
Price in other shops:
![Senso (1954, Luchino Visconti) [Import , All Regions] Image](/images/Senso-1954-Luchino-Visconti-Import-All-Regions-B001A2TGPM-X.jpg)
Senso (1954, Luchino Visconti) [Import , All Regions]DVD
Best price: $16.95
Small Town GirlWarner Bros.; Published: 2009; DVD
Best price: $39.91
Story of Three LovesRelease date: 2009-10-21; DVD
Best price: $24.49
Price in other shops:
Hans Christian AndersenKAYE,DANNY; Release date: 2001-03-06; DVD
Best price: $6.73
Price in other shops:
O Henry's Full HouseLAUGHTON,CHARLES; Release date: 2006-11-21; DVD
Best price: $12.44
Price in other shops:
![I Want You [VHS] Image](/images/I-Want-You-VHS-0783111150-X.jpg){kind=small}
I Want You [VHS]Hbo Home Video; Release date: 1997-09-23; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $44.00
Behave YourselfRelease date: 2004-03-23; DVD
Best price: $2.10
Price in other shops:
Strangers on a Train (Two-Disc Special Edition)GRANGER,FARLEY; Release date: 2004-09-07; DVD
Best price: $10.79
Price in other shops:
![Our Very Own [VHS] Image](/images/Our-Very-Own-VHS-0783111169-X.jpg){kind=small}
Our Very Own [VHS]Hbo Home Video; Release date: 1997-09-23; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
Lifeboat (Special Edition)TCFHE; Release date: 2005-10-18; DVD
Best price: $6.98
Price in other shops:
Vertigo (Collector's Edition)Universal Studios; Release date: 1998-03-31; DVD
Best price: $12.59
Price in other shops:
Rear Window (Collector's Edition)UNI DIST CORP. (MCA); Release date: 2001-03-06; DVD
Best price: $12.29
Price in other shops:
SuspicionTURNER HM ENTERTAINM; Release date: 2004-09-07; DVD
Best price: $5.79
Price in other shops:
SaboteurLANE,PRISCILLA; Release date: 2006-06-20; DVD
Best price: $3.35
Price in other shops:
The Trouble with HarryFORSYTHE,JOHN; Release date: 2006-06-20; DVD
Best price: $11.27
Price in other shops:
Dial M for MurderWarner Brothers; Release date: 2004-09-07; DVD
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops:
The Man Who Knew Too MuchSTEWART,JAMES; Release date: 2006-02-07; DVD
Best price: $12.85
Price in other shops:
Shadow of a DoubtUniversal Studios; Release date: 2006-02-07; DVD
Best price: $12.86
Price in other shops:
Strangers on a TrainGRANGER,FARLEY; Release date: 1997-06-11; DVD
Best price: $5.78
Price in other shops: