Hitchcock Adventure

Title:	North by Northwest (1959), d. Alfred Hitchcock
Starring:	Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint. James Mason
Summary:	Innocent New York advertising man Roger Thornhill is kidnapped by spies and thrust into a bizarre sequence of cross-country adventures – while trying to outwit his pursuers and clear his name of murder with the help of a beautiful, enigmatic blonde. It all climaxes atop Mount Rushmore. This may be Hitchcock’s finest hour.
Dress:	Fifties retro. You may never out-glam Cary and Eva, but you’ll always get credit for trying.
Music:	Bernard Herrmann wrote the music for this and almost every Hitchcock film in what was arguably Hitch’s most fertile period – 1955-64. His scores range from jarring (Psycho) to thrilling (North by Northwest), but all bear listening to on their own.
Food:	Recreate an elegant Fifties dinner party – the kind where Roger Thornhill might detect a whiff of menace amid the pleasantries. Pass crudites with dip and cheese puffs, followed by trout Amandine with fresh green bean salad and new potatoes.
Drink:	Go for period cool with very dry Martinis all around.
Farr Notes:	Pass around this ready-to-print leaflet on North by Northwest

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