MFAH Film Series – Hitchcock/Truffaut: North by Northwest
- When
- December 11, 2015
- Where
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Brown Auditorium
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston,TX 77006 - Cost
- $2 - $1001
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another special Film Series – Hitchcock/Truffaut.
A riveting new documentary revisits the extended conversation between these two film legends that resulted in classic film book, Hitchcock/Truffaut.
Then experience some of the most famous Hitchcock films discussed in the documentary—two of which were chosen by MFAH film fans, and one curator’s choice.
The book Hitchcock/Truffaut is available for purchase in the MFA Shop.
North by Northwest
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
1959, USA, 136 minutes, 35mm
Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is a Madison Avenue advertising executive mistakenly identified as a government agent by a group of foreign spies.
The spies try to kill Thornhill, who is eventually framed for murder while attempting to figure out what is happening.
On the run from the police, Thornhill meets a mysterious blonde (Eva Marie Saint) who helps him evade the authorities.
Featuring the famous crop duster and Mount Rushmore scenes.
