About the Films

Check out these general resources, plus specific film-related resources below.
In-class powerpoint presentations are listed next to the applicable film.

• biographies of great directors (senseofcinema.com) scholarly online bios of all directors
• internet movie database (imdb.com) - facts about films
• lists of reviews (rottentomatoes.com) - comprehensive listings of film reviews

• FILM FACTS SHEET (pdf)
  
  
• read the script online
• FAQs about the film
• overview of the film's impact and significance
• "urban legends" (myths) about the film
• Jim's “Wizard of Oz” Website

• FILM FACTS SHEET (pdf)
  
  
• read the script (pdf format)
• facts about the film (answers.com)
• powerpoint presentation: genre
• powerpoint presentation: what is a movie?
  
  

• FILM FACTS SHEET (pdf)
  
  
• read the script online (greenaway website)
• overview from director's website
• screenonline overview, with clips and other information
• powerpoint presentation: mise-en-scene
  

• FILM FACTS SHEET (pdf)
  
  
• read brief excerpt from script (entire script not available online)
• review of the DVD release
• powerpoint presentation: cinematography
  

• FILM FACTS SHEET (pdf)
  
  
• read the script online
• overview and analysis, including musical notes, from filmsite
• a lengthy synopsis from site devoted to musicals
• powerpoint presentation: acting
  
  

• FILM FACTS SHEET (pdf)
  
  
• read the script online
• the musical version (is this a joke? you tell me!)
• annotations to the novel (but also useful for the film)
• extensive, in-depth writeup on filmsite.org

• FILM FACTS SHEET (pdf)
  
  
• read the script online
• useful overview article from the asc.com
• macguffin.com, a website devoted to Hitchcock scholarship
• from senseofcinema.com, a biography of Hitchcock
• Hitchcock on television
• powerpoint presentation: film editing

• FILM FACTS SHEET (pdf)
  
  read the script online

• FILM FACTS SHEE (pdf)
  
  
• script not available online

• FILM FACTS SHEET (pdf)
  
  
• famous quotations from the film
• read online or download the shooting script