Great

Rating: Null/10 (12 March 2008)

North By Northwest (1959)
**** (out of 4)
Cary Grant has the police and killers chasing him from NY to Chicago to Mount Rushmore in this Alfred Hitchcock classic that's certainly among his best films. I'd probably put this at #5 on my list. I personally see this as a greatest hits collection from Hitchcock and it's certainly one of the greatest adventure films out there. Grant is amazing in the role and nails the comedy and delivers in the action scenes. I didn't really warm up to Grant until last year but he's quickly becoming one of my favorite actors. The grace he shows floating from scene to scene is great to watch and that British humor comes off perfectly in the film. James Mason and Martin Landau are great as well.
Once again I was at the Louisville Palace to see this with a crowd of over 2300 people!!!! The first showing had around that number as well so I'm sure the manager is very happy as well. I have a certain friend who can identify himself if he wishes that says younger folks don't enjoy these older films but you certainly wouldn't be able to tell that from these screenings. Black, white, young, old and even a blind person was in attendance, which is great to see. What I really love about seeing older films in theaters is those there seeing it for the first time. I knew this film very well so I knew where the jokes were, where the suspense was and so on. It's great seeing the reaction of those people seeing the movie for the first time.