- published: 02 Sep 2011
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Vertigo is a 1958 psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel Geddes. The screenplay was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor, based on the 1954 novel D'entre les morts by Boileau-Narcejac.
It is the story of a retired police detective suffering from acrophobia who is hired as a private investigator to follow the wife of an acquaintance to uncover the mystery of her peculiar behavior.
The film received mixed reviews upon initial release, but has garnered acclaim since and is now often cited as a classic Hitchcock film and one of the defining works of his career, appearing repeatedly in best films polls by the American Film Institute.
After a rooftop chase in which his latent acrophobia results in the death of a police officer, San Francisco detective John "Scottie" Ferguson retires, spending much of his time with his ex-fiancée Midge Wood. Scottie tries to gradually conquer his fear but Midge suggests another severe emotional shock might be the only cure.
Actors: Francesco Tedde (writer), Francesco Tedde (editor), Francesco Tedde (director), Francesco Tedde (writer), Alessandro Tedde (director), Alessandro Tedde (editor), Alessandro Tedde (writer), Alessandro Tedde (actor), Alessandro Tedde (producer), Francesco Tedde (producer), Giovanni Andrea Tedde (producer), Alessandro Luria (actor), Giovanni Andrea Tedde (actor), Francesco Pagano (actor), Claudio Iudice (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Drama,Actors: Shirley Jones (actress), Barnaby Dallas (producer), James Hiser (actor), Scott Sublett (writer), Mark Tran (editor), Scott Sublett (director), Ned Kopp (producer), Vicki de Mey (producer), Nick Martinez (producer), Rosemary Griggs (actress), Aaron J. Goldstein (composer), Cecily Ann Ryan (actress), Jay Boekelheide (editor), Regina Melzer (actress), Lauren Plaxco (actress),
Plot: The writer can do anything he wants, right? Or maybe not...as Steven, a handsome young theater history professor discovers when he sets out to write a stage thriller - a plain, old generic thriller - only to discover that his characters prefer a character study - and want it to be a movie, not a play. At least Steven can create the man of his dreams, right? But that character - Vertigo - named after Steven's sixth grade teacher Mr. Vertigo (Steven always dates men named Vertigo) - isn't really cooperating. Will Steven ever finish his play? Will Vertigo behave (or rather, misbehave) as Steven wishes? And what about the friends on whom Steven is basing his other characters - will they still be his friends when it's all over?
Keywords: bare-chested-male, breaking-the-fourth-wall, cross-dressing, flash-forward, french-maid, gay-lead-character, homosexual, meta, minimalist, montage