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Rope

Closed Capationed Starring: John Dall, Farley Granger, James Stewart & Cedric Hardwicke Director: Alfred Hitchcock  Rated: PG: Parental Guidance Suggested
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DVD Features:

  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Subtitles: English
  • Rated: PG
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 21 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Released: June 20, 2006
  • Originally Released: 1948
  • Label: Universal Studios
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Packaging: Keep Case
  • Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
  • Audio:
    • Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - English, French, Spanish
  • Additional Release Material:
    • Featurette: ROPE UNLEASHED
    • Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
  • Text/Photo Galleries:
    • Production Notes
    • Stills/Photos: Production Photographs

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring John Dall, Farley Granger, James Stewart & Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Performer: Douglas Dick, Joan Chandler, Constance Collier, Cedric Hardwicke & Edith Evanson
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Edited by William Ziegler
Screenwriting by Arthur Laurents, Hume Cronyn & Ben Hecht
Composition by David Buttolph
Cinematography by Joseph A. Valentine & William V. Skall
Art Direction by Perry Ferguson
Story by Patrick Hamilton
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock & Lord Sidney Lewis Bernstein

Entertainment Reviews:

New York Times - 06/03/1984
"...One can not understand the truly bold originality of [Hitchcock] without seeing it."

Description by OLDIES.com:

James Stewart, Farley Granger and John Dall star in this macabre spellbinder, which was inspired by a real-life case of murder. Two thrill-seeking friends (Granger and Dall) strangle a classmate and then hold a party for their victim's family and friends, serving refreshments on a buffet table fashioned from a trunk containing the lifeless body. When dinner conversation revolves around talk of the "perfect murder," their former teacher (Stewart) becomes increasingly suspicious that his students have turned his intellectual theories into brutal reality.

Product Description:

Based on the famous Leopold and Loeb murder case (from which two other films, COMPULSION and SWOON, were also derived), ROPE both challenges and terrifies the audience. Alfred Hitchcock disdained the whodunit crime story, which he felt lacked emotional force, and ROPE shows the director's preference for letting the audience know more than the characters onscreen. The film opens as two young men (Farley Granger and John Dall) strangle a friend just to prove they're intellectually capable of committing the perfect crime. To add to the amusement, they hide the body in a trunk that will serve as the dinner table for a party honoring the deceased. The film hones in on an hour and a half of the party, with the constantly moving camera capturing the changing emotional atmosphere as the guests grow increasingly concerned about the fate of the missing boy. ROPE is a directorial tour de force, blending complex camera movement with intricate staging to present the entire story in near-real time in one location. Notably, the adaptation of the play by Patrick Hamilton was written by perennial Hitchcock actor Hume Cronyn.

Plot Synopsis:

ROPE is a masterfully directed Alfred Hitchcock production about two college students who murder a classmate in a bizarre experiment. This was Hitchcock's first film as an independent producer. The film is based on the famous Leopold and Loeb murder case.

Plot Keywords:

Classic | Essential Cinema | Gay / Lesbian | Murder | Mystery | Psychodrama | Recommended | Stage Play | Suspense | Theatrical Release | Thriller

Production Notes:

  • Hitchcock cameo: see Hitch's profile in neon in a sign briefly visible from the apartment window.
  • Furniture was mounted on rollers so that it could be moved in and out as needed for the long takes.
  • Hitchcock wanted Cary Grant for the role of the schoolmaster.
  • ROPE was Alfred Hitchcock's first film as an independent producer.
  • The story is shot in near-real time, covering an approximately 80-minute period and taking place in one room. The film is a series of long takes, without close-ups.

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  • Sales Rank: 62,449
  • UPC: 025192831126
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