Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock (1999)

ALL 08/05/1999 (en) Documentary 30 Min
  • Release
    08/05/1999
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    65%
  • Original title
    Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

When Francois Truffaut approached Alfred Hitchcock in 1962 with the idea of having a long conversation with him about his work and publishing this in book form, he didn't imagine that more than four years would pass before Le Cinéma selon Hitchcock finally appeared in 1966. Not only in France but all over the world, Truffaut's Hitchcock interview developed over the years into a standard bible of film literature. In 1983, three years after Hitchcock's death, Truffaut decided to expand his by now legendary book to include a concluding chapter and have it published as the "Edition définitive". This film describes the genesis of the "Hitchbook" and throws light on the strange friendship between two completely different men. The centrepieces are the extracts from the original sound recordings of the interview with the voices of Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut, and Helen Scott – recordings which have never been heard in public before.

  1. Robert Fischer

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Simone Stewens

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Claude Chabrol

    Self

  2. Patricia Hitchcock

    Self

  3. Madeleine Morgenstern

    Self

  4. Jean-Louis Richard

    Self

  5. Laura Truffaut

    Self

  6. François Truffaut

    Self (archive footage)

  7. Alfred Hitchcock

    Self (archive footage)

  8. Helen Scott

    Self (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 8 , Crews : 2

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Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock (1999) 30 Min

ALL 08/05/1999 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 08/05/1999
  • Production
  • Original title Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

When Francois Truffaut approached Alfred Hitchcock in 1962 with the idea of having a long conversation with him about his work and publishing this in book form, he didn't imagine that more than four years would pass before Le Cinéma selon Hitchcock finally appeared in 1966. Not only in France but all over the world, Truffaut's Hitchcock interview developed over the years into a standard bible of film literature. In 1983, three years after Hitchcock's death, Truffaut decided to expand his by now legendary book to include a concluding chapter and have it published as the "Edition définitive". This film describes the genesis of the "Hitchbook" and throws light on the strange friendship between two completely different men. The centrepieces are the extracts from the original sound recordings of the interview with the voices of Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut, and Helen Scott – recordings which have never been heard in public before.

  1. Robert Fischer

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Simone Stewens

    Producer