| | Family Plot DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Comedies Movies, Thriller Videos, Mystery, Suspense, Family Interaction, Black Comedy | | Starring | Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Marge Redmond, Ed Lauter, William Devane, Barbara Harris, William Prince, Cathleen Nesbitt | | Director | Alfred Hitchcock | | Cinematographer | Leonard J. South | | Composer | John Williams | | Editor | J. Terry Williams | | Producer | Alfred Hitchcock | | Production Designer | Henry Bumstead | | Screenwriter | Ernest Lehman |
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English FAMILY PLOT was Alfred Hitchcock's 54th and final film; he died on April 29, 1980. The film was Hitchcock's second biggest box office success. Once again the master has made a film that involves one of his favorite themes--doubling--with one character providing a dark counterpoint to the hero, acting out all his or her repressed, negative desires, as in SHADOW OF A DOUBT and STRANGERS ON A TRAIN. In this film, the two couples, one criminal but amiable and the other criminal but violent, provide a stark contrast with one another. The parallel couples also provide emotional counterbalance to one another as Hitchcock weaves alternating threads of humor and cruelty to create this layered story. When a rich, guilt-ridden dowager visits a psychic (Barbara Harris) for help in finding her family's long-abandoned heir, she sets off more than a search for a missing person. Unbeknownst to the lady, the psychic is a phony, and the lure of dollars sends her, along with her cabdriver husband (Bruce Dern), in hot pursuit of the lost beneficiary. Their bumbling search, however, threatens to interfere with established criminal interests, and, unknowingly, the couple's doggedness leads them into harm's way. The film was based on THE RAINBIRD PATTERN, a novel by Victor Canning. Hitchcock cameo: Hitchcock's sillhouette can be seen through the door of the office for the Registrar of Births and Deaths.
Ernest Lehmann, who wrote the script, also collaborated with Hitchcock on NORTH BY NORTHWEST.
Nicholas Colasanto, who played Constantine, went on to play the role of Coach on the hit sitcom CHEERS.
Hitchcock had a heart attack during filming; production was temporarily halted while he had a pacemaker installed.
Family Plot Quotes/Excerpts: "Without my research, you're about as psychic as a dry salami."--George Lumley (Bruce Dern) to Blanche (Barbara Harris)
"I told you about danger, didn't I? First it makes you sick, but then when you get through it, it makes you very, very loving."--Arthur Adamson (William Devane) to Fran (Karen Black)
"Isn't it touching how a perfect murder has kept our friendship alive all these years?"--Adamson to Joe Maloney (Ed Lauter)
Family Plot | List Price | $19.98 (You save $4.73) | | Studio | Universal Studios Home Video | | Orig Year | 1976 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  40055  | | CD Universe Part number | 7004660 | | Catalog number | 61028305 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 07, 2006 | | Rating | PG (MPAA) | | Running Time | 120 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Remastered; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Remastered; Subtitled; Anamorphic Widescreen |
Family Plot Movie Review  One of Hitchcocks best(and last)
This is by far one of Alfred Hitchcocks best movies. It shows how two different con-man teams (william Devane,Karen Black and Bruce Dern,Barbra harris) can be running separate cons, yet they entertwine and bring together these four actors to their ultimate final goals(almost).
There is a subtile intensity all the way through the movie and unless you have seen it before (as I have many times) it keeps you guessing until the final frame.
As I said before this is one of "Hitch's best and last, he suffered a heart atack during it,had a pacemaker put in and decided this was his last!
It is good clean wholsome fun with out sex,any major violence and very little profanity.(although there are a few inuendos, you might want to screen it before you let your young ones see it.
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 Lightweight, gentle and likable caper thriller.
A return to the tongue-and-cheek, pre-war Hitchcock. It is closer to "The Lady Vanashes" than to "Psycho". Of course, there's plenty of suspense and a dandy of a plot. Kidnapping, robbery, arson and murder are involved, along with a touch of larceny. Bruce Dern and Barbara Harris make an appealing pair of almost-good guys; William Devane, Karen Black and a creepy Ed Lauter are the villains. Fittingly the tensest scenes (the kidnapping of a bishop; a sequence where the hero's car goes out of control) are also the funniest. "Family Plot" is a reminder that the cinema's master of suspense was also a joker of genius. There is very little on-screen violence, but a number of events provide some spine-tingling moments. Hitch and scenarist Ernest Lehman re-teamed for the first time since "North By Northwest" and John Williams contributed a sparkling score. Not one of Hitch's best but better than most of the 70s thrillers and no apologies need be made of it. [filmfactsman]
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Family Plot DVD Region 1
Snap Case With Sleeves
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - French
Subtitles - English (SDH)
Subtitles - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Featurette - PLOTTING FAMILY PLOT
Trailer - Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
Stills/Photos - Production Photographs
Storyboards - Storyboards: The Chase Scene
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