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Marnie (1964)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Shot by Robert Burks · Cut by George Tomasini · Music by Bernard Herrmann · Ratio 1.85:1 · 124 min
How it was made
- Three screenwriters worked on the adaptation in succession without knowledge of each other's contributions: Joseph Stefano produced a 161-page treatment, Evan Hunter wrote several drafts, and Jay Presson Allen finished the script without being told she was the third writer on the project.
- Hitchcock described the rape scene to Hunter by framing his hands like a camera and telling him he wanted the shot held tight on Tippi Hedren's face throughout; Hunter's objection to filming the scene as written led to his dismissal from the project.
- Grace Kelly accepted the title role in 1962 and offered to donate her $800,000 fee to Monaco charities to quiet objections, but withdrew after the citizens of Monaco reacted badly to their princess playing a sexually disturbed thief who is also raped on screen.
- Filming, originally set to start on 25 November 1963 at Universal City Studios, was postponed because it fell three days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
- Hitchcock believed composer Bernard Herrmann was repeating himself, having noticed a strong similarity between the Marnie score and Herrmann's earlier music for the film Joy in the Morning.
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