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A portrait of the iconic filmmaker traces his six-decade career and numerous works, noting his role in the establishment of industry standards and the characteristics most associated with his persona while offering insight into his private, professional, and family life. 26,000 first printing.

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"...Hitchcock’s two sides were vividly illustrated..." (Weston Daily Press, 8 November 2003)

“...McGilligan’s new book rights all the wrongs of past efforts which have portrayed Hitchcock as a lunatic...” (Ireland on Sunday, 23 November 2003)

 “...rewarding biography...McGillian restores to us Hitchcock the artist...” (Sunday Herald (Glasgow), 30 November 2003)

"...McGilligan’s biography unquestionably gives a more lifelike account than any of its precursors..."(Sunday Telegraph, 14 December 2003)

“...McGilligan again and again defends Hitchcock’s reputation...very intriguing...” (The Irish Times, 10 January 2004)

“...tempers a discussion of the dark side with expert analysis and the insights of a seasoned film biographer.” (The Times, 5 May 2004)

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In a career that spanned six decades and more than sixty fiulms, Alfred Hitchcock was the dominant figure in the first century of cinema.  His films – from The 39 Steps to The Birds, from Rear Window to Vertigo, from Notorious to Psycho – set new standards for cinematic invention and storytelling elan.  He was both visionary artist and consummate entertainer ... and became the most widely recognized director who ever lived.

In the decades since his death, the public image of Hitchcock has crystallized into a series of iconic images: the macabre Englishman, the sexual obsessive, the Master of Suspense.  But this remarkable new biography – the first in a quarter–century – draws on prodigious new research to restore Hitchcock the man, in all his three–dimensional glory.  Here is the comprehensive film craftsman, forever pushing forward the boundaries of his art.  Here is the passionate collaborator, who cheekily referred to actors as "cattle" but invigorated the careers of Cary Grant, James Stewart, Ingrid Bergman and Grace Kelly.  Here is the insatiable provocateur, testing the limits of his audience with his cocktail of sex and violence.  And here, too, is the private man: dedicated romantic, constant trickster, impotent voyeur, devoted husband, a man who sacrificed his life, again and again, for his work.

Like the best Hitchcock films, Patrick McGilligan′s life of Hitchcock is a drama full of fresh revelation, graced by a central love story, dark humour, and cliff–hanging suspense: a definitive portrait of the most creative, and least understood, figure in film history.

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  • PublisherRegan Books
  • Publication date2003
  • ISBN 10 006039322X
  • ISBN 13 9780060393229
  • BindingHardcover
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