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The Lodger is a 2009 mystery/thriller film directed by David Ondaatje and starring Alfred Molina, Hope Davis and Simon Baker. It is based on the 1913 novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes, filmed previously by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927, by Maurice Elvey in 1932, by John Brahm in 1944, and as Man in the Attic (1953) directed by Hugo ...
The Lodger is a 1944 American horror film about Jack the Ripper, based on the 1913 novel of the same name by Marie Belloc Lowndes. It stars Merle Oberon, George Sanders, and Laird Cregar, features Sir Cedric Hardwicke, and was directed by John Brahm from a screenplay by Barré Lyndon.
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- Hitchcock's Common Themes
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- Principal Photography
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A young blonde woman screams. She is the seventh victim of a serial killer known as the Avenger, who targets young blonde women on Tuesday evenings. That night, blonde model Daisy Bunting is at a fashion show when she and the other showgirls hear the news. The blonde girls are horrified, hiding their hair with dark wigs or hats. Daisy returns home ...
The Lodger showcases many of the themes of Hitchcock's previous and future works; according to Philip French, writing in The Guardian, Hitchcock borders themes of "the fascination with technique and problem-solving, the obsession with blondes, the fear of authority, the ambivalence towards homosexuality" in The Lodger.
The Lodger is based on a novel of the same name by Marie Belloc Lowndes about the Jack the Ripper murders, as well as the play Who Is He?, a comic stage adaptation of the novel by Horace Annesley Vachell that Hitchcock saw in 1915. News of the film was announced by the British press at the start of 1926 and Ivor Novellowas announced as the lead in ...
Filming began on 25 February 1926 and principal photography was completed within six weeks. Because Hitchcock practised film methods that mirrored those of German expressionism, scenes would not run for much longer than three minutes each. According to Tripp: "Fresh from Berlin, Hitch was so imbued with the value of unusual camera angles and lighti...
Upon viewing Hitchcock's finished film, producer Michael Balcon was reportedly furious and nearly shelved it. After considerable argument, a compromise was reached and film critic Ivor Montaguwas hired to salvage the film. Hitchcock was initially resentful of the intrusion, but Montagu recognised the director's technical skill and artistry and made...
Upon release, the film was a critical and commercial success. In a review of the film in the British trade journal Bioscope, it was called "the finest British production ever made". On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 96% based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 7.70/10. The Lodger continued themes that ...
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Hitchcock's birth, an orchestral soundtrack was composed by Ashley Irwin. The recording with the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg was broadcast over the ARTE TV network in Europe on 13 August 1999. Its first live performance occurred on 29 September 2000 in the Nikolaisaal in Potsdam by the Deutsches F...
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog at IMDbThe Lodger: A Story of the London Fog at AllMovieThe Lodger: A Story of the London Fog at the BFI's ScreenonlineThe Lodger: A Story of the London Fog at Rotten TomatoesWith Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West, Donal Logue. A couple rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be guilty of a series of grisly neighborhood murders.
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- Crime, Horror, Mystery
- David Ondaatje
- 2009-01-14
The original trailer in high definition of The Lodger directed by David Ondaatje. Starring Simon Baker, Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West and Donal Logue...
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When a prostitute is found slain in West Hollywood, the veteran Detective Chandler Manning investigates the case with his rookie partner Street Wilkenson.
The Lodger. When a landlady (Marie Ault) and her husband (Arthur Chesney) take in a new lodger (Ivor Novello), they're overjoyed: He's quiet, humble and pays a month's rent in advance. But his ...
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- Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
