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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney and this week with special guest Niall Murphy, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.

This time, Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest.

Alfred Hitchcock’s espionage caper finds Madison Avenue advertising executive Roger Thornhill caught up in a series of unlikely events involving the assassination of a prominent official and the attempt to recover some precious microfilm. Over his head and out of time, Roger ill have to think on his feet to stay one step ahead.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 74th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show notes:

• Recorded 28th October 2017.
• North by Northwest at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
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• The British Film Institute looks at behind the scenes snapshots from North by Northwest, October 2017.
• Lang Thompson discusses the production history of North by Northwest at Turner Classic Movies,October 2017.
• David Shariatmadari at The Guardian on how North by Northwest has been critically overshadowed by the films either side of it, August 2012.
• Lou Lumenick at The New York Post on the influence of North by Northwest on Mad Men, March 2015.
• John Patterson at The Guardian discusses the impact of North by Northwest on the Bond franchise and on blockbuster cinema, June 2009.
• Todd McEwen at Granta retells North by Northwest from the perspective of Cary Grant’s suit, August 2013.
• GQ votes Cary Grant’s grey suit in North by Northwest as the best suit in movie history, October 2006.
• Matt Sebra at GQ on the charm of a fashionable grey suit, August 2017.
• Camille Paglia discusses the breakdown of order in the work of Alfred Hitchcock with Slate, August 1999.
• Tim Dirks at AMC Filmsite on North by Northwest‘s study of chaos.
• Adam Bat at Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second discusses the self-aware qualities of North by Northwest, May 2012.
• Adam Scovell at Little White Lies on the construction of the cropduster chase in North by Northwest, October 2017.
• Architect Daniel Libeskind discusses the design of North by Northwest on his work with The Guardian, September 2004.
• Tom Shone at Slate on the use of the American continent in mid-twentieth century American cinema, July 2017.
• David Kiley at Encore discusses the stage adaptation of North by Northwest, September 2017.
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