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Hitchcock Chronology: 1975

Overview

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Month by Month

January

  • Having recovered from his bout of ill health in 1974, Hitchcock begins gathering the crew and selecting the cast for Family Plot (at that point still titled Alfred Hitchcock's Deceit).[1]

February

March

April

  • After months of discussion and occasional disagreements with Hitchcock, Ernest Lehman finalises his screenplay for Deceit.[3]

May

  • 12th Hitchcock begins filming his 53rd film, Alfred Hitchcock's Deceit — which is retitled Family Plot in July.[4][5]
  • 29th Visiting journalists and film critics attend luncheon at a specially constructed graveyard set on the Universal back lot to promote Deceit. The studio's prop department has set up tombstones with the names of the attendees on them.[6]

June

July

  • 9th Variety lists Hitchcock's latest production as being titled Family Plot.
  • 16th Variety confirms that Deceit has been retitled Family Plot.[9]

August

September

October

November

  • Universal's music executive Harry Garfield recommends composer John Williams to Hitchcock after the director rejects the studios suggestion of Henry Mancini, who had written the rejected score to Frenzy (1972). Williams first seeks approval from his friend Bernard Herrman and then spends several weeks meeting with Hitchcock over lunch to discuss the score and classical music in general.[10]

December

  • With Family Plot nearly complete, the Hitchcocks make their final trip to Europe and spend Christmas at the Palace Hotel in St. Moritz.[11]
  • 24th Composer Bernard Herrmann, who created many of the most iconic Hitchcock film scores, dies in his sleep after completing the recording sessions for Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver in New York.

See Also...

Notes & References

  1. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 722
  2. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 723
  3. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Alfred Hitchcock (2002) by Thomas M. Leitch, page 100
  4. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 725
  5. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Alfred Hitchcock (2002) by Thomas M. Leitch, page 100
  6. ↑ Variety (1975) - Pictures: Graveyard Stunting
  7. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 725-26
  8. ↑ Variety (1975) - Pictures: Found and Lost Actor
  9. ↑ Variety (1975) - Pictures: Alfred Hitchcock's 53rd film
  10. ↑ Sleeve notes from Family Plot (VCL 1110 1115, 2010)
  11. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 729

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