North by Northwest story
North by Northwest is a 1959 American thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures".
5 total · 2 choice · 2 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if criminals were after me | choice | Roger Thornhill was chased across America by thugs who thought he was George Kaplan |
| what if I told the truth and nobody would believe me | choice | however much Thornhill insisted he was not Kaplan, nobody would believe him |
| infatuation | major | Roger and blond secret agent became besotted with each other |
| mother and son | major | Roger met with his overbearing mum from time to time |
| one night stand | minor | Roger had an affair with a blond man eater who worked with the criminals, we thought |