Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999)

Country of Origin: USA
Dates of Original Broadcast: 13 October 1999
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 101 mins
Format: black and white / colour
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Rocket Science Laboratories
Executive in Charge of Production For Rocket Science Laboratories: Michael Shevloff
Executive Producers: Chris Cowan, Jean-Michel Michenaud
Producer: Nicole Lucas
Co-Producer: Arnold Glassman
Line Producer: Jennifer Fong
Associate Producers: Jonas Larsen, Bragi F. Schut

SCRIPT
Script: Ted Haimes

DIRECTION
Director: Ted Haimes

PHOTOGRAPHY
Camera: Michael Barry, Brian Dowley, Brian Duggan, Ted Haimes, Samuel Painter, Mark Petersson, Sam Sewell, Mark Zavad

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Arnold Glassman
Colourist: Ed Rowin

MUSIC
Music: Taylor M. Uhler

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: Derek Luff
Sound Recordists: Thomas Danielczsik, Miles Ghormley, Michael Scott Goldbaum, Ivo Hanak, Kenny Kosar, Cory Leibin, Troy Matthews, Whelan Power, Jamie Roy
Sound Re-Recording Mixers: John Morris, Paul Schremp, Troy Tatzko
Sound Editor: Tania Wang

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up / Hair: Deborah Price, Kara Crean (real name: Kara Raynaud)

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Accountant For Rocket Science Laboratories: Karen Leone McElravey
Senior Researcher: Elana Karstofsky
Researcher: Randi Schlachter
Talent Coordinator: Mary Downey
Publicist: Steven Belgard
Business and Legal Affairs For Rocket Science Laboratories: Charles Steenveld

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks: Peter Bogdanovich
Thanks: Neda Armian

CAST
Kevin Spacey (narrator)
Robert Altman (himself)
Peter Bogdanovich (himself)
Robert F. Boyle (himself)
Wes Craven (himself)
Jonathan Demme (himself)
Brian De Palma (himself)
Farley Granger (in archive footage)
Curtis Hanson (himself)
Tippi Hedren (herself)
Pat Hitchcock O'Connell (herself)
Robert E. Kapsis (himself)
Janet Leigh (herself)
Norman Lloyd (himself)
Ronald Neame (himself)
Alma Reville (herself (in archive footage))
Bryan Singer (himself)
Joseph Stefano (himself)
Herb Steinberg (himself)
Teresa Wright (herself)
Alfred Hitchcock (himself (in archive footage - uncredited))
Robert Wise (himself (in archive footage - uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

A documentary on the life and works of Alfred Hitchcock.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Television Distributors: Universal TV

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Canada
Rating: PG (Ontario)

AWARDS

2000
American Cinema Editors, USA (Eddies)
Best Edited Documentary Film (Arnold Glassman) - nominated

TIMELINE

1999
October
13: USA - television broadcast

2003
March
8: France - television broadcast

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Bei Anruf Hitchcock - German title
Con H de Hitchcock - Venezuelan title
Dial H for Hitchcock - Canadian title
Dial H Hitchcock: The Genius Behind the Showman
H pour Hitchcock - French title

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955 - 1960)
The Birds (1963)
Frenzy (1972)
The Lodger (1927)
Psycho (1960)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Spellbound (1945)
Vertigo (1958)

KEYWORDS

biography, documentary

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008