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Marnie Overview:

Marnie (1964) was a Mystery - Romance Film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by Alfred Hitchcock.

SYNOPSIS

Hitchcock discovery Hedren (The Birds, 1963) plays a repressed kleptomaniac with a hidden past and Connery the insurance investigator whose obsessions with her dark secrets are nearly as troubled. Hitchcock returns to the theme of sexual obsession seven years after Vertigo. This is a psychologically intriguing film that remains in the mind. Featuring a young Dern in an important small role, and one of Herrmann's finest scores.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Marnie BlogHub Articles:

Book Review: Scripting Hitchcock: Psycho, The Birds, and Marnie

By Devon Powell on Jul 9, 2014 From Hitchcock Master

Publisher: University of Illinois Press Release Date: October 1, 2011 Nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America in the category of Best Critical/Biographical, 2012. Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick’s Scripting Hitchcock explores the collaborative process betwe... Read full article

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Marnie Quotes:

Mark Rutland: You're very sexy with your face clean.
Bernice Edgar: Oh, Marnie. You shouldn't spend all your money on me like you do.
Marnie Edgar: But that's what money's for: to spend. Like the Bible says, "Money answereth all things."
Mark Rutland: When we get home, I'll explain that we had a lover's quarrel... That you ran away... That I went after you and brought you back. That'll please Dad. He admires action. Then I'll explain that we' re gonna be married before the week is out... That I can't bear to have you out of my sight. He also admires wholesome animal lust.
Mark Rutland: Here we are old bean, the homestead.
Marnie Edgar: I don't believe in luck.
Mark Rutland: What do you believe in?
Marnie Edgar: Nothing.
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Marnie Facts
Alfred Hitchcock first asked Evan Hunter, the screenwriter for The Birds, to adapt the novel after Tippi Hedren had signed on. However, Hunter strongly objected to the scene in the novel where Mark rapes Marnie, as he felt it was "unheroic" and that it would make women in the audience hate Mark. When he pressed Hitchcock about changing the scene, Hitchcock fired him. Jay Presson Allen, who took over as screenwriter, stated that opposition to the rape scene doomed Hunter since that scene was the main reason Hitchcock wanted to do the film. For her part, Allen said she never had any qualms about including the scene, and felt it was up to Sean Connery and his charisma to make the audience "forgive" Mark's actions.
The 6 & 1/2 carat blue-white flawless diamond ring that Mark buys for Marnie cost $42,000, or approximately $285,000 in 2008 currency, when factored for inflation. In the week that Mark had returned with Marnie up until their marriage, he spends approximately $70,000, including the ring, or approximately $475,000 when factored for inflation.
Despite the troubles which reportedly took place on set, Tippi Hedren has stated that this is her favorite movie which she has appeared in.
Diane Baker has said that for the scene where she eavesdrops on Mark and Marnie talking outside of the house, Alfred Hitchcock came up to her, put his hands on her face, and physically manipulated it into having the expression he wanted for the scene.
Diane Baker was not allowed to read the script of the film before choosing whether or not to do it. She was only told that it was an Alfred Hitchcock movie named Marnie starring Tippi Hedren.
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