FILM 1634: FAMILY PLOT
TRIVIA: This is Alfred Hitchcock's
final film and its final shot was of a woman breaking the fourth wall by
looking straight into the camera and winking at the audience. This was arguably
a fitting coda to his career exemplifying the black humor that was prevalent in
his movies.
At one point during filming, Bruce Dern
questioned Alfred
Hitchcock about why he was cast in the movie. Hitchcock replied,
"Because Mr. Packinow wanted a million dollars, and Hitch doesn't pay a
million dollars." It took Dern a while to realize that "Mr.
Packinow" was Al Pacino.
The final shot in the movie, a wink
by the Barbara Harris
character was a jokey reference that was not planned but Alfred Hitchcock
decided to leave in.
This is the only Alfred Hitchcock
film with a score composed by John Williams.
DIRECTOR CAMEO: Alfred Hitchcock: in
silhouette 45 minutes into the film behind the door at the registrar of births
and deaths.
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