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| ACTORS: | Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Alfred Hitchcock |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 09 April, 1976 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Universal Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Mystery / Suspense |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 025192065927 |
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Customer Reviews of Family Plot
cute Hitchcock comedy-thriller FAMILY PLOT, Hitchcock's last completed film, has echoes of THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY - it is essentially a superbly witty and entertaining black comedy.
The story concerns fake medium Blanche Tyler (Barbara Harris in a superb performance), who is hired by a wealthy widow (Cathleen Nesbitt) to find her nephew who is the missing heir to the family fortune. When Blanche and her bumbling taxi-driver boyfriend (Bruce Dern) decide to bilk the old lady out of her fortune by pretending to find her nephew (William Devane), they embark on a thrilling adventure.
Meanwhile the nephew, a larcenous jeweller and his beautiful girlfriend (Karen Black) have kidnapped a rich Greek shipping magnate for ransom. Together they're on a non-stop merrygo round of mystery murder and mayhem that combines a delicious concoction of comedy and suspense for great entertainment.
Featuring Marge Redmond and Katherine Helmond.
The DVD contains the documentary "Plotting Family Plot" which includes interviews with Bruce Dern, William Devane and Karen Black; storyboards, art gallery, 2 trailers and production notes.
An acquired taste, FAMILY PLOT, one of Hitch's most obscure and unusual films, is really one of his finest in terms of cast and performances.
The Last Alfred Hitchcock Movie done in style.
Hitchcock's last film was a light/comedy type mystery with another cast of fairly well known actors and the last time the film crew behind the camera reunited to do one more movie with the master of suspence. This film revolves a plot to locate a missing heir and wither psyic powers really exist or not. Karen Black and Bruce Dern give good performances, and the music is scored by John Williams (his last film before JAWS and the rest is history).
Has done better before.
Of course it is well woven. Of course there are some funny scenes. Of course the plot is simple and the qui pro quo is clear, for us. But the motivations are not very clear, and are not at all explored, be they those of the old rich lady, or those of the illegitimate son, or those of the would-be private eyes. So it is an easy entertaining film to watch, but neither frightening, nor hilarious, nor deeply disturbing, nor overpsychological. It is not one of Hitchcock's best films even if we have to reckon that the work is very clean and very professional and that the English is proper and in no way colloquial. It has all the qualities of a Hitchcock film but one : the soul-raking intricacy and depth, and the implacable logic of motivation and suspense : everything seems to be gratuitous and we know from the very start what is to happen in every single next scene. Just two pleasant odd hours.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU