Rebecca 10/13

[SisterToSleepx]

This is probably the least boring part of this movie.

[TheHolidayShow1]

@msminiver93 her name is alix the author did gave her a name

[oldfshndandlovnit]

Does anyone know what Joan Fontaine character's name is? I have read the book cover to cover and I don't remember ever seeing it.

[msminiver93]

@oldfshndandlovnit The author of the book never gave her a name.

[sarah67act]

Hickcock was so brilliant. He's made Rebecca into a character so perfectly

[Cazxiro]

Amazing

[HereORNowTODAY]

OMG

[humansRpepul2]

With the musical coming to Broadway, I could see a remake if it picks up and renews interest. It all has to do with how much they do beyond translation...I still think Tanz der Vampire would have been so much more popular without the "Americanization" they tried to do.

DeWinter's wife could be Diane Kruger; they look almost identical to me.

[TheFirstClassedFreak]

If we HAD to remake Rebecca,

I'd pick Winona Ryder as Maxims wife (with the same hair length)

Ralf Fiennes as Maxim - though I wouldn't mind Johnny Depp playing this role.

a young Susan Sarandon as Mrs. Danvers

but nobody can compare these to the original actors in rebecca. fullstop.

[DMTH85]

4:40 - Turns out Max is an Alanis Morissette fan.

[AnnaKmid]

...in the book, diddn't he actually kill Rebecca? It's been a while since I last read it.

[Scoutpower1]

Rebecca NEVER EVER had one single sign of positive emotions!! She was only born of the negative!!

[zenith0000006]

whoah really 4:00-4:40 is the creepiest ever! watching it at 2am is really a bad idea!

[rebachick94]

This is sooo twisted!

[MrShaun42088]

yeah... i should have read some comments first, before i post. apparently, the shot thing is very well known. yes... he's a murderer. she goes crazy in the second book Titled "Mrs. Dewinter"

[MrShaun42088]

you know, if she had asked more questions and stopped being so ignorantly silent, she might have avoided so much!

also...in the book. Maxim Shot rebecca and killed her intentionally. I don't blame him, rebecca provoked him, and as we hear at the end, with good reason.

[xcitric]

Laurence Olivier is fantastic in this role :)

But when I was reading the book, I always pictured Hugh Dancy as Maxim, even though I'm not such a fan of his :/

[lukebccb]

These are the moments of the film that the 2nd Mrs. de Winter loses her intimidation of Danvers and Maxim and begins her transformation from a mousy shy girl into the strong(ish) woman Mrs. de Winter.

[Ykishaa]

they changed the story because they tought that the audience would go very mad if maxim would have killed his wife without getting punished. (even if rebecca is a bitch)

(sorry for my english)

[willobekid]

AT 5;03 Max said he slaped Rebecca and she fell and struck her and she was dead. In the book he shot her. Why was the story changed

[Muirmaiden]

@willobekid, due to the production code, Rebecca's death had to be changed to an accident, since a murderer could not go unpunished. The code was the movie moral police.

[ednuk]

he said rebecca told him things he would never repeat after they were married. was probably about her bisexuality and sex addiction

[Eternity29]

Read this book in high school. I bought it later, and still read it a lot. We also watched this movie in school. My teacher mentioned that the circumstances of Rebecca's death were changed for the movie, because there was a rule that a man could not murder his wife and go unpunished. So, it was changed to make it more accidental, otherwise, the movie could not have been made.

[Belindaa952]

Book is amazing as well it sooooooo good especially toward the end :D

[BaremyiahZ]

the syncing of the camerawork with Olivier's off-screen dialogue is so incredibly haunting! You can almost see the ghost of Rebecca get up and walk towards him as the camera pans - uttering those very words being re-spoken

[tornadoshot]

In the book it wasnt an accedent, he shot her through the heart

[PengWinOne]

@tornadoshot I can't figure out why they would have changed that

[tornadoshot]

@PengWinOne i know, i thought it was better the way it was.. i guess hitchcock felt he might turn into a antagonist if it was on purpose

[sarmadasco]

I am not in any way a fan of Joan Fontaine, (love sister Olivia), she was well cast here. The original idea of the Olivier/Vivien Liegh "Rebecca" would have been disaster. I love Leigh, but she was a cyclone of power, even as Blanche Dubois in 'Streetcar', as a bipolar, former belle. She could never have the demure, plain, starry eyed naivete` that the nameless Mrs DeWinter, needs tho' she could have been Rebecca, from what we know of her. Leigh could just stand silent and still be amazing.

[dinasztie]

Well, IMO Laurence Olivier is great, but for me this movie is all about Joan Fontaine. Of course, to each his own.

[ajquioc]

This movie was amazing than "Notorious" which is also an Hitchcock movie after 6 years (1946).

[RichardHell1959]

Colonel Julian : Old Boy network personified.

[RachelG1979]

I remebering seeing this movie instantly falling in love with it so i read the book and I was BLOWN away by the fact that de Winter had actually shot Rebecca.

Why leave it out? because when this movie was made a studio guidline or other stated that if a person was guilty of a crime he had to be punished and as we all know Maxim got away with it.

[rosesfororion]

@RachelG1979 The production code... Criminals couldn't get away with crimes, they had to be punished, thus if it was an accident, Maxim could get away with it according to the code.

[saxophone2007]

So in the novel what happened to Mr de winter?

[auroraslaugh]

In this version, his explanation is almost identical to Lord Rochester's to Jane. As beautiful as the photography & pathos of the film industry's portrayals are, there's just no substitute for reading the book.

[MusicVideosRemake]

alfred hitchcock was brilliant

[africanzionflo]

I'm enthralled with this movie.

[susannebass]

Both Olivier and Fontaine are sensational!!!!

[karyn13house]

7.33 Rebecca's on the phone and wants a word :D

[susuwatari007]

WOW.

[lorianne03]

Does it make sense that he's supposedly always trying to forget Rebecca, yet he returned to Monte Carlo, where he went with her on his honeymoon?

[jolandasterbloem]

BRILLIANT!

[LexiixoxRoxx]

Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine were incredible in this. It's a shame the Hays Code was around or they would have kept the ending faithful to the novel. Maxim does indeed kill Rebecca. But they had to change it for the movie.

[goombabear]

Are they insinuating Rebecca had relations with both men and women?

[LexiixoxRoxx]

No, why?

[blackunicornstudios]

in the book, maxim shot rebecca...no tripping involved.

[DiamondAngel44]

Were Rebecca and Flavel having a relationship?? Is that not incestuous seeing as they're cousins?? Or are they not first cousins?

[Artemis6769]

First cousins.

She was a special kind of person.

[SalamanderNatsu]

the book was awesome, i love how Rebbecca is portrayed, I wish they talked more about her,

[Artemis6769]

I wish they give her a flashback part in the movie.

[zzheavensdoor]

"She told me all about herself". The implication in the book is that there might have been a lesbian aspect to Rebecca. Considered a daring secret at the time. Du Maurier herself was bisexual. "Everyone will think we're the perfect couple" Olivier and Vivien Leigh come to mind here. There was an element of acting for the sake of career in that marriage too. I love this film, great acting, and the book is even better.

[SallieSimpson]

All it really does is make him look like an idiot because he made himself look guilty when he did nothing wrong.

[SallieSimpson]

Ugh...I was really impressed with the movie up to this point but it's lame that they changed this part. I guess they wanted to make Maxim more sympathetic.

[ThePeeWee2009]

So Rebecca went on a ego trip basically!

So manipulative

[theatrecrazy07]

2girlieheartedhate, in the book, yes, Maxim shot Rebecca through the heart. In the movie, however, Maxim said that Rebecca tripped and fell, hitting her head on a piece of ship's tackle.

[Artemis6769]

This is stupid.

The book was much more interesting.

[theatrecrazy07]

If you think it's stupid, it's your opinion. The book left the ending very vague, in my opinion, while the movie gave you a crystal clear ending that was much easier to comprehend.

[Artemis6769]

Yes, but that's the beauty of it.

Not knowing exactly and having the ability to fabricate what happened at the end.

I just don't see the point in changing the defining plot twist and numerous aspects of the novel.

[theatrecrazy07]

They had to change the plot because according to the Hollywood Production Code if Maxim had killed Rebecca, he would have to pay for his crime. In order to make sure Maxim didn't go to jail, like in the book, they made Rebecca's death look like an accident.

[Artemis6769]

Stiil, I respect a movie and director that takes chances and keeps to the novel rather than degrading their work to keep with society's standards.

[theatrecrazy07]

If they'd taken a chance and kept to the novel, the movie wouldn't of even been shown because it broke the Hollywood Production Code. I would rather see a movie that keeps as close to the novel as it could and a few plot changes that are executed correctly instead of not seeing one at all because it broke the code.

[Artemis6769]

I understand what you're saying, but I would rather see a movie create controversy than be medicore because it really doesn't make sense.

[crownme555]

i think that it made for a more shocking plot twist that he didnt kill rebecca. i mean i assumed he was a killer at the point where he said he put her body on the boat, which was shocking. but it was even more shocking and albiet a bit relieving to find my assumptions were wrong.

[ennagirl31]

the ending may have been vague, but the book was waaaay better.

[Artemis6769]

I agree.

[2girlieheartedHATE]

ah-mazing but he DID kill her right? shot her through the heart?

[bookishmuch]

this is a great monologue....sir laurence is just smashing. normally when i watch olivier, like in shakespeare, i'm thinking "omg this is such a great actor." but in this you're actually caught up in the character, he is unselfconsciously great and completely in character.

[theatrecrazy07]

I agree completely. Olivier is one of my favorite actors and in this movie, it clearly shows why. :D

[bookishmuch]

this book/movie is really about marriage, not just a great yarn with a dashing leading man...

[rachel7036]

Tom Hardy just played Heathcliff. Think he would make a good Maxim..

[helefer]

1997 remake, with Charles Dance, is a very good too

[maidmoira]

read pages 262 forward, it is all there,

[orlando098]

Apparently they changed the account of the death of Rebecca because Hollywood had a rule that a character could not get away unpunished with deliberately killing his wife -- so here he hits her and she falls and bangs her head on something, whereas in the book he shoots her

[HappyChild1989]

At 8.30 and on I usually feel as if Maxim is going to be hanged right that moment, especially when he is going to the exit followed by all these people...

[bookhead92]

I could definitely imagine Vivien Leigh as Rebecca! Perfectly Wicked~

[lordalessan]

My top 3 pick as Rebecca:

1.)Vivien Leigh (Olivier would hate his wife later years because of her bipolar disoder).

2.)Elizabeth Taylor (Ofcourse, she was only 8 at that time)

3.) Ava Gardner

[Tigerlilym2]

Good choices!

[LexiixoxRoxx]

@lordalessan WOAH WOAH WOAH. That is the most incorrect, ridiculous statement I have ever heard made of Laurence Olivier. Where, pray tell, did you hear/read such a horrible thing? Never in his life did he hate Vivien Leigh. In fact, she remained the only person he ever loved even after their divorce and her death. And she continued to love him as well. When she died, he would lock himself up in a dark room, watch her movies, and cry saying "That was it. That was love." Please check you sources.

[lordalessan]

@LexiixoxRoxx Umm Lexi, you gotta clue me in on this. If I made a comment like that, it must've been a long time ago because I can no longer remember what I said. After watching a documentary on Vivien Leigh and reading a biography on Laurence Olivier, I know that he did not hate his wife. However, he did grow tired of her fits of rage (due to her bipolar disorder) and affairs with Peter Finch and John Merrivale (who eventually became her companion).

[LexiixoxRoxx]

@lordalessan I didn't notice the year, but it probably was quite long ago. I just wanted to establish that he never hated her. Au contraire, she was the love of his life and he never stopped thinking about her (lovingly I mean). Nor did she. Their love was unfortunately tragic. Well of course he was exhausted by her, but he didn't blame her for it nor was it her fault. And she never cheated on him with John Merivale...only Peter. But he cheated too so they're pretty even.

[jstardude]

this movie needs to be remade <3

[velocikat]

No it doesn't.

[iluvdesmond]

I agree, unfortunately Universal is remaking this with Ralph Fiennes and Juliet Rylance. Ugh!

[LickMyCuntMoFo]

The world is ending....

[illi10nis27]

WHAT?!!! I can see Ralph Fiennes as Maxim but NO. No one can be as great as Laurence Olivier.

Sigh...are we so void of creativity that we have to remake the classics??

[hysope5]

not as great as Jeremy Brett....

[theatrecrazy07]

No one can ever compare with Laurence Olivier but I am curious to see how the remake will be especially since they picked Ralph Fiennes as Maxim.

[ajquioc]

Yes, sometimes remakes SUCKS!! But Liam Neeson would be slight better than Ralph Fiennes.

[sarmadasco]

@illi10nis27 I couldnt see Ralph Fiennes do Maxim. Max is a handomse, manly sort and Ralph, is sensitive, pretty type although like Olivier, a great actor. Brother, Joseph, tho'? I might see, today, a Clive Owen (toned down a bit for this role) or Pierce Bronson, circa 10 yrs ago. Must be British tho'. No one comes to mind. You're right that some films cannot be remade..ala 'Wizard of Oz", GWTW, "It's a Wonderul Life" ++. A new Sistine would be unthinkable or new Pyramid, as are some films.

[sausagedogmcgee]

@illi10nis27 No. Executives are just devoid of the ability to take risks and make any of the countless potential original films knocking about the place.

[TheSkylur44]

@illi10nis27 I would actually love to see Fiennes in this part. He would be fantastic but of course, no one can ever replace Olivier.

[amazinglyace]

Oh dear god no. That is a truly awful piece of news.

[Labryschick]

I agree.

[shibamatachick]

God this Mrs de Winter is inspid, Maxim is a woos and Mrs D is a freak. I give up.

[504Diva]

@Chikalita,,,What poor taste you have.

[icrappedmynappy]

what an ugly name

[fenxian1]

What a pity! why part 10 not available?

[Addicted890189]

Part 10 is available.

[cassanovadamsle]

"YOU DIDNT LOVE HER!YOU DIDNT LOVE HER"

xD

[magpiepeck]

I love Joan Fontaine. It's weird but she has a really expressive spine. I love her postures and her expressions. She really nailed the overwrought innocence of the character.

[scarlett24ca]

I 'am a fan of hers but can see how Olivia would be better at the role.

[Bergman90]

i dont agree

[Niouni]

Well, I hate Joan Crawford myself. But she didn't play in Rebecca, it was Joan Fontaine.

[scarlett24ca]

whoops my bad;)Thanks for clarifying.

[ParideArduenna]

She's Joan Fontaine. Not Joan Crawford XD

I would have seen more Olivia de Havilland too, for this role... the book suggest a character nearer to her.

[Bergman90]

honey, her name isn't joan crawford, its joan fontaine.her eyebrows are just part of her character

[Rosebud04]

Read the book.

[cicadachimera]

The book doesn't say.

[sugarfreedom]

it does say. Rebecca was shameless slut, im sorry for expression:p

[cicadachimera]

which page?

[ihateskirts]

very true, a high class slut

[lshield1]

I wonder what Rebecca told Maxim, "things I wouldn't tell a living soul"? I wonder?

[Enchant0524]

the book does say. Rebecca had many lovers. She'd tried to seduce Frank,and Giles(Beatrice's husband). She was also having an affair with her cousin Jack Favell.

[orlando098]

At that exact point in the book - where she is described as telling him shocking things about herself, we are not told exactly what these are. But it does come out a bit later that she used to keep going to London to meet up with different men etc, so it seems probably that it is her promiscuity/unfaithfulness that is being referred to; although it might have been a bit more, we can't be sure

[orlando098]

in fact the book doesn't tell us more than the film here

[lshield1]

Thanks!

[Nicecatholicgirl]

I think she might have been gay or bi, or possibly into something with her cousin Favell.