Continuity mistake: In the scene where Eve writes on the note pad she doesn't write enough. Later you can see much more to the address. (01:20:50 - 01:25:15)
North by Northwest (1959)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau
When Vandamm finds out that Eve Kendall is actually a spy, he plans to kill her but Roger intercepes Eve as they both try to espace Vandamm and his henchmen by climbing down Mount Rushmore. On Mount Rushmore, Roger battles Leonard (Martin Landau) who later falls to his death as police arrest Vandamm. Roger and Eve survive the ordeal and later get married.
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More mistakes in North by Northwest
[Roger Thornhill's matchbook carries the initials RoT.]
Eve Kendall: What does the O stand for?
Roger Thornhill: Oh, nothing.
Trivia: In the scene when Cary Grant is going up the steps to the UN, Alfred Hitchcock shot it from a rug truck across the street. He wasn't allowed to shoot the front of the UN. If you look closely, you can see a security guard in the left corner.
Question: Why is this movie called 'North by Northwest'?
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Chosen answer: The original title for the movie was "In a Northwesterly Direction", as it was originally detailing the flight of a man from New York to Alaska, according to writer Earnest Lehman. According to Alfred Hitchcock, however, he took the title from a line in Hamlet, another work of fiction that is concerned with the slippery nature of reality. It is also worth noting that North by Northwest is not a direction on the compass at all. The nearest to it would be Northwest by North.
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