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Offline Jeffsayyes

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The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« on: July 17, 2008, 08:34:55 PM »
Many of you probably know the movie The Wrong Man, by Alfred Hitchcock took place and was filmed in Jackson Heights. In my first month here, I rented the movie and loved that it was taking place right underneath me.

Here is a great site with photos then and now of the locations in the movie.
http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/wiki/Location_trip_to_New_York,_September-October_2003_-_part_2

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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2008, 10:11:09 PM »
Giving away my age, I had the plesaure of watching the filming and meeting Jimmy Stewart and Hitchcock. I even had Hitchcock signature (his profile) :D but can't find it now.  :o

The filming was along 74th street and 37th avenue. They used a small german deli near me (between 84th and 85th street) for some settings.

It was a lot of fun.

p.s. I love the movie.
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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2008, 11:02:04 PM »
Those photos were fun to look at.  thanks jeff.

earbears, how cool is that! actually meeting them.  wow.
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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2008, 03:25:17 PM »
Being a bassist myself, it was one of the first things that amused me concerning my move to JH....
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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2008, 03:58:02 PM »
Quote from: Ed on July 18, 2008, 03:25:17 PM
Being a bassist myself, it was one of the first things that amused me concerning my move to JH....

Wow!!!!! 

There's a Mingus among us!!!
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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2008, 05:37:56 PM »
JP, you're better than those square cubes that have a "word a day" to learn.   First I had to look up Sisyphean and now Mingus.  LOVE THAT!

But what does being a bassist have to do with THE WRONG MAN?  Is the script about a musician?  I don't remember this Hitchcock flick.
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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2008, 10:31:37 AM »
Here's a brief excerpt of Wikipedia entry on The Wrong Man:

The film examines the life of Manny Balestrero (Henry Fonda), who works as a musician in the Stork Club in New York. He and his wife have very little money.  Thus, when his wife needs some dental work, Manny attempts to borrow on her policy at the insurance office.  Unfortunately for him, he closely physically resembles an armed robber who held up the office twice before, so the police are called. Manny is arrested and charged with the crime.  Manny is identified by several witnesses, and he nervously misspells a word in the same way as the word appeared on the robbery note.  We see his travels through the criminal justice system through fingerprinting, line-up, arraignment and so forth.

Haven't seen this one yet myself, it's on my Netflix list.  Henry Fonda was excellent in "12 Angry Men".  I would never imagine a movie that spends almost the entire movie focused on a single room as something interesting, but that film contains some outstanding acting that today's "Hollywood stars" could learn a lot from.     
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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2008, 10:37:17 AM »
Sorry for my error earlier. I said I met Jimmy Stewart when it was Henry Fonda.
Listen, I was just a little kid at the time.  :-\
My memory was in error. But I did meet Hitchcock - that's for sure!  ;D
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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2008, 11:45:37 AM »
Not just a musician, a bassist! There's a great sequence of Fonda playing, then putting the bass in the bag at the club before he leaves to get on the train. I know, but it's stuff I notice...

PresterJohn - more Paul chambers than Mingus  :)
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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2008, 05:23:53 PM »
There's also a scene where Fonda walks down 82 st towards Roosevelt.

In the trailer for the film is a scene that was cut from the film where you can see the house I grew up in on 74th off Broadway. It was my grandparents house at the time. I never knew that scene existed until I rented it recently.

The film Queen of the Stardust Ballroom has many of the same locales.
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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2008, 05:51:51 PM »
Who was in the Queen of the Stardust Ballroom? Maurren Stapleton?
I am not sure if I saw it.
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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2008, 05:59:34 PM »
Quote from: earbears on July 23, 2008, 05:51:51 PM
Who was in the Queen of the Stardust Ballroom? Maurren Stapleton?
I am not sure if I saw it.

Yes and Charles Durning. It's on dvd.
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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2014, 11:44:10 AM »
The New York City Film Forum will be screening Alfred Hitchcock's, The Wrong Man on Tuesday, February 25th.  Check out the site below for more infomation.

Film Forum - The Wrong Man
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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2014, 08:38:08 PM »
I just watched this on Amazon streaming over the holidays. Great movie!
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Re: The Wrong Man - Hitchcock in JH
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2014, 11:02:57 PM »
The Wrong Man is based on a true story.  Here are some NY Times articles from the time...
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