The Girl is a movie directed by Julian Jarrold in 2012 and based on the book Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies by Donald Spoto, first published in 1992. The movie features Sienna Miller, Toby Jones, Imelda Staunton, Conrad Kemp, Penelope Wilton, Angelina Ingpen, and others.
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Storyline
The film is a partially fictionalised account of the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren. In 1961, Hitchcock notices Hedren in a television commercial for a diet drink. He wants to turn her into the next Grace Kelly, with whom he had worked extensively during the 1950s. Hedren passes her screen test and is groomed for the starring role in Hitchcock’s latest film, The Birds.
Movie vs Book
Year
2012
Minutes
91
Movie Rate
6.30
Source: IMDb
Year
1992
Pages
352
Book Rate
6.84
S: Goodreads
Book
Spellbound by Beauty
Subtitle: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies
Author: Donald Spoto
Country: USA
First published in: 1992
Length: 352 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“As an author, you can’t expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that’s what you hope for, you shouldn’t sell the rights.”
BERNARD SCHLINK (Writer)
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