Hitchcock (film) Hitchcock (film) Hitchcock is a 2012 American biographical drama film directed by Sacha Gervasi, based on Stephen Rebello's non-fiction book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho". The film was released in selected cities on November 23, 2012, with a worldwide release on December 14, 2012. "Hitchcock" centers on the relationship between film director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren) during the making of "Psycho", a controversial horror film that became one of the most acclaimed and influential works in the filmmaker's career. In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock opens his latest film, "North by Northwest", to
Alfred Hitchcock sinister. Screenwriter Ernest Lehman originally wrote the film with a dark tone but was pushed to a lighter, more comical tone by Hitchcock. Toward the end of his life, Hitchcock was working on the script for a spy thriller, "The Short Night", collaborating with James Costigan, Ernest Lehman and David Freeman. Despite preliminary work, it was never filmed. Hitchcock's health was declining and he was worried about his wife, who had suffered a stroke. The screenplay was eventually published in Freeman's book "The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock" (1999). Having refused a CBE in 1962, Hitchcock was appointed a Knight