Rebecca Film Review
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REBECCA FILM REVIEW REPORT
Name of Film: Rebecca
Date of Film: 1940
Studio: Selznick International
Producer: David O. Selznick
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: Joan Fontaine as Mrs. de Winter
Laurence Olivier as Maxim de Winter
Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers
Scriptwriters: Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison
Adapted from the book, Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier
Oscar Awards: Best Picture, Best Cinematography
Rebecca is a story of the first months of the second marriage of Maxim de Winter and his new wife. Maxim brings his young new wife to his grand English country estate, Manderley. Maxim's past life and the specter of his first wife, Rebecca, torment the new Mrs. de Winter. Guilt racks Maxim. Finally, Manderely's dark secrets of Rebecca's death and Maxim and Rebecca's relationship are revealed...