ByTowne ByTowne Cinema
ByTowne Cinema
325 Rideau St. Ottawa K1N 5Y4
Info Line: (613) 789-FILM
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Print this pageMust-See Cinema! A rarely screened Hitchcock tale of espionage and intrigue!
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The sole instance of Hitchcock actually remaking one of his earlier movies, this replaces the British version’s tight, economic plotting and quirky social observations with altogether glossier production values and a typically 50s examination of the family under melodramatic stress.
Stewart and Day are the complacent couple whose son is kidnapped by spies, and who wend their way through a characteristically Hitchcockian series of suspense set pieces (including a virtuoso crescendo at the Albert Hall) in their attempts to recover him. Starting slowly amid colourful but rather superfluous travelogue-style Moroccan footage, the film improves no end as it progresses, with anxiety about the boy’s safety steadily undermining the apparent happiness of a marriage founded on habit and compromise.
– Geoff Andrew, Time Out Film Guide
The ByTowne doesn't have a parking lot of its own, but denizens of downtown can usually find street parking close by fairly easily.
This web site is very useful, but the hard copy of the ByTowne guide still has its merits. People rely on it and love it. Plus, its calendar pages can be pulled out and posted on your fridge door, something that we still can't achieve with the web site. Get your copy today at many local stores, coffee shops and info centres around town! 