2 Who will come to Hollywood from Britain and makes lots and lots of movies about suspense,
3 Especially the kind of suspense that happens when something mysterious and complicated pops up out of anowhere and almost ruins your whole life,
4 bFor no reason,
5 Including movies called c'39 Psychos on a Train,' d'The Man Who Knew How to Catch a Thief,' and e'Dial M for Marnie,'
6 And a bunch of others too.
7 For example, one of Hitchcock's greatest movies will be called 'The Lady Vanishes Out the Rear Window,'
8 Starring fJimmy Stewart,
9 Who falls madly in love with a mysterious blond beauty,
10 Played by gGrace Kelly,
11 Unless it's really hKim Novak instead,
12 iBecause there's no way to be completely sure about anything in a Hitchcock movie,
13 jWhich is why it's so incredibly suspenseful when Jimmy kind of goes into a trance and starts following her around with kbinoculars,
14 lIn spite of the cast on his leg,
15 mWhich he got by falling off a building,
16 nAnd explains why he's so afraid of heights that he can't make it up the stairs in time to save Tippi Hedren,
17 oWho's all the way at the top of the tower being attacked by crazed birds,
18 pAnd then falls to her death while Jimmy watches helplessly through his binoculars,
19 qExcept that maybe she really isn't dead at all,
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20 rBecause he starts seeing her later on,
21 sOr someone who looks so much like her that it couldn't be anyone but tEva Marie Saint,
22 Unless it's really uDoris Day,
23 vWhich it couldn't be,
24 wBecause there's no sign of Rock Hudson anywhere,
25 xAnd besides, she's acting so strangely that it has to be either Tippi or Kim or Janet Leigh,
26 yWho aren't telling the truth about their past,
27 zAt all,
28 aaAnd can't be trusted,
29 bbIn spite of being so beautiful.
30 ccAnd so Jimmy gets more and more obsessed with following her,
31 ddAnd has a bunch of eebizarre nightmares choreographed by Salvador Dali,
32 ffAnd then there's this tremendous chase scene where he gets on a train and follows her all the way to Mount Rushmore,
33 ggWhere he discovers that she's really in the CIA,
34 hhUnless she's actually a thief instead,
35 iiWhich turns out to be the case in the end,
36 jjBecause eventually she starts stealing all the jewelry on the French Riviera,
37 kkWhile Jimmy watches through his binoculars,
38 llUntil she gets stabbed to death in the shower,
39 mmWhile Jimmy watches through the rear window,
40 nnWhich leaves him free to marry Vera Miles,
41 ooJust like always,
42 Unless,
43 ppYou know.
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