uk cinemas listings

UK Cinemas

Cinema listings with film information and movie reviews

Entertainments Search:

UK Information » UK Cinemas » Cinema Trailers » Double Take

Double Take

Now in cinemas - Coming Soon to Cinemas - Newest Trailers - All trailers




Double Take
Duration80
Year2009
CategoriesDocumentary
CastAlfred Hitchcock, Delfine Bafort, Ron Burrage
Written ByJohan Grimonprez
Directed ByJohan Grimonprez
Produced ByNikovantastic Film, Volya Films, Zap-O-Matik
Distributed BySoda Pictures
 Film Details

Universal Studios California, 1962. Alfred Hitchcock, on the set of THE BIRDS, is called to the production office for an urgent message. When he arrives, he's shocked to be confronted by his doppelganger, claiming to be the real Alfred Hitchcock and who declares: 'If you meet your double, you should kill him. Or he will kill you. Two of you is one too many. By the end of the script, one of you must die'.

Alfred Hitchcock stars in DOUBLE TAKE, a tale of intrigue, personal paranoia and deception. Using archive footage, the film uses Hitchcock's own sardonic wit to explore his preoccupation with doubles - a recurring theme in his films - to virtuoso and entertaining effect. Positioned against the backdrop of the Cold War and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges novella 'The Other', best-selling British author Tom McCarthy writes a plot to mirror the political intrigue in which Hitchcock and his elusive double increasingly obsess over the perfect murder of each other.