Rebecca is a 1940 American gothic romance directed by Alfred Hitchcock, his first American production and first film for producer David O. Selznick, based on Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel. An unnamed young woman marries the widower Maxim de Winter and moves to his estate, Manderley, where she struggles against the lingering presence of his first wife Rebecca and the hostility of housekeeper Mrs. Danvers, before the truth of Rebecca's death is revealed. The film received eleven Academy Award nominations, more than any other film that year, and won Best Picture and Best Cinematography, the only Hitchcock film ever to win Best Picture.
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Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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The screening was introduced by Christopher Nolan. === Accolades === Rebecca won two Academy Awards: Best Picture and Best Cinematography; and was nominated for nine more: It is the only film since 1936 (when awards for actors in supporting roles were first introduced) that, despite winning Best Picture, received no Academy Award for acting, directing or writing.
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Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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