In a time when the remake’s and reboot are in vogue at Hollywood, it was impossible to pass a long time until the classic thriller “Rebecca” of the director Alfred Hitchcock to revert to the attention of producers, especially since the original 1940 has won two Oscars at the categories “Best Picture” and “Best Cinematography”, and in distribution were found leading actors of that era such as Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson.
The producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner from Working Title Films and DreamWorks hired the Oscar-nominated screenwriter Steven Knight (“Dirty Pretty Things”, “Eastern Promises”, “Amazing Grace”, “The Lost Symbol“) to transpose to the big screen the homonymus novel from 1938 of the author Daphne DuMaurier, the intention being that the final products to be more a reimagining of the story in the book than a direct remake of Hitchcock’s film.
Although there were many versions for the big screen or small screen, the romantic thriller “Rebecca” from 1997 was broadcast several times on TV stations and on generic being Charles Dance, Emilia Fox and Diana Rigg , the best known and most appreciated remains the white and black version of Alfred Hitchcock, this is the bar that Steven Knight must to jump over to achieve a value screening.
The subject of Daphne DuMaurier’s novel follows a young North American meeting on widowed aristocrat passed of 40 years Maximillian de Winter, living a beautiful love story in his arms, accepting his marriage proposal and moving in with him in his mansion Manderley. The housekeeper Mrs. Danvers was deeply devoted to Rebecca, the first wife of Mr. de Winter, reason for why can not bear the new mistress of the house and psychologically terrorize her, constantly undermining her authority and trying to put in a bad light in the eyes of her husband.
