![]() ![]() You'll have an hour (or more) to explore the well-preserved and still-active mission church, location of two unexpected deaths), its large traditional garden, the livery stable (replete with carriages and other historic conveyances) where Madeleine seems en-tranced, and numerous rich souvenirs of our colonial and frontier heritages. The tour begins with a scenic drive via Silicon Valley to the part Old Mexico, part Old West town of San Juan Bautista. Then back in the City we visit all the extant sites which provide the frame for most of the film. Locales from Hitchcock's "Vertigo" can be experienced as a full (10-hour) day wherein we spend the morning focused on the charmingly unaffected town of San Juan Bautista, site of the essential tower scenes. Madeleine's hotel on elite Nob Hill, Judy's apartment nearby, and Scottie's home below the "Crookedest Street in the World".The surf crashing at the base of Fort Point, beneath the Golden Gate Bridge.Mission Dolores: is Carlotta Valdez buried here?.The town of San Juan Bautista, lost in time, steeped in charm. ![]() We can pick you up anywhere within a ninety-mile radius of downtown San Francisco. Let us help you enjoy the enchanted mood of this masterpiece (including Bernard Herrmann's brilliant soundtrack). In its September 2012 issue of The Greatest Movies of All Time, the British Film Institute now ranks it #1! Actual locales in San Francisco and farther south are virtually characters-evocative and intriguing even if you haven't seen the film. Released in 1958, "Vertigo" has moved from #68 to #9 on AFI's Top 100 List of Great American Cinema. Its many layers of exposition and meaning, however, require a second, even third viewing. Thriller, eccentric love story, psycho-logical exploration, "Vertigo" is a truly spellbinding movie.
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