--- title: 'Double Take (2009)' type: 'film' director: 'Johan Grimonprez' released: '2009-01-01' runtime_minutes: 80 genres: - 'Documentary' countries: - 'Germany' - 'Netherlands' - 'Belgium' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/double-take-2009' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386926/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Double Take (2009) 2009 · 80 min · Documentary · Germany, Netherlands, Belgium ## Synopsis Double Take is a 2009 essay film, directed and written by Johan Grimonprez with story written by Tom McCarthy. The plot is set during the Cold War and combines both documentary and fictional elements. The protagonist is a fictionalised version of Alfred Hitchcock. The backdrop of the film charts the rise of the television in the domestic setting and with it, the ensuing commodification of fear during the cold war. ## Credits - **Director:** [Johan Grimonprez](https://cinepixo.com/people/johan-grimonprez) ## Cast - [Diana Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-ross) - [Jimmy Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-carter) - [Janet Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-leigh) - [Walter Cronkite](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-cronkite) - [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-kennedy-onassis) - [Bill Clinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-clinton) - [Lyndon B. Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyndon-b-johnson) - [Ed Herlihy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-herlihy) - [Mikhail Gorbachev](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-gorbachev) - [Fidel Castro](https://cinepixo.com/people/fidel-castro) - [John Vernon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-vernon) - [Richard Nixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-nixon) - [George H. W. Bush](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-h-w-bush) - [George W. Bush](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-w-bush) - [John F. Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-f-kennedy) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.doubletakefilm.com Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/double-take-2009 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3037484); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.