{"id":123,"date":"2004-10-03T21:17:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-04T01:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/?p=13"},"modified":"2011-04-16T00:23:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T04:23:18","slug":"best-of-the-oldies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2004\/best-of-the-oldies\/","title":{"rendered":"9.5 North By Northwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cary Grant is the definition of style in this Hitchcock classic.  He&#8217;s Mr. Average, until he&#8217;s ensnared in a complicated plot of espionage.  But incompetent lawmen, incessant misfortune &#8211; even the outright sinister plotting of his enemies &#8211; merely annoy him, highlighting how suave he is under pressure.  You just have to see this one to &#8220;get it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/NorthByNorthwest.jpg?w=656\"\/><\/center><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cary Grant is the definition of style in this Hitchcock classic. He&#8217;s Mr. Average, until he&#8217;s ensnared in a complicated plot of espionage. But incompetent lawmen, incessant misfortune &#8211; even the outright sinister plotting of his enemies &#8211; merely annoy him, highlighting how suave he is under pressure. You just have to see this one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2004\/best-of-the-oldies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">9.5 North By Northwest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-only-cool-movies","category-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-1Z","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":227,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/pop-has-a-publisher\/","url_meta":{"origin":123,"position":0},"title":"Pop has a publisher!","author":"m","date":"February 9, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"This is BIG news! 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