Though considered to be one of the greatest movies of all time, Robert Downey Jr. is chalking his decision to remake the Alfred Hitchcock classic Vertigo as feeling he can do it better. Based on the French novel D'entre les morts, the 1958 psychological thriller centered on a former police detective who becomes a private investigator after developing an extreme fear of heights and is hired by an acquaintance to learn the truth behind his wife's bizarre behaviors. Led by James Stewart and Kim Novak, Vertigo is largely seen as one of Hitchcock's best in spite of its early mixed reviews.
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