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Title:
The killers [blu-ray].
Added Author:
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
©2015
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (196 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
ISBN:
9781681430133
Abstract:
Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is poetic and shadowy, the second direct and harsh as daylight, but both get at the heart of Hemingway's existential classic.
General Note:
Title from container.
At head of title: Ernest Hemingway's.
Originally released as motion pictures in 1946 and 1964.
From the story by Ernest Hemingway.
Special features: Stuart Kaminsky (interview from 2002 with writer Stuart M. Kaminsky); Source and adaptations: Hemingway's short story (audio recording from 2002 of actor Stacy Keach reading), Screen directors' playhouse (radio adaptation from 1949 of the 1946 film, starring Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters), Andrei Tarkovsky's The killers (short film adaptation); Siodmak trailers: Son of Dracula (1943), Cobra woman (1944), The killers (1946), Cry of the city (1948), Criss cross (1949). Reflections with Clu Gulager (interview from 2002 with actor Clu Gulager filmed by his sons, John and Tom Gulager); Don Siegel on The killers (audio excerpt from Don Siegel's autobiography, A Siegel Film, read by actor and director Hampton Fancher); Trailer.
Performers:
The killers (1946): Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Vince Barnett, Virginia Christine, Jack Lambert, Charles D. Brown, Donald MacBride, Charles McGraw, William Conrad.
The killers (1964): Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Clu Gulager, Claude Akins, Norman Fell, Ronald Reagan.
Contents:
Ernest Hemingway's The killers (1946 : black & white ; 102 min.) / Universal International ; Mark Hellinger Productions, Inc. presents ; Universal Pictures Company, Inc. ; screenplay by Anthony Veiller ; produced by Mark Hellinger ; directed by Robert Siodmak -- Ernest Hemingway's The killers (1964 : color ; 94 min.) / Universal presents ; Revue Productions ; screenplay by Gene L. Coon ; produced and directed by Donald Siegel.
Technical Details:
Blu-ray; region A; monaural, 1.33:1 aspect ratio; requires Blu-ray player.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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