| Edition |
Two-DVD special edition, [widescreen]. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (84 min.; approximately 67 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion Collection ; 575 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 575.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital mono.; aspect ratio 1.66:1, enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs. |
| Performer |
The Killing: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Ted DeCorsia, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook, Timothy Carey, James Edwards. |
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Killer's kiss: Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane (i.e. Chris Chase, voiced by Peggy Lobbin.) |
| Credits |
The killing: director of photography, Lucien Ballard ; film editor, Betty Steinberg ; music composed and conducted by Gerald Fried. |
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Killer's kiss: music, Gerald Fried. |
| Note |
The killing is based on the novel: "Clean Break" by Lionel White. |
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Originally released in 1955 and 1956; The killing copyright held by Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation. |
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"DVD edition"--Disc label. |
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Includes booklet (19 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) featuring an essay by film historian Haden Guest and a reprinted interview with actress Marie Windsor. |
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Special features (disc 1): new digital restoration; new video interview with producer James B. Harris; excerpted interviews with actor Sterling Hayden from the French television series Cinéma cinémas; new video interview with poet and author Robert Polito about writer Jim Thompson; trailer. |
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Special features (disc 2): restored high-definition digital transfer; new video appreciation of Killer's Kiss featuring film critic Geoffrey O'Brien; trailer. |
| Summary |
"Stanley Kubrick's account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood's tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, and Elisha Cook Jr., The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. With its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony, it's Kubrick to the core"--Container. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The killing / Harris-Kubrick presents ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick ; dialogue by Jim Thompson ; produced by James B. Harris ; directed by Stanley Kubrick (1956 ; 84 min.) -- disc 2. Killer's kiss / a Minotaur production ; released through United Artists ; story by Stanley Kubrick ; produced by Stanley Kubrick and Morris Bousel ; edited, photographed and directed by Stanley Kramer (1955 ; ca. 67 min.) |
| Language |
Subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording Harris-Kubrick presents ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick ; dialogue by Jim Thompson ; produced by James B. Harris ; directed by Stanley Kubrick. |
| Subject |
Ex-convicts -- Drama.
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Racetracks (Horse racing) -- Drama.
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Robbery -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Boxers (Sports) -- New York (State) -- Drama.
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Showgirls -- New York (State) -- Drama.
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Gangsters -- New York (State) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Film noir.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Kubrick, Stanley. Producer. Director. Screenwriter.
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Harris, James B., 1928- Producer.
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Hayden, Sterling, 1916-1986. Actor.
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Windsor, Marie. Actor.
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Cook, Elisha, Jr. Actor.
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Edwards, Vince, 1928-1996. Actor.
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Flippen, Jay C., 1899-1971. Actor.
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De Corsia, Ted. Actor.
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Gray, Coleen, 1922-2015. Actor.
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Bousel, Morris. Producer.
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Silvera, Frank, 1914-1970. Actor.
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Smith, Jamie (Actor), active 1952-1963.
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Chase, Chris. Actor.
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Guest, Haden.
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White, Lionel.
Clean break.
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Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation.
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Minotaur Productions.
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United Artists Corporation.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Killer's kiss.
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| ISBN |
9781604654660 |
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160465466X |
| Standard No. |
715515085717 |
| Music No. |
CC2048DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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