| Edition |
Two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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monochrome rdacc |
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mono |
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stamping rdapm |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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stereo rdacpc |
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5.1 Dolby Digital |
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wide screen rdaar |
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NTSC rdabs |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 1099 |
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Criterion collection ; 1099.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.37:1); mono. |
| Language |
English dialogue; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Cast |
Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Hull, Henry Travers, Jerome Cowan, Minna Gombell, Barton MacLane, Donald MacBride, Willie Best. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Tony Gaudio ; film editor, Jack Killifer ; music, Adolph Deutsch. |
| Note |
From a novel by W.R. Burnett. |
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Full screen (1.37:1). |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1941. |
| Summary |
Marking the moment when the gritty gangster sagas of the 1930s began giving way to the romantic fatalism of 1940s film noir, High Sierra also contains the star-making performance of Humphrey Bogart, who, alongside top-billed Ida Lupino, proved his leading-man mettle with his tough yet tender turn as Roy Earle. A career criminal plagued by his checkered past, Earle longs for a simpler life, but after getting sprung on parole, he falls in with a band of thieves for one last heist in the Sierra Nevada. Directed with a characteristic punch by Raoul Walsh who makes the most of the vertiginous mountain location Roy and Lupino's Marie, a fellow outcast also desperate to escape her past, hurtling inexorably toward an unforgettable cliffside climax and a rendezvous with destiny. |
| Note |
Special features: Colorado Territory, director Raoul Walsh's 1949 western remake of High Sierra; New conversation on Walsh between film programmer Dave Kehr and critic Farran Smith Nehme; The true adventures of Raoul Walsh, a 2019 documentary by Marilyn Ann Moss; Curtains for Roy Earle, a 2003 featurette on the making of High Sierra; Bogart: Here's looking at you, kid, a 1997 documentary aired on The South Bank Show; New interview with film and media historian Miriam J. Petty about actor Willie Best; New video essay featuring excerpts from a 1976 American Film Institute interview with novelist and screenwriter W.R. Burnett; Radio adaptation of High Sierra from 1944; Essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith. |
| Subject |
Gangsters -- Drama.
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Ex-convicts -- Drama.
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Thieves -- Drama.
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Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Caper films.
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Film noir.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Walsh, Raoul, 1887-1980, film director.
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Huston, John, 1906-1987, screenwriter.
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Burnett, W. R. (William Riley), 1899-1982, screenwriter.
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Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978, film producer.
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Lupino, Ida, 1918-1995, actor.
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Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957, actor.
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Curtis, Alan, 1909-1953, actor.
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Kennedy, Arthur, 1914-1990, actor.
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Leslie, Joan, 1925-2015, actor.
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Hull, Henry, 1890-1977, actor.
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Travers, Henry, 1874-1965, actor.
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Cowan, Jerome, 1897-1972, actor.
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Gombell, Minna, 1892-1973, actor.
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MacLane, Barton, 1902-1969, actor.
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McBride, Donald, 1889-1957, actor.
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Best, Willie, 1916-1962, actor.
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Gaudio, Tony, 1885-1951, director of photography.
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Killifer, Jack, editor of moving image work.
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Deutsch, Adolph, 1897-1980, composer (expression)
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Burnett, W. R. (William Riley), 1899-1982.
High Sierra.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681438788 |
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168143878X |
| Standard No. |
715515264310 |
| Music No. |
CC3296DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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