| Description |
2 videodiscs (102 min., 94 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 176 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 176.
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| Note |
Based on the short story, The killers, by Ernest Hemingway. |
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Originally released as motion pictures in 1946 and 1964. |
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Includes two essay brochures; 1946 version by Jonathan Lethem, 1956 version by Geoffrey O'Brien. |
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Disc 1 includes Andrei Tarkovsky's student film version; interview with Stuart M. Kaminsky ; Screen Director's Playhouse 1949 radio adaptation; Stacy Keach reads the short story ; trailers for Robert Siodmak films ; Paul Schrader's 1972 essay "Notes on film noir"; music and effects track. Disc 2 contains interview with Clu Gulager; excerpts from A Siegel Film; production memos from Siegel, broadcasting standards reports and casting suggestions. Both contain production and publicity stills with actor biographies, press books & ads. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. 1946 adaptation -- disc 2. 1956 adaptation. |
| Credits |
1946 version: music, Miklos Rozsa ; director of photography, Woody Bredell ; editor, Arthur Hilton. 1956 version. Music, Johnny Williams ; director of photography, Richard L. Rawlings ; editor, Richard Belding. |
| Performer |
1946 version: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Sam Levene, Virginia Christine ; 1964 version: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavettes, Clu Gulager, Ronald Reagan. |
| Summary |
Melodramatic thriller based on the Hemingway story about two hit men who become curious about the life and death of the man they were hired to kill. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital mono. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Film noir.
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Detective and mystery films.
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| Added Author |
Veiller, Anthony, 1903-1965.
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Hellinger, Mark, 1903-1947.
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Siodmak, Robert, 1900-1973.
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Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994.
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Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990.
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Coon, Gene L.
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Siegel, Don, 1912-1991.
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Dickinson, Angie.
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Cassavetes, John, 1929-1989.
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Reagan, Ronald.
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Gulager, Clu.
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Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich, 1932-1986
Ubijtsi.
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
Killers.
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Universal Pictures Company.
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Mark Hellinger Productions, Inc.
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Universal City Studios.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Killers |
| ISBN |
1559409312 |
| Standard No. |
715515013321 |
| Music No. |
CC1577D Criterion Collection |
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