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Ernest Hemingway's The killers / Universal International ; Mark Hellinger Productions ; screenplay by Anthony Veiller ; produced by Mark Hellinger ; directed by Robert Siodmak. Ernest Hemingingway's the killers / Universal Studios ; screenplay by Gene L. Coon ; produced and directed by Donald Siegel.
LIBRA DVD PS3515.E37 K552 2003 2 discs + 3 inserts
Available from offsite location
LIBRA DVD 012 134 disc 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 176.
- The Criterion collection ; 176
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961--Film adaptations.
- Hemingway, Ernest.
- Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Film noir.
- Feature films.
- Romance films.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (102 min., 94 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 inserts (folded leaves ; 18 cm)
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Killers
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2003]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- 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.
- Contents:
- [Disc 1. 1946 version
- disc 2. 1964 version].
- Participant:
- 1946 version: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien; 1964 version: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavettes, Clu Gulager, Ronald Reagan.
- Credits:
- 1946 version: director of photography, Woody Bredell; film editor, Arthur Hilton; music, Miklos Rozsa ; 1964 version: director of photography, Richard L. Rawlings; film editor, Richard Belding; music score, Johnny Williams.
- Notes:
- Based on The killers / by Ernest Hemingway.
- Special features, 1946 version: Andrei Tarkovsky's 1956 student film version of The killers; interview with Stuart M. Kaminsky; 1949 radio adaptation of The killers; Stacy Keach reads the short story; production and publicity stills; actor biographies, behind-the-scenes stills gallery, original press book, original ads; Paul Schrader's essay, 'Notes on film noir'; essay by Jonathan Lethem; music and effects track. Special features, 1964 version: Reflections with Clu Gulager; section of Don Siegel's autobiography dealing with making of The killers; production correspondence including memos from Don Siegel, broadcasting standards, and casting suggestions; production and publicity stills, actor biographies, behind-the-scenes stills gallery, ads; essay by Geoffrey O'Brien; music and effects track.
- Videodisc release of the motion pictures produced in 1946 and 1964.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
- Contains:
- Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich, 1932-1986. Ubijtsi.
- ISBN:
- 1559409312
- OCLC:
- 51732162
- Publisher Number:
- 715515013321
- CC1577D The Criterion Collection
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