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Blast of silence / a film by Allen Baron ; an Alfred Crown-Dan Enright production ; a Universal-International release ; produced by Merrill Brody ; screenplay by Allen Baron ; directed by Allen Baron.
LIBRA DVD 006 162 disc + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 428.
- The Criterion collection ; 428
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Assassins--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- Assassins.
- Gangsters--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- Gangsters.
- Christmas--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- Christmas.
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.).
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Film noir.
- Feature films.
- Gangster films.
- Crime films.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages ; 19 cm).
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Special edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2008]
- Language Note:
- Open-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Professional killer Frankie Bono returns after an apparent absence to Manhattan during the Christmas season to assassinate the gangster Troiano. Bono is a loner and intends to avoid any unnecessary human contact while planning the murder of his victim. Bono is recognized by an acquaintance from the orphanage he was raised in who invites him to a Christmas party. There he meets up with an old semi-girlfriend, Lorrie. His friend's happy marriage contrasts with Bono's solitary and haunted existence and Bono's hard exterior softens. Bono is emotionally conflicted with both his personal contacts and his professional duties and his choices have heavy consequences.
- Participant:
- Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker, Peter H. Clune, Danny Meehan, Howard Mann, Charles Creasap, Bill Da Prado, Milda Memenas, Joe Bubbico, Ruth Kaner, Gil Rogers, Jerry Douglas, Don Saroyan, Dean Sheldon.
- Narrator: Lionel Stander.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Merrill Brody ; camera operator, Erich Kollmar ; art director, Charles Rosen ; editor, Peggy Lawson ; music composer and conductor, Meyer Kupferman ; narration writer, Mel Davenport (Waldo Salt).
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- This DVD is copy protected.
- Special features: New, restored digital transfer; Requiem for a killer: the making of "Blast of silence"; rare on-set Polaroids; photos of locations in 2008; booklet featuring an essay by film critic Terrance Rafferty and a four-page graphic-novel adaptation of the film by acclaimed artist Sean Phillips.
- ISBN:
- 9781604650297
- 160465029X
- OCLC:
- 191078253
- Publisher Number:
- 715515028721
- 00715515028721
- CC1745D Criterion Collection
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