The killers
(DVD) 

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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 1946.
Format
DVD
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
UPC
715515013321

Notes

General Note
Title from disc.
General Note
Based on the short story, The killers, by Ernest Hemingway.
General Note
Originally produced as motion pictures in 1946 and 1964 ; 2003 DVD release.
General Note
Special features. 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, the autobiography ; production memos from Siegel, broadcasting standards reports and casting suggestions ; music and effects track. Both contain production and publicity stills with actor biographies, press books & ads.
General Note
Includes two essay brochures: 1946 version by Jonathan Lethem, 1964 version by Geoffrey O'Brien.
Creation/Production Credits
1946 version: music, Miklos Rozsa ; director of photography, Woody Bredell ; editor, Arthur Hilton.
Creation/Production Credits
1964 version. Music, Johnny Williams ; director of photography, Richard L. Rawlings ; editor, Richard Belding.
Participants/Performers
1946 version: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Virginia Christine.
Participants/Performers
1964 version: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Clu Gulager, Ronald Reagan.
Description
Melodramatic thrillers based on the Hemingway story about two hit men and their target, who accepts his fate as though he were already dead.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD ; NTSC ; region 1 ; Dolby digital mono ; dual-layer.
Language
English ; closed captioned.

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