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Ace in the Hole - Criterion Collection
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Ace in the Hole - Criterion Collection (1951)
Starring:  Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady, Richard Benedict, Ray Teal, Frank Jaquet
Director:  Billy Wilder
Genre:  Drama
Year:  1951
Studio:  Criterion
Length:  111 minutes
Released:   July 17, 2007
Rating:  NR
Format:  DVD
Misc:  NTSC, Black & White
Language:  English(Original Language)
Discs in this Set:
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SYNOPSIS:
One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker, Academy Award–winner Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole  (A.K.A. The Big Carnival) is legendary for both its cutting social critique and its status as a hard-to-find cult classic. Kirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter caught in dead-end Albuquerque who happens upon the story of a lifetime—and will do anything to ensure he gets the scoop. Wilder’s follow-up to Sunset Boulevard is an even darker vision, a no-holds-barred exposé that anticipated the rise of the American media circus.

BONUS FEATURES:
  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer
  • Audio commentary by film scholar Neil Sinyard
  • Portrait of a "60% Perfect Man": Billy Wilder, a 1980 documentary featuring in-depth interviews with Wilder by film critic Michel Ciment
  • 1984 interview with Kirk Douglas
  • Excerpts from a 1986 appearance by Wilder at the American Film Institute
  • Excerpts from an audio interview with co-screenwriter Walter Newman
  • PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by film critic Molly Haskell and filmmaker Guy Maddin
  • PLUS: New essays by film critic Molly Haskell and filmaker Guy Maddin
  • Stills Gallery
  • Theatrical trailer

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