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The Killers - Criterion Collection (1946 / 1964) (1964)
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| Starring: | Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Ronald Reagan, Clu Gulager, John Cassavetes, Hall Brock, Virginia Christine, John Copage, Albert Dekker, Claude Akins, Sam Levene |
| Director: | Robert Siodmak, Don Siegel |
| Genre: | Drama, Film Noir, Crime, Murder, Crime Drama |
| Year: | 1964 |
| Studio: | Criterion |
| Length: | 205 minutes |
| Released: | February 18, 2003 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | Color, NTSC, Black & White |
| Language: | English(Original Language), English(Subtitled) |
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SYNOPSIS:Ernest Hemingway's gripping short story "The Killers" has fascinated readers and filmmakers for generations. Its first screen incarnation came when director Robert Siodmak unleashed The Killers (1946, 105 min.), helping to define the film noir style and launching the careers of Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner in this archetypal masterpiece. In 1956, then-film student Andrei Tarkovsky tackled the story with a faithful 19-minute short. Then came The Killers (1964, 100 min.) helmed by Don Siegel who was initially slated to direct the 1946 version. He took it on, creating the first-ever made-for-TV feature, which would prove too violent for American audiences in the wake of JFK's assassination. The Criterion Collection presents all three versions of this classic tale of amorality that asks why a man would silently welcome his fate with the passivity of a man already dead.
BONUS FEATURES:
Disc 1 (1946):
- Andrei Tarkovsky’s student film version of The Killers
- Video interview with writer Stuart M. Kaminsky (Don Siegel: Director)
- Screen Director’s Playhouse 1949 radio adaptation, starring Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters
- Actor Stacy Keach (Mike Hammer) reads Hemingway’s short story
- Production and publicity stills with actor biographies, rare behind-the-scenes stills gallery, original press book and ads
- Collection of trailers for Robert Siodmak films
- Writer/director Paul Schrader’s seminal 1972 essay “notes on film noir”
- Notes by Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn)
- Music and effects track
Disc 2 (1964):
- Reflections with Clu Gulager, star of the 1964 version
- Excerpts from A Siegel Film pertaining to the making of the movie
- Production correspondence including memos from Don Siegel, broadcasting standards reports and casting suggestions
- Production and publicity stills with actor biographies, rare behind-the-scenes stills gallery, and advertisements
- Notes by Geoffrey O’Brien (Hardboiled America: Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir)
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