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Title:
Ace in the hole [blu-ray]
Edition:
Dual-format edition.
Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
[Irvington, New York] : distributed by The Criterion Collection
©2014
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781604658378
Abstract:
One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker. An amoral newspaper reporter washes up in dead-end Albuquerque, happens upon the scoop of a lifetime, and will do anything to keep getting the lurid headlines.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Blu-ray special edition features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray ; 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 ; a 1984 interview with Kirk Douglas ; excerpts from a 1986 appearance by Wilder at the American Film Institute ; audio excerpts from an interview with coscreenwriter Walter Newman ; video afterword by filmmaker Spike Lee ; stills gallery ; trailer; plus essays by film critic Molly Haskell and filmmaker Guy Maddin.
Performers:
Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur.
Technical Details:
Blu-ray; Requires blu-ray player; Aspect ratio, 1.37:1; Dolby Digital; Region A.
Geographic Term:
Language:
English
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Audience:
No rating available.
