Contributor
Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002.
Edition Statement:Special ed.
Imprint:[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2007.
Description2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Note:Features: disc 1. audio commentary by film scholar Neil Sinyard, theatrical trailer ; disc 2. 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 by filmmaker and film scholar Michael Thomas, excerpts from a 1986 appearance by Wilder at the American Film Institute, excerpts from an audio interview with coscreenwriter Walter Newman, new video afterword by filmmaker Spike Lee, stills gallery ; booklet featuring new essays by film critic Molly Haskell and filmmaker Guy Maddin.
Target AudienceMPAA rating: Not rated.
Note:"One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker, Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole is legendary for both is 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 on 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." -- jacket
Note : PerformerKirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady.
System Details NotesDVDs, Dolby digital mono.
Location Note : REQUEST AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK.
