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Ernest Hemingway's The killers [videorecording] / Universal Pictures ; Mark Hellinger Productions ; screenplay by Anthony Veiller ; produced by Mark Hellinger ; directed by Robert Siodmak. Ernest Hemingingway's the killers ; Universal Studios ; screenplay by Gene L. Coon ; produced and directed by Donald Siegel.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC1577D | Criterion CollectionSeries: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 176.Publication details: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2003.Description: 2 videodiscs (102 min., 94 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1559409312
  • 9781559409315
Other title:
  • Killers
Uniform titles:
  • Killers (Motion picture : 1946)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 01066
Online resources:
Contents:
Disc 1. 1946 adaptation -- disc 2. 1964 adaptation.
Production credits:
  • 1946 version: music, Miklos Rozsa ; director of photography, Woody Bredell ; editor, Arthur Hilton. 1964 version. Music, Johnny Williams ; director of photography, Richard L. Rawlings ; editor, Richard Belding.
1946 version: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Sam Levene, Virginia Christine ; 1964 version: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavettes, Clu Gulager, Ronald Reagan.Summary: Melodramatic thriller based on the Hemingway story about two hit men who become curious about the life and death of the man they were hired to kill.
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DVD; Dolby digital mono.

1946 version: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Sam Levene, Virginia Christine ; 1964 version: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavettes, Clu Gulager, Ronald Reagan.

1946 version: music, Miklos Rozsa ; director of photography, Woody Bredell ; editor, Arthur Hilton. 1964 version. Music, Johnny Williams ; director of photography, Richard L. Rawlings ; editor, Richard Belding.

Based on the short story, The killers, by Ernest Hemingway.

Originally released as motion pictures in 1946 and 1964.

Includes two essay brochures; 1946 version by Jonathan Lethem, 1964 version by Geoffrey O'Brien.

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; production memos from Siegel, broadcasting standards reports and casting suggestions. Both contain production and publicity stills with actor biographies, press books & ads.

Melodramatic thriller based on the Hemingway story about two hit men who become curious about the life and death of the man they were hired to kill.

Disc 1. 1946 adaptation -- disc 2. 1964 adaptation.

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