The killers

DVD 2015

Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is poetic and shadowy, the second direct and harsh as daylight, but both get at the heart of Hemingway's existential classic.

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Assassins Drama

Criminal investigation Drama

Murder Drama

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Crime films Drama Feature films Video recordings

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 176 Criterion collection ; 176. DVD

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ISBN:

1681430142

Edition:

Two-DVD special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (196 minutes) : sound, colour and black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital optical surround Dolby Digital mono
NTSC
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Other Title:

Ernest Hemingway's The killers [DVD]
Killers (Motion picture : 1946) [DVD]
Killers (Motion picture : 1964) [DVD]

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 1946 and 1964
From the story by Ernest Hemingway
The killers (1946) / directed by Robert Siodmak -- The killers (1964) / produced and directed by Donald Siegel
The killers (1946): Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Vince Barnett, Virginia Christine, Jack Lambert, Charles D. Brown, Donald MacBride, Charles McGraw, William Conrad
The killers (1964): Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Clu Gulager, Claude Akins, Norman Fell, Ronald Reagan
DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen presentation, Dolby Digital mono
For private home use only
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing

Contents:

The killers (1946) (102 minutes)
The killers (1964) (94 minutes)

Control Number:

1910030

UPC:

715515151016

Other Authors:

Akins, Claude, 1918-1994, actor
Barnett, Vince, 1902-1977, actor
Brown, Charles D., 1887-1948, actor
Cassavetes, John, 1929-1989, actor
Christine, Virginia, 1920-1996, actor
Conrad, William, 1920-1994, actor
Coon, Gene L., screenwriter
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Dekker, Albert, 1905-1968, actor
Dickinson, Angie, actor
Fell, Norman, 1924-1998, actor
Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990, actor
Gulager, Clu, actor
Gulager, John, filmmaker
Gulager, Tom, filmmaker
Hellinger, Mark, 1903-1947, film producer
Lambert, Jack, 1920-2002, actor
Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994, actor
Levene, Sam, 1905-1980, actor
Mark Hellinger Productions, Inc., production company
Marvin, Lee, actor
McBride, Donald, 1889-1957, actor
McGraw, Charles, 1914-1980, actor
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Killers [DVD]
O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985, actor
Reagan, Ronald, actor
Revue Productions, production company
Siegel, Don, 1912-1991, film producer, film director
Siodmak, Robert, 1900-1973, film director
Universal Pictures Company, production company
Universal-International (Firm), production company
Veiller, Anthony, 1903-1965, screenwriter

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