Format:
2 DVD-Videos (112 min.) :
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schwarz-weiß ;
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1 Faltblatt
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4 3/4
ISBN:
9781681432403
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1681432404
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9785515190712
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5515190718
Series Statement:
The Criterion collection 847
Uniform Title:
The asphalt jungle
Content:
In a smog-choked city somewhere in the American Midwest, an aging criminal mastermind, newly released from prison, hatches a plan for a million-dollar jewel heist and draws a wealthy lawyer and a cherry-picked trio of outlaws into his carefully devised but inevitably doomed scheme
Note:
Orig., USA: 1950. - Special features: audio commentary from 2004 by film historian Drew Casper, featuring recordings of actor James Whitmore; new interviews with film noir historian Eddie Muller and cinematographer John Bailey; archival footage of writer-director John Huston discussing the film; episode of the television program City lights from 1979 featuring John Huston; Pharos of chaos a 1983 documentary about actor Sterling Haydon; audio excerpts of archival interviews with Huston; trailer. Container insert includes essay "A left-handed form of human endeavor" by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien
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In English with optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Language:
English
Keywords:
Spielfilm
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Film noir
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Melodrama
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Kriminalfilm
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Film
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DVD-Video
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DVD-Video discs
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Feature films / United States
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Crime films
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Detective and mystery films
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Drama
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Feature films
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Fiction films
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Film adaptations
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Film noir
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
Author information:
Monroe, Marilyn 1926-1962
Author information:
Huston, John 1906-1987
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