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UPC #:

715515024723

Studio:

Criterion/Voyager

Production Year:

1951

Region:

1

Release Date:

17th July 2007

Category:

Drama

Format:

DVD

Info:

One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker, Academy Award-winner Billy Wilder's "Ace In The Hole" is legendary for both its 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 upon 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 expose that anticipated the rise of the American media circus.



New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Audio commentary by film scholar Neil Sinyard; "Portrait Of A 60% Perfect Man: Billy Wilder," - 1980 documentary; Excerpts from a 1986 appearance by Wilder at the American Film Institute; Excerpts from an audio interview with coscreenwriter Walter Newman; Plus: A booklet featuring new essays by film critic Molly Haskell and Guy Maddin; New video afterword by filmmaker Spike Lee; 1984 interview with Kirk Douglas, Documentary, Interviews, Original Theatrical Trailer, Photo Gallery, NTSC.

Notes:

Audio: 1.0 Video: 4:3 Ratio: 1.33:1

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