Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Ernest Hemingway's The killers
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| Other uniform titles: | Siodmak, Robert, 1900-1973.
Veiller, Anthony, 1903-1965.
Hellinger, Mark, 1903-1947.
Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994.
Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990
Siegel, Don, 1912-1991.
Coon, Gene L.
Dickinson, Angie.
Cassavetes, John, 1929-1989
Reagan, Ronald.
Gulager, Clu.
Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich, 1932-1986. Ubijtsi.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Killers.
Killers (Motion picture : 1964)
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| Other authors / contributors: | Universal Pictures Company.
Mark Hellinger Productions, Inc.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Universal City Studios.
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| ISBN: | 1559409312
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| Notes: | 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.
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.
DVD; Dolby digital mono.
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| 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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| Publisher's no.: | CC1577D Criterion Collection
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