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THE KILLERS (1946 & 1964) 2 DVD SET
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About the DVD
Director: ROBERT SIODMAK & DON SIEGELFormat: PAL
Language: ENGLISH
Region: 4
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Number of Discs: 2
Rating: M
DVD Release Date: 01/09/2007
Run Time: 189min
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Special features
- Ernest Hemingway Wrestling with Life: documentary on the life of Ernest Heminway (approx 100min)
- Audio commentary by film critic Paul Harris
- "The Killers" short story by Ernest Hemingway
- Theatrical trailers
Synopsis
THE KILLERS (1946)
Hemingway's terse, tense dialogue marks the unnerving opening sequence that introduces Burt Lancaster - in his film debut - as doomed protagonist ‘The Swede’, a star-crossed boxer hunted by hired guns after he becomes infatuated with fickle femme fatale and gansters’ moll Ava Gardner. Master director Robert Siodmak (The Suspect) soon turns to an insurance investigator who looks behind the grimy façade of murder in this stylish, film noir masterpiece that earned four Oscar® nominations.
“Siodmak's screen classic - an intense, hard-edged, stylish classic film noir.” Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films
THE KILLERS (1964)
This gritty saga of murder, money and betrayal was helmed by legendary director Don Siegel (Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, Dirty Harry) and features a stunning performance by Lee Marvin as a hitman looking for a quick retirement. John Cassavetes (the later cult director) stars as Johnny, a race driver who falls into a dangerous liaison with the beautiful Angie Dickinson before a car accident takes him off the track, and on the road to a role in an armed robbery. Ronald Reagan, in his last and best acting performance, shines as Johnny’s arch nemesis.
“a superior pulp yarn.” Combustible Celluloid
Hemingway's terse, tense dialogue marks the unnerving opening sequence that introduces Burt Lancaster - in his film debut - as doomed protagonist ‘The Swede’, a star-crossed boxer hunted by hired guns after he becomes infatuated with fickle femme fatale and gansters’ moll Ava Gardner. Master director Robert Siodmak (The Suspect) soon turns to an insurance investigator who looks behind the grimy façade of murder in this stylish, film noir masterpiece that earned four Oscar® nominations.
“Siodmak's screen classic - an intense, hard-edged, stylish classic film noir.” Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films
THE KILLERS (1964)
This gritty saga of murder, money and betrayal was helmed by legendary director Don Siegel (Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, Dirty Harry) and features a stunning performance by Lee Marvin as a hitman looking for a quick retirement. John Cassavetes (the later cult director) stars as Johnny, a race driver who falls into a dangerous liaison with the beautiful Angie Dickinson before a car accident takes him off the track, and on the road to a role in an armed robbery. Ronald Reagan, in his last and best acting performance, shines as Johnny’s arch nemesis.
“a superior pulp yarn.” Combustible Celluloid
