DVD
Ace in the hole
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Special ed.; full screen version.
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady, Richard Benedict, Ray Teal, Frank Jaquet.
Publication Information
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2007.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet ([4] p. : ill. ; 36 cm.)
Uniform Title
Summary
When a man is trapped alive in a mine collapse, a self-interested reporter and the townspeople cynically create what we now call a "media circus".
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
Special features (disc 1) : optional audio commentary by film scholar Neil Sinyard ; Theatrical trailer (2 min.).
Special features (disc 2) : "Portrait of a 60% perfect man", featurette (includes in-depth interviews with Wilder by film critic Michel Ciment (60 min.)) ; excerpts from a 1986 appearance by Wilder at the American Film Institute (24 min.); a 1984 interview with Douglas by Michael Thomas (14 min.); excerpts from a 1970 audio interview with co-scriptwriter Newman (10 min.); new video afterword by filmmaker Spike Lee (6 min.); gallery of production stills and behind-the-scenes photos.
Program notes on container insert include an essay "Noir in broad daylight" by writer and film critic Molly Haskell, and an essay "Chin up for mother" on actor Kirk Douglas by director Guy Maddin.