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DVD

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  • CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection (2 copies)
  • WASHINGTON SQUARE: Audiovisual Collection
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The big sleep

Call Number

  • DVD MYSTERY/THRILLER (CEN, WSQ)

Edition

Full screen version.

Languages

English dialogue; optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned.

Performers

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone.

Publication Information

Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2005]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

L.A. private detective Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and follows a trail peopled by murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich and more.

Notes

Title from container.

From the novel by Raymond Chandler.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1946.

Contains both the 1946 theatrical version of the film and a 1945 prerelease version of the film.

Special features: "'The big sleep' comparisons 1945/1946" documentary, with UCLA archivist Robert Gitt analyzing differences between versions; theatrical trailer; 1945 prerelease version containing footage that was reshot or deleted.

Contents

  • Side A: 1946 theatrical version
  • Side B: 1945 prerelease version.

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