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Sweet smell of success

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

DVD special ed. ; Widescreen version.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Marty Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, the Chico Hamilton Quintet.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2011]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (56 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Vicious Broadway gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker ropes unprincipled press agent Sidney Falco into smearing an up-and-coming jazz musician who is romancing his beloved sister.

Notes

From the novellette by Ernest Lehman.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.

Special features: audio commentary featuring film scholar James Naremore ; original theatrical trailer ; "Mackendrick : the man who walked away," a 1986 documentary featuring cast and crew interviews ; "James Wong Howe : cinematographer," a 1986 documentary about the cinematographer ; video interview with film critic and historian Neal Gabler about legendary columnist Walter Winchell, insipiration for the character J.J. Hunsecker ; video interview with filmmaker James Mangold about Mackendrick, his instructor and mentor.

Contents

  • Disc 1. The film
  • Disc 2. The supplements.

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