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The asphalt jungle

Call Number

  • BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Marilyn Monroe.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2016]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (112 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 17 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

"In a smog-choked city somewhere in the American Midwest, an aging criminal mastermind, newly released from prison, hatches a plan for a million-dollar jewel heist and draws a wealthy lawyer and a cherry-picked trio of outlaws into his carefully devised but inevitably doomed scheme. Anchored by an abundance of nuanced performances from a gifted ensemble--including a tight-jawed Sterling Hayden and a sultry Marilyn Monroe in her breakout role--this gritty crime classic by John Huston climaxes in a meticulously detailed anatomy of a robbery that has reverberated through the genre ever since. An uncommonly naturalistic view of a seamy underworld, The Asphalt Jungle painstakingly depicts the calm professionalism and toughness of its gangster heroes while evincing a remarkable depth of compassion for their all-too-human fragility, and it showcases a master filmmaker at the height of his powers."--Container.

Notes

From a novel by W.R. Burnett.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950.

Special features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; audio commentary from 2004 by film historian Drew Casper, featuring recordings of actor James Whitmore ; Pharos of chaos, a 1983 documenary about actor Sterlin Haydon ; new interviews with film noir historian Eddie Muller and cinematographer John Bailey ; archival footage of writer-director John Huston discussing the film ; episode of the television program City lights from 1979 featuring Huston ; audio excerpts of archival interviews with Huston ; trailer.

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