Blu-ray
Kiss me deadly
Call Number
- BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy, Maxine Cooper, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rodgers.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2011]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (106 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
"In this atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane's novel, directed by Robert Aldrich, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Ralph Meeker stars as snarling private dick Mike Hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. Brazen and bleak, Kiss Me Deadly is a film noir masterpiece as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in American cinema."--Container.
Notes
Based on the novel by Mickey Spillane.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.
Special features: New high-definition restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; audio commentary by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini ; new video tribute by director Alex Cox ; excerpts from The long haul of A.I. Bezzerides, a 2005 documentary on the Kiss me deadly screenwriter ; Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane, a 1998 documentary about the life and work of the author ; video pieces on the film's locations ; controversial altered ending ; theatrical trailer.