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The killing of a Chinese bookie

Call Number

  • BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Ben Gazzara, Timothy Agoglia Carey, Seymour Cassel, Robert Phillips, Morgan Woodward, John Red Kullers, Al Ruban, Azizi Johari, Virginia Carrington, Meade Roberts.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (135, 108 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R.

Summary

"John Cassavetes engages with film noir in his own inimitable style with The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Ben Gazzara brilliantly portrays a gentleman's club owner, Cosmo Vitelli, desperately committed to maintaining a facade of suave gentility despite the seediness of his environment and his own unhealthy appetites. When he runs afoul of loan sharks, Cosmo must carry out a terrible crime or lose his way of life. Mesmerizing and idiosyncratic, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a provocative examination of masculine identity. It is presented here in two versions: Cassavetes's original 1976 edit and his 1978 one, nearly thirty minutes shorter."--Container.

Notes

Contains the original 1976 edit and the 1978 version of the film.

Originally released as motion pictures in 1976 and 1978.

Disc originally released as part of the 5-disc set John Cassavetes: five films.

Special features: High-definition digital restorations of the 1976 and 1978 versions of the film, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks ; interview program from 2004 featuring actor Ben Gazzara and producer Al Ruban ; audio interview with Cassavetes from the 1970s ; stills gallery ; trailer.

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