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The killing / Harris-Kubrick presents ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick ; dialogue by Jim Thompson ; produced by James B. Harris ; directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Title:
The killing / Harris-Kubrick presents ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick ; dialogue by Jim Thompson ; produced by James B. Harris ; directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Uniform Title:
Killing (Motion picture)
ISBN:
9781604654660
Edition:
Two-DVD special ed.
Publication Information:
[New York] : Criterion Collection, c2011.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (84 min.; ca. 67 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
The killing is based on the novel: "Clean Break" by Lionel White.

Originally released in 1955 and 1956; The killing copyright held by Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation.

Includes booklet (19 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) featuring an essay by film historian Haden Guest and a reprinted interview with actress Marie Windsor.

Special features (disc 1): new digital restoration; new video interview with producer James B. Harris; excerpted interviews with actor Sterling Hayden from the French television series Cinéma cinémas; new video interview with poet and author Robert Polito about writer Jim Thompson; trailer.

Special features (disc 2): restored high-definition digital transfer; new video appreciation of Killer's Kiss featuring film critic Geoffrey O'Brien; trailer.
Contents:
The killing / Harris-Kubrick presents ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick ; dialogue by Jim Thompson ; produced by James B. Harris ; directed by Stanley Kubrick (1956 ; 84 min.) -- Killer's kiss / a Minotaur production ; released through United Artists ; story by Stanley Kubrick ; produced by Stanley Kubrick and Morris Bousel ; edited, photographed and directed by Stanley Kramer (1955 ; ca. 67 min.)
Reading Level:
Not rated.
Added Corporate Author:
Added Title:
Killer's kiss.
Summary:
"Stanley Kubrick's account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood's tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, and Elisha Cook Jr., The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. With its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony, it's Kubrick to the core"--Container.
System Details:
DVD; NTSC, REGION 1; DOLBY DIGITAL MONO.; ASPECT RATIO 1.66:1, ENHANCED FOR 16:9 WIDESCREEN TVS.
Language Note:
SUBTITLED FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.
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