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The big sleep
Title:
The big sleep
ISBN:
9781419817649
Edition:
Standard version.
Publication Information:
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video : Turner Entertainment Co., [2005]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (230 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
From the novel by Raymond Chandler.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1946.

Also issued as part of the box set: Bogie & Bacall the signature collection.

Special features: Side A & B. Cast & crew filmographies; "'The big sleep': 1945/1946 comparisons" documentary with UCLA archivist Robert Gitt analyzing differences between versions; Behind the scenes; Theatrical trailer. Side B. 1945 pre release version containing an additional 18 minutes which were reshot or deleted.
Contents:
Side A: 1946 theatrical version -- Side B: 1945 pre release version.
Summary:
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.
System Details:
DVD; REGION 1, NTSC; STANDARD FULL SCREEN (1.33:1) PRESENTATION PRESERVING THE ASPECT RATIO OF ITS ORIGINAL THEATRICAL EXHIBITION; DOLBY DIGITAL MONO.
Language Note:
IN ENGLISH DIALOGUE WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH OR FRENCH SUBTITLES; CLOSED-CAPTIONED.
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