Sweet smell of success
(DVD)
Contributors
Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963. Screenwriter
Mackendrick, Alexander, 1912-1993. Director
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.
Hill, James, 1916-2001. Producer
Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994. Actor
Mackendrick, Alexander, 1912-1993. Director
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.
Hill, James, 1916-2001. Producer
Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994. Actor
Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2011].
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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East - Adult Movie | DVD 791.43 S9746sW | On Shelf |
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Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2011].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (56 pages : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
UPC
715515068017
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Based on the novellette by Ernest Lehman.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
General Note
Special features: audio commentary by James Naremore; original theatrical trailer; documentary "Mackendrick : the man who walked away" (1986); documentary "James Wong Howe : cinematographer" (1986); new video interview with Neal Gabler about columnist Walter Winchell, insipiration for the character of Hunsecker; essays, short stories introducing the characters, notes about the film (in booklet)
Creation/Production Credits
Photographed by James Wong Howe ; music by Elmer Bernstein.
Participants/Performers
Burt Lancaster, Martin Milner, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, the Chico Hamilton Quintet.
Description
Burt Lancaster stars as barbaric Broadway gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker, and Tony Curtis is Sidney Falco, the unprincipled press agent he ropes into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister.
Target Audience
Rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD; NTCS, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Odets, C., Mackendrick, A., Lehman, E., Hill, J., Lancaster, B., Curtis, T., & Milner, M. (2011). Sweet smell of success ([Special ed.]). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clifford Odets et al.. 2011. Sweet Smell of Success. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clifford Odets et al.. Sweet Smell of Success The Criterion Collection, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Odets, Clifford, et al. Sweet Smell of Success [Special ed.], The Criterion Collection, 2011.
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