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Ace in the hole. Fullscreen
Title :
Ace in the hole. a Paramount picture ; written by Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman ; produced and directed by Billy Wilder.
Title:
Ace in the hole. Fullscreen
Varying Form of Title:
Billy Wilder's Ace in the hole
Format:
DVD
System details note:
DVD, region 1, NTSC.
Series:
The Criterion collection ; 396

Criterion collection.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition:
Special edition
ISBN:
9781934121689
Production / Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2007.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.

Series numbering from container spine.

"1.33:1 aspect ratio"--Container.

Recorded in Dolby digital mono.

Special features: Disc 1: audio commentary by film scholar Neil Sinyard; theatrical trailer ; Disc 2: Portrait of a "60% perfect man" : Billy Wilder, a 1980 documentary featuring in-depth interviews with Wilder by film critic Michel Ciment; a 1984 interview with Kirk Douglas; excerpts from a 1986 appearance by Wilder at the American Film Institute; excerpts from an audio interview with coscreenwriter Walter Newman; new video afterword by filmmaker Spike Lee; stills gallery; new essays by film critic Molly Haskell and filmmaker Guy Maddin.
Contents:
Disc 1. The film -- Disc 2. The supplements.
Summary:
Chuck Tatum is an amoral newspaper reporter caught in dead-end Albuquerque who happens upon the story of a lifetime. He will do anything to ensure he gets the scoop.
Participant or performer note:
Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady, Richard Benedict, Ray Teal, Frank Jaquet.
Creation production and credits note:
Director of photography, Charles B. Lang, Jr. ; editing, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Hugo Friedhofer.
Language:
English
Language note:
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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