Double Indemnity (2-DVD Special Edition, Universal Legacy Series)

Starring: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, Byron Barr & Tom Powers Director: Billy Wilder

From the Moment they met it was Murder!

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MHV 1029078D

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DVD Features:

Disc One:

Shadows of Suspense

Disc Two:

Audio: English & Espanol
Subtitles: English, Espanole, & Francais
Number of Discs: 2
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hours, 47 minutes
Video: Black & White
Released: August 22, 2006
Originally Released: 1944
Label: Universal Studios
2-Disc Set
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Packaging: Snap Case
Special Edition

Disc 1: DOUBLE INDEMNITY

Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:

Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - English, Spanish
Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional

Disc 2: Bonus Features

Audio:

Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - English
Subtitles - English (SDH), French - Optional

Additional Release Material:

Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Introduction: Robert Osborne
Featurette: SHADOWS OF SUSPENSE
Audio Commentary:

Richard Schicker - Film Historian
Lem Dobbs - Film Historian/Screenwriter; Nick Redman - Film Historian

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, Byron Barr & Tom Powers
Directed by		Billy Wilder
Edited by		Doane Harrison
Screenwriting by		Billy Wilder & Raymond Chandler
Composition by		Cesar Franck & Miklos Rozsa
Produced by		Joseph Sistrom
Director of Photography		John Seitz

Entertainment Reviews:

USA Today - 01/26/1994
"...INDEMNITY has all the classic elements..."

Premiere - 12/01/2003
"The noir formula takes a giant step forward: a domineering femme fatale; a dark, Expressionist visual style; and a violent, unhappy ending..."

Sight and Sound - 06/01/2005
"[O]ne of the most memorable thrillers in Hollywood history."

Uncut - 08/01/2005
"Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis was the greatest of the hardboiled noir temptresses."

Uncut - 01/01/2006
Ranked #3 in Uncut's Best DVDs Of 2005 -- "The ultimate sex-greed-death classic."

Entertainment Weekly - 09/01/2006
"Stanwyck cracks wise...while dripping pheromones." -- Grade: A

New York Times - 08/22/2006
"DOUBLE INDEMNITY belongs to the early stages of American film noir....[With] a gallery of great character actors..."

Rolling Stone - 11/30/2006
"Film noir doesn't get more classic than Billy Wilder's 1944 tale of greed and lust."

Description by OLDIES.com:

Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray star in this gripping film noir from Academy Award-winning director Billy Wilder. A calculating wife encourages her wealthy husband to sign a double indemnity policy proposed by smitten insurance agent Walter Neff. As the would-be lovers plot the unsuspecting husband's murder, they are pursued by a suspicious claims manager (Edward G. Robinson). It's a race against time to get away with the perfect crime in this heart-pounding Academy Award-nominated masterpiece.

Product Description:

Billy Wilder's classic noir, a familiar brew of lust, larceny, and lethal intentions, stars Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck as a hot-blooded couple. Framed in flashback, the story is told by the dying Walter Neff (MacMurray), beginning with his first meeting with the seductive Phyllis Dietrichson (Stanwyck) during a routine renewal of her husband's car insurance. After some flirtation she arranges a meeting without her husband, where she asks about an accident policy to be bought without her husband's knowledge. Although repulsed by the implications of her suggestions, his obsession with Phyllis leads Neff to contemplate the possibility of finding a way to kill her husband while making his death look like an accident. After she comes to his apartment, the insurance salesman finally agrees to become involved in the murder, and the two of them begin methodically working out the details. After they dispose of Dietrichson, Neff learns more than he wanted about Phyllis' unsavory past, but realizes he's now too involved to extricate himself. He's also concerned about his a boss, Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson), an omniscient insurance investigator who has taken over the case. DOUBLE INDEMNITY is brilliant noir, among the best of the genre, with a byzantine yet utterly plausible plot, stylized hard-boiled dialogue by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and three terrific performances by Stanwyck, MacMurray, and Robinson.

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Production Notes:

DOUBLE INDEMNITY was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1992.
Other films written by novelist Raymond Chandler include AND NOW TOMORROW; THE BLUE DAHLIA, from his own story; and THE UNSEEN.

The story of DOUBLE INDEMNITY was inspired by the notorious Snyder-Gray murder that took place in Queens Village, New York, in the 1920s. Albert Snyder was bludgeoned to death by his wife, Ruth, and her lover, Judd Gray, in order to collect his insurance money.
Woody Allen considers this to be the greatest movie ever made.

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