The Asphalt Jungle (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 52 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 15, 2016
- Originally Released: 1950
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe & John McIntire | |
Performer: | Marilyn Monroe, Marc Lawrence, Barry Kelley, Anthony Caruso, Teresa Celli, Brad Dexter, Dorothy Tree & John Maxwell | |
Directed by | John Huston | |
Edited by | George Boemler | |
Screenplay by | Ben Maddow & John Huston | |
Original story by | W.R. Burnett | |
Composition by | Miklos Rozsa | |
Art Direction by | Cedric Gibbons & Randall Duell | |
Produced by | Arthur Hornblow, Jr. | |
Director of Photography: | Harold Rosson |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 9/10 --
This is among the most generally influential American films of the 1950s.
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Antagony & Ecstasy
Rating: 5/5 --
This tale of a jewel theft gone wrong is notable for its gritty procedural detail and an emphasis on the inner lives of the small time crooks, expertly played by Sterling Hayden and Sam Jaffe.
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BBC.com
The characters are no mere cold symbolic avatars in a world gone stylistic; Huston breaks down that intellectual barrier, and allows the characters to shine in all their glorious dumb pathos.
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CraveOnline
Rating: 8/10 --
It was from this mean little film that the fundamental tenants of the modern heist movie were laid down.
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The Retro Set
Armed with a beautifully constructed screen play, John Huston has fashioned an exciting picture that avoids all the pitfalls of most crime movies.
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Associated Press
John Huston's greatest noir thriller.
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Time Out
Rating: 3.5/4 --
a cracking-good crime story almost perfectly told
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Q Network Film Desk
Product Description:
Directed by John Huston, THE ASPHALT JUNGLE is considered by many to be the defining film of the crime oeuvre. After many years in prison, Doc (Sam Jaffe), a seemingly over-the-hill and retired (i.e. rehabilitated) criminal decides upon his release to make one last go of it. His attempts at reuniting the old gang come up against the intentions of his partner who intends to start a Kentucky horse farm with his share of the take. Doc's lecherous tendencies for young curvaceous women get him nowhere but delight the viewer with standout performances by Jean Hagen and a lusty Marilyn Monroe. The tremendous character development is aided by Huston and Ben Maddow's script, and Huston's direction. Based on a novel by W.R. Burnett. Remade in 1958 as BADLANDERS, in 1963 as CAIRO and 1972 as COOL BREEZE.
Keywords:
Adventure
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Thieves
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Scams And Cons
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Thriller
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Betrayal
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Jewels
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Recommended
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Theatrical Release
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Crime
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Heists
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 50,265
- UPC: 715515190619
- Shipping Weight: 0.18/lbs (approx)
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