The Maltese Falcon (Blu-ray)

A story as EXPLOSIVE as his BLAZING automatics!
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  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 40 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: October 5, 2010
  • Originally Released: 1941
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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"The stuff that dreams are made of."

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Certified Fresh100%

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Rating: 3.5/4 -- The Maltese Falcon is among the most important and influential movies to emerge from the Hollywood system -- as significant in some ways as its contemporary, Citizen Kane. Full Review
ReelViews
Jun 10, 2008
Boldly manipulative light and shadow, utilizing drastic camera angles, and introducing Bogart's Sam Spade, the first-time director's detective classic defines film noir. -- Grade: A
Entertainment Weekly
Oct 6, 2006
...Huston's strategy is crafty....It's all style. It isn't violence or chases, but the way the actors look, move, speak and embody their characters...
Chicago Sun-Times
May 13, 2001
Frighteningly good evidence that the British (Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Reed, et al.) have no monopoly on the technique of making mystery films. Full Review
TIME Magazine
Apr 23, 2009
This is one of the best examples of actionful and suspenseful melodramatic story telling in cinematic form. Full Review
Variety
Apr 8, 2008
Rating: 10/10 -- Arguably the best detective movie ever made in Hollywood. Full Review
Antagony & Ecstasy
Dec 8, 2016
Who can argue with Bogart's glower or Mary Astor in her ratty fur? Full Review
Chicago Reader
Oct 16, 2007

Product Description:

Hard-drinking private eye Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) sleuths the backyard of San Francisco in search of an elusive black bird statuette while evading the setups of three disparate miscreants: the duplicitous Brigid, the perfumed Mr. Cairo, and the scheming Fat Man. John Huston's brilliant directorial debut is aided by first-rate performances, excellent camera work, as well as the director's acute attention to detail while shooting the film. Based on the crime novel by Dashiell Hammett. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Sydney Greenstreet), and Best Screenplay. Previous versions of the story were filmed in 1931 (a.k.a. DANGEROUS FEMALE) and in 1936 (as SATAN MET A LADY, starring Bette Davis), and poorly redone in 1975 (THE BLACK BIRD).

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  • Sales Rank: 9,749
  • UPC: 883929118250
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