The Asphalt Jungle (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
The City Under the City
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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: 5/5 --
Deep in those shadows within the seedy underbelly of the city lies some of the most engrossing cinema ever made.
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FanboyNation.com
5 stars out of 5 -- Director John Huston is at the top of his game here, mixing gritty on-street shooting and pulp thriller characters with higher thematic aspirations...
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Rating: 3.5/4 --
a cracking-good crime story almost perfectly told
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Q Network Film Desk
What makes The Asphalt Jungle important is its vision of the crime world. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
4 stars out of 5 -- Set in an anonymous mid-western city, this grittily shot tale draws on a classic three-act structure: the planning of the jewellery robbery, the operation, and its tragic aftermath.
Total Film
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
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
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: 51,186
- UPC: 715515190619
- Shipping Weight: 0.18/lbs (approx)
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