Ace in the Hole

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Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Special features: Disc one: The film with new, restored high-definition digital transfer; audio commentary by film scholar Neil Sinyard; theatrical trailer ; Disc two: "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.
Disc 1. The Film -- Disc 2. The Supplements.
Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady, Richard Benedict, Ray Teal, Frank Jaquet.
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.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.

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In the context of its time, I can see how it was something. submitted by lisa on August 26, 2015, 3:04pm The shock of media's influence must've been harder-hitting in the days of this film, A Face in The Crowd, Sweet Smell of Success, etc. It seems like such old news now, no shock to the cynical. Perhaps that's part of why the slow unfolding of the story in this one was hard for this viewer to take (and I can take some slow unfolding, and love old movies).

Seems like an important one to see for filling in one's knowledge, I guess. Especially if you're a Billy Wilder fan. Also it's fascinating to see the part of our country it's set in, and how it was at the time.

Hard boiled classic Hollywood submitted by mandevil on March 21, 2021, 12:21am Capitalists grasp for money while a poor man lies dying