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The killers
Title:
The killers
Alternate title:
Ernest Hemingway's The killers.
Series Number:
176.
Summary:
After killing a man who seems resigned to the fact that he would die, the killers try to find out why they were hired and why the man did not run from his fate.
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
General Note:
Based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1946 and 1964.

Features: The killers (1946): Video interview with writer Stuart M. Kaminsky, actor Stacy Keach (Mike Hammer) reads Hemingway's short story, production and publicity stills with actor biographies, rare behind-the-scenes stills gallery, original press book and ads, collection of trailers for Robert Siodmak films, writer/director Paul Schrader's seminal 1972 essay "Notes On Film Noir", essay by Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn), music and effects track ; The killers (1964): Reflections with star Clu Gulager, excerpts from Don Siegel's autobiography, A Siegel Film, pertaining to the making of the movie, production correspondence including memos from Don Siegel, broadcasting standards reports, and casting suggestions, production and publicity stills with actor biographies, rare behind-the-scenes stills gallery, and advertisements, essay by Geoffrey O'Brien (Hardboiled America), music and effects track.
Contents:
The killers (1946, b&w) / produced by Mark Hellinger ; directed by Robert Siodmak ; screenplay by Anthony Veiller -- The killers (1964) / produced and directed by Donald Siegel ; screenplay by Gene L. Coon.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (196 min.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Publication Date:
2003
Publication Information:
South Burlington, Vt. : The Criterion Collection, c2003.
Call Number:
DVD KILLERS
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