Title:
The asphalt jungle [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; a John Huston production ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screen play by Ben Maddow and John Huston ; produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. ; directed by John Huston.
Author:
Huston, John, 1906-1987 film director, screenwriter.
Hornblow, Arthur, Jr., 1893-1976 film producer.
Maddow, Ben, 1909-1992, screenwriter.
Rosson, Harold, 1895-1988, director of photography.
Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995 composer (expression)
Boemler, George, editor of moving image work.
Gibbons, Cedric, 1895-1960 art director.
Duell, Randall art director.
Hayden, Sterling, 1916-1986 actor.
Calhern, Louis, 1895-1956 actor.
Hagen, Jean, 1923-1977 actor.
Whitmore, James, 1921-2009 actor.
Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984 actor.
McIntire, John, 1907-1991 actor.
Lawrence, Marc, 1910-2005, actor.
Kelley, Barry, 1908-1991, actor.
Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962 actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Burnett, W. R. (William Riley), 1899-1982 Asphalt jungle.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm) film distributor.
ISBN:
9781681432403
Uniform Title:
Asphalt jungle (Motion picture)
Edition:
Two-DVD special edition.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (112 min.) : DVD video, sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels ; color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Content Type:
two-dimensional moving image
Media Type (RDA):
video
Carrier Type:
videodisc
Sound Characteristics:
digital optical monaural Dolby Digital 1.0
Projection Characteristics of Moving Image:
fullscreen
Video Characteristics:
NTSC
Digital File Characteristics:
video file DVD video region 1
Form of Work:
Motion picture lcsh
Series:
The Criterion collection ; 847
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 847.
General Note:
Title from title frame.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950.
Based on the novel by W.R. Burnett.
Special features: audio commentary from 2004 by film historian Drew Casper, featuring recordings of actor James Whitmore; new interviews with film noir historian Eddie Muller and cinematographer John Bailey; archival footage of writer-director John Huston discussing the film; episode of the television program City lights from 1979 featuring John Huston; Pharos of chaos a 1983 documentary about actor Sterling Haydon; audio excerpts of archival interviews with Huston; trailer. Container insert includes essay "A left-handed form of human endeavor" by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien.
Abstract:
In a smog-choked city somewhere in the American Midwest, an aging criminal mastermind, newly released from prison, hatches a plan for a million-dollar jewel heist and draws a wealthy lawyer and a cherry-picked trio of outlaws into his carefully devised but inevitably doomed scheme.
Reading Level:
Not rated.
Personal Subject:
Added Author:
Format:
Video Disc