Description |
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 555 |
|
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 555.
|
Credits |
Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman ; photographed by James Wong Howe ; music by Elmer Bernstein |
Cast |
Burt Lancaster, Martin Milner, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, the Chico Hamilton Quintet. |
System Details |
DVD; NTCS, region 1; widescreen. |
Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
Contents |
Disc 1. The film -- Disc 2. The supplements. |
Summary |
Burt Lancaster stars as barbaric Broadway gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker, and Tony Curtis is Sidney Falco, the unprincipled press agent he ropes into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister. |
Note |
Special features: audio commentary by James Naremore; original theatrical trailer; documentary "Mackendrick : the man who walked away" (1986); documentary "James Wong Howe : cinematographer" (1986) |
|
For specific features see interactive menu. |
Subject |
Jazz musicians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
|
|
Gossip columnists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
|
|
Siblings -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
|
|
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005 -- Film adaptations.
|
|
DVDs.
|
Genre |
Feature films.
|
|
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
|
Added Author |
Mackendrick, Alexander, 1912-1993, director.
|
|
Hill, James, 1916-2001, producer.
|
|
Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963, screenwriter.
|
|
Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994, actor.
|
|
Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010, actor.
|
|
Milner, Martin, 1927- actor.
|
|
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.
Sweet smell of success.
|
|
Norma Productions (FIrm)
|
|
Curtleigh Productions (Firm)
|
|
Criterion Collection (Firm)
|
Added Title |
Sweet smell of success (Motion picture)
|
ISBN |
9781604653878 |
|
1604653876 |
Standard No. |
715515068017 |
Music No. |
CC1980D The Criterion Collection |
|