The Killing
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Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Elisha Cook Jr.
Directed By: Stanley Kubrick
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792841395
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 0792841395
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1999-06-29
Running Time: 85
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1956-06-06
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Summary: Amazing...
Comment: This is racy stuff, there isn't a second of boredom in the whole movie. 100 times better than Dark Knight. These days people use more Computer generated effects and have less faith in their intelligence - if they have it, that is!
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Summary: Lenny Bruce makes a cameo trivia
Comment: Cogent comments by all. Just another piece of visual ephemera: When Sterling Hayden emerges from the shop with his bargain used luggage in the last reel, we see that next door is a strip club; it's acts currently emceed by Dirty Lenny. Excellent young directors' film.
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Summary: A Killer Movie
Comment: Fantastic film. Very reminiscent of Asphalt Jungle. Great use of the clown mask robber get up that has been redone in many movies - from Point Break to the Dark Knight. Kubrick was ahead of his time.
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Summary: Classic Early Noir From A Master
Comment: Stanley Kubrick's third film, 1956's The Killing is a small noir masterpiece. Starring Sterling Hayden as Johnny Clay this film has been copied many times by many great directors including Quentin Tarantino.
The film follows the exploits of a small band of criminals as they attempt to pull off a race track robbery. This is perhaps the most tightly plotted film that I have seen in many years and the dialog, penned by Kubrick with the help of Jim Thompson is nearly perfect. The performances by the cast are spot on.
It must be remembered that this is classic Hollywood B-moviemaking but Kubrick's genius with non linear storytelling shines through like a diamond in the rough. While it may seem dated at times with its heavy voice over narration it is a film experience that should not be missed.
The low priced MGM disc is a bare bones affair that features a trailer. The picture is in full screen format (which was the correct shooting ratio) and the sound is mono but acceptable. Lucien Ballard's photography is stark and at times overlit but it suits this material perfectly.
This is a film that needs to be seen by any serious film student.
Customer Rating:
Summary: a cool caper flick
Comment: Not directed, written, or edited like other crime films which makes it even more interesting. The Killing is a sharp and skillfully done crime film. Several plotlines involving different characters are successfully interwoven into one story about a racetrack robbery. The characters George, his gold digger wife Sherry, and Sherry's lover Val are great characters with a great plot. Sterling Hayden plays the ringleader and all of the performances are good. There's nothing really wrong with this film. The film gets complicated in a fascinating way and is well executed with a gripping surprise ending. The Killing is first-rate and unconventional storytelling to say the least. To divulge the specifics of the characters and plotlines would be unfair to somebody who hasn't seen it.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Amazing...
Comment: This is racy stuff, there isn't a second of boredom in the whole movie. 100 times better than Dark Knight. These days people use more Computer generated effects and have less faith in their intelligence - if they have it, that is!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Lenny Bruce makes a cameo trivia
Comment: Cogent comments by all. Just another piece of visual ephemera: When Sterling Hayden emerges from the shop with his bargain used luggage in the last reel, we see that next door is a strip club; it's acts currently emceed by Dirty Lenny. Excellent young directors' film.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Killer Movie
Comment: Fantastic film. Very reminiscent of Asphalt Jungle. Great use of the clown mask robber get up that has been redone in many movies - from Point Break to the Dark Knight. Kubrick was ahead of his time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Classic Early Noir From A Master
Comment: Stanley Kubrick's third film, 1956's The Killing is a small noir masterpiece. Starring Sterling Hayden as Johnny Clay this film has been copied many times by many great directors including Quentin Tarantino.
The film follows the exploits of a small band of criminals as they attempt to pull off a race track robbery. This is perhaps the most tightly plotted film that I have seen in many years and the dialog, penned by Kubrick with the help of Jim Thompson is nearly perfect. The performances by the cast are spot on.
It must be remembered that this is classic Hollywood B-moviemaking but Kubrick's genius with non linear storytelling shines through like a diamond in the rough. While it may seem dated at times with its heavy voice over narration it is a film experience that should not be missed.
The low priced MGM disc is a bare bones affair that features a trailer. The picture is in full screen format (which was the correct shooting ratio) and the sound is mono but acceptable. Lucien Ballard's photography is stark and at times overlit but it suits this material perfectly.
This is a film that needs to be seen by any serious film student.
Customer Rating:
Summary: a cool caper flick
Comment: Not directed, written, or edited like other crime films which makes it even more interesting. The Killing is a sharp and skillfully done crime film. Several plotlines involving different characters are successfully interwoven into one story about a racetrack robbery. The characters George, his gold digger wife Sherry, and Sherry's lover Val are great characters with a great plot. Sterling Hayden plays the ringleader and all of the performances are good. There's nothing really wrong with this film. The film gets complicated in a fascinating way and is well executed with a gripping surprise ending. The Killing is first-rate and unconventional storytelling to say the least. To divulge the specifics of the characters and plotlines would be unfair to somebody who hasn't seen it.
When ex-con Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) says he has a plan to make a killing, everybody wants to be in on the action. Especially when the plan is to steal $2 million in a racetrack robbery scheme in which "no one will get hurt." But despite all their careful plotting, Clay and his men have overlooked one thing: Sherry Peatty (Marie Windsor), a money-hungry, double-crossing dame who's planning to make a financial killing of her own...even if she has to wipe out Clay's entire gang to do it! Directed in a revolutionary story-telling technique by the legendary Stanley Kubrick, The Killing is tough, taut, tense and one of the greatest crime thrillers ever made!
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