Sweet smell of success
(DVD, Notes, Video)

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Format
DVD, Notes, Video
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (56 pages : illustrations)
Language
English
UPC
715515068017

Notes

General Note
Booklet available for checkout.
General Note
Film based on the novellette by Ernest Lehman.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
General Note
Special features of this DVD: audio commentary by James Naremore ; original theatrical trailer ; documentary "Mackendrick : the man who walked away" (1986) ; documentary "James Wong Howe : cinematographer" (1986) ; new video interview with Neal Gabler about columnist Walter Winchell, insipiration for the character of Hunsecker ; essays, short stories introducing the characters, notes about the film (in booklet).
Creation/Production Credits
Photographed by James Wong Howe ; music by Elmer Bernstein.
Participants/Performers
Burt Lancaster, Martin Milner, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, the Chico Hamilton Quintet.
Description
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.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mackendrick, A., Lancaster, B., Curtis, T., Harrison, S., Milner, M., Levene, S., Donnell, J., Lehman, E., Howe, J. W., Bernstein, E., Odets, C., & Nichols, B. (2011). Sweet smell of success ([Special edition]). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alexander Mackendrick et al.. 2011. Sweet Smell of Success. The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alexander Mackendrick et al.. Sweet Smell of Success The Criterion Collection, 2011.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mackendrick, Alexander, et al. Sweet Smell of Success [Special edition], The Criterion Collection, 2011.

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