The killing

Kubrick, Stanley. (Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer, Film editor). Thompson, Jim, 1906-1977 (Screenwriter). Harris, James B., 1928- (Producer). Bousel, Morris. (Producer). Ballard, Lucien, 1908-1988 (Cinematographer). Steinberg, Betty. (Film editor). Fried, Gerald. (Composer, Conductor). Gimbel, Norman. (Composer). Clar, Arden, 1915- (Composer). Sobotka, Ruth, 1925-1967 (Artistic director, Dancer). Hayden, Sterling, 1916-1986 (Actor). Gray, Coleen, 1922- (Actor). Edwards, Vince, 1928-1996 (Actor). Flippen, Jay C., 1899-1971 (Actor). De Corsia, Ted. (Actor). Windsor, Marie. (Actor). Cook, Elisha, Jr. (Actor). Sawyer, Joseph, 1906-1982 (Actor). Edwards, James, 1918-1918 March 6-1970. (Actor). Carey, Timothy Agoglia, 1929-1994 (Actor). Adler, Jay, 1896-1978 (Actor). Vuolo, Tito. (Actor). Adams, Dorothy, 1900-1988 (Actor). Griffith, James, 1916-1993 (Actor). Turkel, Joe, 1927- (Actor). Benedict, Bill, 1917-1999 (Actor). Cane, Charles, 1899-1973 (Actor). Silvera, Frank, 1914-1970 (Actor). Smith, Jamie (Actor),active 1952-1963. (Actor). Kane, Irene. (Actor). Jarrett, Jerry, 1918-2001 (Actor). Dana, Mike. (Actor). Orlandi, Felice, 1925-2003 (Actor). O'Brien, Shaun. (Actor). Rubin, Alec. (Actor). Roberts, Ralph, 1918-1999 (Actor). White, Lionel. Clean break. (Added Author). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Added Author). Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation. (Added Author). United Artists Corporation. (Added Author). Minotaur Productions. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Johnny Clay has a plan. After spending 5 years in Alcatraz, he decides that if he's going to commit crimes, the risk had better be worth the punishment. He then proceeds to mastermind a brilliant criminal scheme to steal $2,000,000 from a local racetrack in which "no one will get hurt."

Item details

ISBN: 9781604654660
ISBN: 160465466X
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
2 videodiscs (84 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Edition: Two-DVD special ed.
Publisher: [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2011]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Based on the novel: "Clean Break" by Lionel White. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956. Special features: Disc 1. "James B. Harris" video interview with the producer; "Sterling Hayden" excerpted interviews with actor Sterling Hayden from the French television series Cinéma cinémas; "Polito on Thompson" author Robert Polito discusses crime noveist Jim Thompson; Theatrical trailer. Disc 2: "Killer's kiss" film; "Geoffrey O'Brien" discussion about Killer's kiss with critic Geoffrey O'Brien. Booklet: "Kubrick's clockwork" essay by Haden Guest; "Marie Windsor on the making of The killing" excerpts from an interview with actress.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. The killing / Harris-Kubrick presents ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick ; dialogue by Jim Thompson ; produced by James B. Harris ; directed by Stanley Kubrick (1956 ; 84 min.) -- Disc 2. Killer's kiss / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; United Artists ; a Minotaur production ; story by Stanley Kubrick ; produced by Stanley Kubrick and Morris Bousel ; edited, photographed and directed by Stanley Kubrick (1955 ; ca. 67 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Lucien Ballard ; film editor, Betty Steinberg ; music composed and conducted by Gerald Fried ; art director, Ruth Sobotka. Killer's kiss: Music composed and conducted by Gerald Fried ; song by Norman Gimbel, Arden Clar ; choreography by David Vaughan.
Participant or Performer Note:	Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Ted DeCorsia, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook, Joe Sawyer, James Edwards, Timothy Carey, Kola Kwariani, Jay Adler, Tito Vuolo, Dorothy Adams, Herbert Ellis, James Griffith, Cecil Elliott, Joseph Turkel, Steve Mitchell, Mary Carroll, William Benedict, Charles R. Cane, Robert B. Williams, (Killer's kiss) Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Jerry Jarrett, Mike Dana, Felice Orlandi, Shaun O'Brien, Barbara Brand, David Vaughan, Alec Rubin, Ralph Roberts, Phil Stevenson, Arthur Feldman, Bill Funaro, Skippy Aldeman ; ballet danced by Ruth Sobotka.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Language Note:	In English with optional English (SDH) subtitles.