The Killers (1946/1964) [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Criterion Collection

Overview

This release contains two versions of Earnest Hemingway's short story, The Killers about two hit men who walk into a restaurant with the intent to kill a Swedish boxer. The 1946 film directed by Robert Sidomak helped launch the careers of Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster and the 1964 film directed by Don Siegel and stars Angie Dickinson and John Cassavetes.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/07/2015
UPC:	0715515150910
Original Release:	1946
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W, Color]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	3:16:00
Sales rank:	4,041

Special Features

Andrei Tarkovsky's Short film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Killers," made when he was a student in 1956; Interview from 2002 with writer Stuart M. Kaminsky about both films; Audio recording from 2002 of actor Stacy Keach reading Hemingway's short story; Screen Directors' Playhouse radio adaptation from 1949 of the 1946 film, starring Burt Lancaster And Shelly Winters; Interview from 2002 with actor Clu Gulager; Audio excerpt from director Don Siegel's autobiography, A Siegel Film, read by actor and director Hampton Fancher; Trailers