Sweet smell of success
(DVD) 

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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2011].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (56 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
ISBN
9781604653878, 1604653876
UPC
715515068017

Notes

General Note
Based on the novellette by Ernest Lehman.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1. Commentary by film scholar James Naremore; Theatrical trailer. Disc 2. "Mackendrick: the man who walked away" Scottish television documentary (1986); "James Wong Howe: cinematographer" documentary (1973); "Gabler on Winchell" video essay with film historian Neal Gabler; James Mangold interview. Booklet: Gary Giddins essay; "On the writing of Sweet smell of success" by Ernest Lehman; "Hunsecker fights the world" by Ernest Lehman; "It's the little things that count" by Ernest Lehman; "Mackendrick and Odets" by Paul Cronin.
Creation/Production Credits
Photographed by James Wong Howe ; music scored and conducted by Elmer Bernstein ; songs by Chico Hamilton and Fred Katz ; art director, Edward Carrere ; costumes designed by Mary Grant ; set decorator, Edward Boyle ; sound recording, Jack Solomon.
Participants/Performers
Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Marty Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, Joe Frisco, Emile Meyer, Edith Atwater, 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.
System Details
DVD; region 1, NTCS; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Local note
DVD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mackendrick, A., Odets, C., Lehman, E., Hill, J., Howe, J. W., Bernstein, E., Hamilton, C., Katz, F., Carrere, E., Grant, M., Boyle, E. G., Solomon, J., Lancaster, B., Curtis, T., Harrison, S., Milner, M., Levene, S., Nichols, B., Donnell, J., Frisco, J., Meyer, E., Atwater, E., & Lehman, E. (2011). Sweet smell of success (Special edition.). Criterion Collection.

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

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

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

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

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

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

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