Ace In The Hole (1951/Criterion) DVD Robert Arthur, Richard Benedict, Frank Cady, Kirk Douglas, Porter Hall, Jan Sterling, Ray Teal, John Berkes, Lewis Martin, Frances Dominguez

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Ace In The Hole (1951/Criterion) DVD

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Rating: UN
Format: DVD
Release Date: 17-JUL-2007
Runtime: 111
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Product Code: 715515024723

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One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker, Billy Wilder�s Ace in the Hole is legendary for both its cutting social critique and its status as a hard-to-find cult classic. Kirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter caught in dead-end Albuquerque who happens upon the story of a lifetime�and will do anything to ensure he gets the scoop. Wilder�s follow-up to Sunset Boulevard is an even darker vision, a no-holds-barred expos� that anticipated the rise of the American media circus.

- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary by film scholar Neil Sinyard
- Portrait of a "60% Perfect Man": Billy Wilder, a 1980 documentary featuring in-depth interviews with Wilder by film critic Michel Ciment
- A 1984 interview with Kirk Douglas by filmmaker and film scholar Michael Thomas
- Excerpts from a 1986 appearance by Wilder at the American Film Institute
- Excerpts from an audio interview with coscreenwriter Walter Newman
- New video afterword by filmmaker Spike Lee
- Stills gallery
- Theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by film critic Molly Haskell and filmmaker Guy Maddin