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The.Killing.1956.Criterion.NTSC.DVDR-DVDR

THEATRE DATE....: 6/06/1956
RELEASE DATE....: 8/13/2011
STORE DATE......: 8/16/2011
GENRE...........: Crime/Film-Noir/Thriller
RATiNG..........: 8.0/10 (29,022 votes)
NO. SCREENiNGS..: ???

RUNTiME.........: 84 Minutes
ViDEO BiTRATE...: 5389 kBit/sec 6-pass CCE
AUDiO BiTRATE...: 384 kBit/s AC3 DD 1.0 at 48KHZ, EN
ASPECT RATiO....: 16:9
ARCHiVES........: dvdr-the.killing.rar  *95x50MB*
DVD SiZE........: *4.374 GB* *4,479 MB* *4,586,328 KB*
SUBTiTLES.......: EN

The Killing was director Stanley Kubrick's first major film effort -- though, like Kubrick's earlier
films, it was economically produced with an inexpensive cast. In a variation of his Asphalt Jungle
role, Sterling Hayden plays veteran criminal Johnny Clay, planning one last big heist before settling
down to a respectable marriage with Fay (Colleen Gray). Teaming with several cohorts, Johnny
masterminds a racetrack robbery. The basic flaw is that all the crooks involved are losers and
small-timers who find themselves in way over their heads despite their supposed cleverness. None of
the participants is more pathetic than George Peatty (Elisha Cook Jr.), who is goaded into the robbery
by his covetous and far-from-faithful wife (Marie Windsor). As in a Greek tragedy, Johnny's best-laid
schemes go awry. Prominently featured in the cast of The Killing are offbeat character actors TIM CAREY
and JOE TURKEL, who'd show up with equally showy roles in future Kubrick productions. The Killing is
based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White.

Director         ...     Stanley Kubrick

Sterling Hayden         ...         Johnny Clay
Coleen Gray         ...         Fay
Vince Edwards         ...         Val Cannon
Jay C. Flippen         ...         Marvin Unger
Ted de Corsia         ...         Policeman Randy Kennan
Marie Windsor         ...         Sherry Peatty
Elisha Cook Jr.         ...         George Peatty

Removed the theatrical trailer and kept the rest:

* Interview with star Sterling Hayden: (23:34@2570)
* Interview with Producer James B. Harris: 21:06@1465)
* Writer Robert Polito on novelist Jim Thompson: (18:42@980)

IMDB: http://former.imdb.com/title/tt0049406/
RETAIL DVD: http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1575313

FILM REVIEW: http://www.noiroftheweek.com/2005/12/killing-1956-12262005.html
FILM REVIEW: http://filmfanatic.org/reviews/?p=11375