The Killers

 

Year: 1946 | 1964

Time: 102 | 94 min.

 

Series: The Criterion Collection

Edition #: 176

Release Date: Tuesday, 18 March 2003

MSRP: $39.95

 

DVD

1 Disc

1.33:1

1.33:1

English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0

English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0

Region 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8

 

 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's Playhouse radio adaptation from 1949 of the 1946 film, starring Burt Lancaster and Shelley 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   Two inserts, one featuring an essay on the 1946 version by Jonathan Lethem and another featuring an essay on the 1964 version by Geoffrey O'Brien   1946 Version: Production and publicity stills with actor biographies, rare behind-the-scenes stills gallery, original press books, and ads   Collection of trailers for Robert Siodmak films   Writer/director Paul Schrader's seminal 1972 essay "notes on film noir"   Music and effects track   1964 Version: Production correspondence including memos from Don Siegel, broadcasting standards reports, and casting suggestions   1964 Version: Production and publicity stills with actor biographies, rare behind-the-scenes stills gallery, and advertisements   Music and effects track