The Asphalt Jungle Actors: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe
Directors: John Huston
Language: English
Formats: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of Discs: 1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: July 06, 2004 Amazon.com: Technical Details - Add To Baby Registry - Add To Wedding Registry - Add To Wishlist - Tell A Friend - All Customer Reviews - All Offers Product Description Oscar-winning director John Huston's comprehensive and widely-acclaimed Film Noir "The Asphalt Jungle" featured an extensive cast including Sterling Hayden (later of Dr. Strangelove fame) and an early film performance by Marilyn Monroe. In this Film Noir classic now on DVD a group of professional criminals put together an elaborate jewel heist only to have it unravel disastrously (per Film Noir convention) when a crooked cop gets wind of their scheme. The film itself was well-received during its release and nominated for several Academy Awards (including Best Director) as well as 3 Golden Globes. John Huston also directed another crime classic the "Maltese Falcon" as well as "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" so it is no surprise that "The Asphalt Jungle" was such a ground-shaking feature. Make your collection complete buy "The Asphalt Jungle" DVD today!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/CLASSIC UPC: 012569590328 Amazon.com essential video The dark urban world of The Asphalt Jungle is one of the essential destinations in film noir, but be warned: despite tough guy Sterling Hayden's dreams of bucolic escape, there is no way out. John Huston directed this superbly calibrated crime classic, which displays his usual wry appreciation of fringies and down-and-outers. This time the task for Huston's eccentric ensemble is a jewel robbery, which--this being a Huston film--can't possibly work out as well as its plan. The cast includes Sam Jaffee, indelible as a criminal mastermind, and the pre-stardom Marilyn Monroe. Hayden plays the kind of mug he would revisit in Stanley Kubrick's The Killing, which is an informal homage to this film. And the film's look is definitive: both artful and gritty, it creates a noir landscape that traps its people just as surely as the tar pits trapped the dinosaurs. No wonder they call it noir. --Robert Horton |
