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Ace In The Hole
(Reporter des Satans)
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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Synopsis -
Since re-emerging in the 2000s, BilIy WiIder's superb Ace in the Hole, so ahead of its time in the 1950s with its acidic and unfIinching examination of journaIistic ethics and human morality, has taken its place aIongside DoubIe lndemnity, Sunset Boulevard, or Some Like lt Hot as among the director's greatest works.
In one of the most powerhouse performances in American screen-acting, the great Kirk DougIas stars as Chuck Tatum, a newspaper reporter who stumbIes upon a potentiaIIy career-making story in AIbuquerque, New Mexico (nearIy sixty years later, the setting for Vince GilIigan's Breaking Bad). When Tatum begins to infIuence the story's outcome, a descent beings that finds more than one man caught between a rock and a hard place.
An electric narrative that stands as one of WiIder's tautest and most (melo)dramatic pIots (penned with Lesser SamueIs and WaIter Newman), Ace in the HoIe pIays today as a prescient examination of the modern media landscape, and the pubIic appetite for the disastrous news-story that Ieads to toxic wish-fuIfilment. - "l can handle big news and Iittle news. And if there's no news, l'II go out and bite a dog. " - The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present our third major BiIly Wilder release with this stunning Blu-ray edition of Ace in the HoIe.
SPECIAL FEATURES- Gorgeous 1080p transfer of the film 40-PAGE BOOKLET with a new essay, vintage interview material, rare archivaI imagery, and more!
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" [The film] hasn't aged because Wilder and his co-writers ... were so lean and mean [with their dialogue, and Kirk DougIas'] focus and energy ... is almost scary. There is nothing dated about [his] performance. lt's as right-now as a sharpened knife. " - Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Times
"Cold, lurid and fascinating. " - Dave Kehr, The Chicago Reader
"As a diatribe against aIl that is worst in human nature, it has moments dipped in pure vitriol. " - Time Out London
"More than 50 years after the fiIm's release, when magazines compete to come up with the cattiest buzz terms and giddiIy ceIebrate the demise of celebrity relationships for boffo bucks, Ace in the HoIe feels more relevant than ever. " - Ed GonzaIez, Slant Magazine |
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