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One of my all-time favorites, and now I finally own it! Between Howard Hawk's treatment of the '40s Los Angeles and Philip Marlow and the movie's star Humphrey Bogart, I have stayed up late a few times watching Turner Classic Movies to see it.
Also a special treat is that this DVD contains both the 1946 release and the original 1945 film.
Jim Noell
Imperial Beach, CA
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The Big Sleep features a lot of breaking of the fourth estate (person speaking directly into the camera), and for the first twenty minutes or so of the film, the anti-hero (Bogart) is not seen; only his voice is heard. Other than "Caged," this is one of Agnes Moorehead's meatier roles. This Howard Hawke film (adapted from a Raymond Chanddler novel)does justice to the noir era.
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As other reviewers have mentioned, this is a classic film that showcases Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's talents. It's worth watching if you haven't seen it in a while or just saw it last week.
Although the storyline stays pretty close to the bestselling The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, the sleazy elements has been cleaned up by Hollywood censors: to such a degree that you might ask what the heck the blackmailing plot is all about. (The novel's plot had enough complexities without deleting the character's seamy motivations.) It seems that in the 1940s, what appears on the page could be deemed inappropriate for the silver screen.
The movie was supposed to be released in 1945, but the war was drawing to a close and the Warner Brothers studio put The Big Sleep on the shelf in order to hurry their war movies into theaters.
In 1946, Howard Hawks had an opportunity to re-shoot a few scenes in order to highlight Becall. The DVD includes both the 1945 and 1946 versions, and more important for film enthusiasts, the Special Features includes a short documentary that describes the differences and the reasons for the changes. Fascinating stuff.
The Shut Mouth Society
The Shopkeeper
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This is an excellent DVD of a superb movie.. Its a highly recommeded movie for any fan looking for a thriller and at a time one feels only a man like Bogie could have pulled of Ms. Bacall from this web of lies, deceipt and other confusions.. Truly a movie which any generation would love..
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I ordered this DVD for my film & lit class to write an essay on film noir, so my review won't be about the movie itself, but rather the extra features on the disc that I found useful.
The DVD has both versions of the movie (pre-release 1945 version and final version released in 1946), which is absolutely vital if you are writing about the film because the two versions are so different and there are many real life factors that affected it.
It also included some very helpful extras with a comparison between the two different versions that covers dropped scenes, changed scenes, and changed dialogue (some of this is very subtle, so the fact that it is pointed out and highlighted is great). This comparison also references some personal letters between Warner and Bacall's agent that influenced the changes and briefly covers the reasons why the film was not released until a year after it was finished.
The other feature I found interesting was the theatrical trailer. The trailer features Bogart reading a passage from Raymond Chandler's novel which the movie was adapted from, and also mentions the Maltese Falcon (another adaptation in the genre).
There is also a very brief history of the filming under "Behind the Scenes", but the information provided was very general and in bad powerpoint-slideshow style and could easily be found online.
From a student's point of view, this DVD is a great source and definitely worth it, even if just for the 1945/1946 analysis by Robert Gitts (UCLA). Even if you are not a student, I think this film is worth watching. I chose this film for my essay after reading the plot analysis on [...] because it sounded so interesting, and I was not disappointed (and even giggled during some of the melodramatic action scenes).
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