- Description:
- BluRay - Zone A. viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1.
24 fps
Titles
+ Kiss Me Deadly
- Director:
- Aldrich, Robert
- Production Co:
- Parklane Pictures Inc.
- Running Time:
- Feature. 106 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1955
- Language:
- English with optional English subtitles
- Genre:
- Crime, Drama, Mystery, Film Noir, Sci Fi, Thriller
- Notes:
- A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit".
New high-definition restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Includes optional audio commentary by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini, and a booklet including an essay by critic J. Hoberman and a 1955 reprint by director Robert Aldrich.
- Link to:
- FII catalog | AFI catalog
+ Mike Hammer’s Mickey Spillane
- Director:
- Allan Collins, Max
- Production Co:
- M.A.C. Productions
- Running Time:
- Feature. 40 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1998
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Notes:
- In 1988, Mickey Spillane agreed to participate in a documentary about his life and career, directed by mystery writer and filmmaker max Allan Collins (the book Road to Perdition). Mike Hammer’s Mickey Spillane debuted at the noir film festival in in Courmayeur, Italy. This new, slightly condensed cut was prepared by Collins for this release.
+ Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides, The
- Director:
- Efrosini Lellios, Fay
- Production Co:
- 21/31 Productions
- Running Time:
- Short. 9 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - dolby digital stereo
- Color:
- color and b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 2007
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Notes:
- When novelist and screenwriter A.I. Bezzerides adapted Mickey Spillane’s novel Kiss Me, Deadly for the big screen, a singular film was born. In this short video piece, Spillane, Bezzerides, and writers Barry Gifford and George Pelecanos share their thoughts about the film. Most of this material also appears in the 2007 feature documentary The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides.
+ Bunker Hill, Los Angeles
- Production Co:
- The Criterion Collection
- Running Time:
- Short. 7 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- color and b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 2011
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Notes:
- In this video piece, writer and Los Angeles film buff Jim Dawson discusses some of the locations in Kiss Me Deadly. Writer-actor Don Bajema narrates.
+ Kiss Me Deadly [Altered Ending]
- Director:
- Aldrich, Robert
- Production Co:
- Parklane Pictures, Inc.
- Running Time:
- Short. 0 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1997
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Clip, Fragment, Alternate Ending
- Notes:
- For almost three decades, more than a minute of footage was missing from the end of Kiss Me Deadly. How this happened is a mystery, but it resulted in very different fates for the characters. Neither director Robert Aldrich nor anyone associated with the film’s production or distribution intended for these crucial shots to be excised, and they were finally restored in 1997. Here, we present the truncated ending.
+ Kiss Me Deadly [Theatrical Trailer]
- Production Co:
- Parklane Pictures, Inc.
- Running Time:
- Trailer. 2 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1955
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Trailer
- Notes:
- Original theatrical trailer for Kiss Me Deadly.