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THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (1976)
Criterion Collection # 254
Verenigde Staten
Misdaad / Drama
135 minuten / 108 minuten (director's cut)
geregisseerd door John Cassavetes
met Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey en Seymour Cassel
Een nachtclubbaas raakt in de schulden bij een kleine bende. Als tegenprestatie moet hij voor hen een nietsvoorstellende Chinese bookie vermoorden. De feiten blijken echter anders te liggen dan hij vermoedde.
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Spot info:
DVD Release Date: September 21, 2004
Director: John Cassavetes
Description
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John Cassavetes engages film noir in his own inimitable style with The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Ben Gazzara brilliantly portrays gentlemen�s club owner Cosmo Vitelli, a man dedicated to pretenses of composure and self-possession. When he runs afoul of a group of gangsters, Cosmo is forced to commit a horrible crime in a last-ditch effort to save his beloved club and his way of life. Suspenseful, mesmerizing, and idiosyncratic, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a thought-provoking examination of desperation and masculine identity.
READ:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie: The Raw and the Cooked
by Phillip Lopate
criterion.com/current/posts/577-the-killing-of-a-chinese-bookie-the-raw-and-the-cooked
Format: NTSC
DVD Size: 7.40 + 7.89 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main feature): 135 minutes
Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 | Anamorphic
Sound (main feature): English DD2.0
Subtitles: optional English
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:
# Restored high-definition digital transfer of John Cassavetes' original 135-minute edit of the film.
# Restored high-definition digital transfer of Cassavetes' 108-minute edit for the 1978 theatrical rerelease.
# Video interviews with star Ben Gazzara and producer Al Ruban.
# Audio interview with Cassavetes by film historians Michel Ciment and Michael Wilson, conducted after the film�s release.
# Stills gallery featuring rare behind-the-scenes production photos.
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