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Ace in the Hole (1951)
A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to re-jump start his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.Director: Billy Wilder
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
Audio commentary with film scholar Neil Sinyard
Theatrical Trailer (2:22)
DISC TWO
"Portrait of a 60% Perfect Man: Billy Wilder" 1980 documentary featuring in-depth interviews with Wilder by film critic Michel Ciment (58:24)
Excerpts from a 1986 appearance by Wilder at the American Film Institute (23:36)
A 1984 interview with Kirk Douglas by filmmaker and film scholar Michael Thomas (14:17)
Excerpts from an audio interview with coscreenwriter Walter Newman (10:09)
Spike Lee afterword (5:39)
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Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a liner notes booklet featuring new essays by film critic Molly Haskell and filmmaker Guy Maddin.
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Subtitles:Danish, English, English HoH, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also region 4 encoded.
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray copy)
DISC TWO (DVD)
*The Film
DISC THREE (DVD)
Neil Sinyard on "Ace in the Hole" (33:48)
Portrait of a "60% Perfect Man": Billy Wilder (58:26)
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Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a collector's Booklet featuring:
- "A Circulation Builder" by Emmanuel Burdeau (25 pages)
- Notes on Viewing (1 page)
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (111:08 NTSC)
- R2 Scandinavia- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts (106:30 PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- Eureka - No cuts (110:52 NTSC)
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 02/10/09
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