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 Sweet Smell of Success review Product Description
In SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, an all-powerful columnist and an opportunistic press agent clash in a struggle for power.
Director Alexander Mackendrick breaks away from black comedy (THE LADYKILLERS) and goes for full-fledged noir in this spectacular hard-boiled tale of greed, corruption, and brutality Sweet Smell of Success video. In the flashing neon nighttime of NYC, grasping press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) trawls the city's toniest nightspots--21,the Elysian--searching for the king of celebrity columnists, J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Falco is on the outs with Hunsecker because he hasn't successfully broken up the romance between Hunsecker's sister, Susie (Susan Harrison), and straitlaced jazz guitarist Steve Dallas (Martin Milner). The all-powerful Hunsecker is punishing Falco's failure by not printing any of the publicist's items. Desperate to make a living, Falco reveals a dirty plan to separate weak-willed Susie from her beau. ...See Full Description
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Sweet Smell of Success film Not your usual Tony & Burt, which shows their incredible talents to switch and not be typecast.
By ccolon (Phoenix, AZ USA) 
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Sweet Smell of Success video Product Details
| Studio | Criterion Collection |
| Orig Year | 1957 |
| DVD Encoding | Region 1 |
| CD Universe Part number | 8389644 |
| Catalog number | 1980 |
| Discs | 2 |
| Release Date | Feb 22, 2011 |
| Rating | Not Rated |
| Running Time | 96 Minutes |
| Movie Details | B&W; Criterion Collection |
Sweet Smell of Success DVD Features
DVD Features:
Region 1
Note: Disc One: New Audio Commentary featuring Film Scholar James Naremore
Original Theatrical Trailer
Disc Two: The Supplements
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away, a 1986 Documentary featuring Interviews with Director Alexander Mackendrick, Actor Burt Lancaster, Producer James Hill
James Wong Howe: Cinematographer, a 1973 Documentary about the Oscar-winning Director of Photography, featuring lighting tutorials with Howe
New Video Interview with film critic and Historian Neal Gabler (Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity) about legendary columnist Walter Winchell, inspiration for the character J.J. Hunsecker
New Video Interview with Filmmaker James Mangold about Mackendrick, his Instructor and Mentor
Plus: a Booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins, notes about the film and two short stories introducing its characters by Screenwriter Ernest Lehman, and an excerpt about Clifford Odets from Mackendrick's book On Fillm-Making, introduced by the book's editor, Paul Cronin
Widescreen - 1.66
Audio:
English
Subtitles - English
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