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The Asphalt Jungle (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Sterling Hayden (Actor), Marilyn Monroe (Actor), John Huston (Director) Rated:
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Genre Mystery & Suspense/Film Noir, Mystery & Suspense
Format Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor Marilyn Monroe, Sterling Hayden, John Huston
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 52 minutes
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In a smog-choked city somewhere in the American Midwest, an aging criminal mastermind, newly released from prison, hatches a plan for a million-dollar jewel heist and draws a wealthy lawyer and a cherry-picked trio of outlaws into his carefully devised but inevitably doomed scheme. Anchored by an abundance of nuanced performances from a gifted ensemble including a tight-jawed Sterling Hayden (Dr. Strangelove) and a sultry Marilyn Monroe (Some Like It Hot) in her breakout role this gritty crime classic by John Huston (The Maltese Falcon) climaxes in a meticulously detailed anatomy of a robbery that has reverberated through the genre ever since. An uncommonly naturalistic view of a seamy underworld, The Asphalt Jungle painstakingly depicts the calm professionalism and toughness of its gangster heroes while evincing a remarkable depth of compassion for their all-too-human fragility, and it showcases a master filmmaker at the height of his powers.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2004 by film historian Drew Casper, featuring recordings of actor James Whitmore
- New interviews with film noir historian Eddie Muller and cinematographer John Bailey
- Archival footage of writer-director John Huston discussing the film
- Pharos of Chaos, a 1983 documentary about actor Sterling Hayden
- Episode of the television program City Lights from 1979 featuring John Huston
- Audio excerpts of archival interviews with Huston
- Excerpts from footage of the 1983 AFI Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony honoring Huston, featuring actor Sam Jaffe and the filmmaker
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O Brien - More!

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.17 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 43380371
  • Director ‏ : ‎ John Huston
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 52 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ December 13, 2016
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Sterling Hayden, Marilyn Monroe
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01LX7CUM6
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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robin friedman
5.0 out of 5 stars The Asphalt Jungle
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2020
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"The Asphalt Jungle" tells the story of crime and corruption in a large American city while offering a glimmer of humanity and hope. John Huston directed this 1950 film noir and co-authored the screenplay with Ben Maddow.
The plot involves the heist of a large cache of jewelry by an impromptu gathering of criminals each with his own interest in mind. The film focuses on the characters and motivations of each of those involved; it is one of the first film noirs to be told from the perspective of the bad actors.

The film manages to develop several different characters. "Doc" Reidenschneider, (Sam Jaffe) an aging criminal just released from prison masterminds the heist. He hopes to retire to Mexico to pursue young girls, and young girls prove to be his undoing in the film. Dix Handley (Sterling Hayden) is a tough petty hooligan who dreams of returning to his childhood home on a Kentucky farm and raising horses. His idyllic vision of Kentucky contrasts with his sleazy life of crime in the city. A lovely young bar girl Doll (Jean Hagen) loves Dix but he is too wrapped up in crime and in his dreams to notice. Alonzo Emmerich (Louis Calhern) is an apparently successful criminal lawyer; he is heavily in debt and becomes involved in the heist to double-cross his companions. Emmerich keeps a young, beautiful mistress stunningly performed by a young Marilyn Monroe. The film also includes other crooks and police, both corrupt and honest.

The film centers on a lengthy eleven minute depiction of the heist, but its real theme lies in its characters and in the city itself. The city is deliberately unnamed, to make it symbolic of the American metropolis. Each of the characters are well differentiated and each of the criminals comes to a different bad end. The hooligan, Dix, bleeding to death from a bullet wound manages to make it to the farm in Kentucky with Doll for a famously poignant conclusion. The film engenders sympathy for the criminals and their dreams without sentimentalizing their characters or activities. The police are on the whole downplayed in the movie. A corrupt lieutenant plays an important role in the story as does the honest, officious police commissioner. With the sympathy it shows for the criminals, the film also speaks eloquently of the thankless job of the police and of the importance of police for bringing law to the city -- the "Asphalt Jungle". This theme was perhaps forced on films by the production code of the day, but I think that the importance of the police is less well understood today and needs to be presented.

The film is based upon a novel by W.R. Burnett, reminding me of the breadth of American writing slightly beyond the mainstream. The novel focuses on the police more than does Huston's film. "The Asphalt Jungle" has become recognized as a classic film noir and is included on the National Film Registry maintained by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Lovers of film noir will want to get to know "The Asphalt Jungle".

Robin Friedman
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overdrive1975
5.0 out of 5 stars A Film Noir Masterpiece (A Story of the Human Heart)
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2019
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Big man, small-time crook Dix Handley walks through a maze of concrete buildings, asphalt streets, and steel towers. Dix has dreams of going home. He wants to go back to his family's Kentucky horse farm.

Doc, the criminal mastermind, has a different idea of home: "Home is where the money is."

"The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) takes place in an unnamed Midwestern city, with an unforgettable scene in the rolling Kentucky hills. John Huston has directed a masterpiece--and it's my #7 movie of all time.

It's classic black-and-white noir, filled with colorful characters. The entire cast excels, but here are a few: Sterling Hayden as Dix Handley; Sam Jaffe as The Doctor who gets his kicks planning crime capers; Louis Calhern as Mr. Emmerich, the lawyer who bankrolls the film's six-figure crime; and Jean Hagen as Doll, Dix's girlfriend who sticks around, even when Dix doesn't want her to.

"The Asphalt Jungle" (1950), written by Huston and Ben Maddow, is based on W. R. Burnett's novel of the same name.
In the Criterion Collection special feature "Eddie Muller on 'The Asphalt Jungle,'" film noir historian Muller says of Burnett's books: "A mission has to be accomplished, and this disparate group of people are gonna be brought together to accomplish this thing, and are they going to achieve it, or are they going to destroy themselves in the process?"

"The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) is commonly considered the original heist film. I see parallels with "Baby Driver" (2017), which also makes my all-time favorite movie list. "The Asphalt Jungle" and "Baby Driver" were made 67 years apart, but they're both heist films where the main character wants to escape the city and a life of crime. Both Dix and Baby have a girlfriend who's willing to go along. Both of them work for a man named Doc.

While the film's focus is on the criminals, John McIntire does a great job as Police Commissioner Hardy. Hardy represents the law, and he's as straight as the lines we see in our geometry books. When apologizing for a cop who's proven corrupt, Commissioner Hardy delivers one of the best lines of the movie: "Suppose we had no police force, good or bad? Suppose we had...just silence?"

"The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) tops 5-star noirs like Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity" (1944), Stanley Kubrick's "The Killing" (1956), and Orson Welles's "Touch of Evil" (1958). It's even better than Edmund Goulding's "Nightmare Alley" (1947), which makes my all-time favorite movie list.

"The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) soars higher than Huston's most famous film, "The Maltese Falcon" (1941)--even though "The Maltese Falcon" is ranked by The American Film Institute as the #31 movie of all time. I think "The Maltese Falcon" is a fun, 4-star film, but I'm not passionate about it.

Muller says of "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950): "I think this movie is pretty close to perfect, and I don't think perfect has, like, a time limit."

I agree. If you're a fan of "Baby Driver" (2017), then please see "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950). If you're a fan of movies, then please see "The Asphalt Jungle." "The Asphalt Jungle" is a phenomenal study of human nature and the motives of the human heart.

"The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) is my #7 movie of all time. It leaves "The Maltese Falcon" grounded on the asphalt.
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Bev Carter
5.0 out of 5 stars THE ASPHALT JUNGLE Criterion Bluray
Reviewed in Canada on December 8, 2023
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Classic heist movie. Crystal clear picture. Terrific crime story. Came in perfect condition.
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Jack
5.0 out of 5 stars Safe jewels
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2024
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This is a classic film
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melis carlo
5.0 out of 5 stars giungla
Reviewed in Italy on January 20, 2024
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tutto ok
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Cochise 92
5.0 out of 5 stars Un pur chef-d'oeuvre , une merveille .
Reviewed in France on March 3, 2019
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Quoi dire ?
Dés la première minute vous êtres pris dans
l'engrenage du film et vous attendez la fin avec impatience .
De plus une pléiade d'acteurs que l'on ne présentent même plus.
A voir et à revoir sans modération .
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Jorge Raúl Vives Vicente
5.0 out of 5 stars Cine negro de primer orden.
Reviewed in Spain on October 4, 2023
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Uno de los grandes títulos del cine negro. Grandes intérpretes. Stering Hayden está inmenso como atracador.
Como en "Atraco Perfecto".
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