Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner
Screening at AFI FEST 2011 is one of the all-time great film-noir works: “The Killers.” Based on an Ernest Hemingway short story and directed by Robert Siodmak, the movie instantly established stardom for Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner. “The Killers” will screen at 4 p.m. on Nov. 7 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
The winner of November’s reader giveaway will receive a copy of Criterion’s DVD edition of “The Killers,” which includes the Siodmak version and Don Siegel’s 1964 made-for-TV feature, starring Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes, Angie Dickinson, Ronald Reagan and Clu Gulager. You can read more about the special features here.
(The winner of the October reader giveaway is Ruslan, congrats to the winner and thanks to all who entered!)
To enter the November giveaway, just leave a comment on any FNB post from Nov. 1-30. The winner will be randomly selected at the end of the month and announced in early December. Include your email address in your comment so that I can notify you if you win. Your email will not be shared. Good luck!
It is good to compare these two films. In the first film, you see the young Burt Lancaster and get a taste of how great he would become. Ava Gardner, in her second film, demonstrated her quality. The first film has a very good script.
The remake has Ronald Reagan in his last big screen film (he almost turned down the part because he had reservations about being portrayed as a bad guy) and Lee Marvin, who was on his way to an Academy Award for “Cat Ballou.”
JUST saw this in … wait for it… Film Noir 1940-1960 class at Portland State University!
(1946 version)
Saw this a few weeks ago on TCM; Ava Gardner was hot and Burt Lancaster was smokin’. Would love to own this.
i would love to own this, good luck everyone