The Killing (1956) Races to the Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection released The Killing to Blu-ray on August 16, 2011. Stanley Kubrick directed film starring Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, and Vince Edwards.
‘The Killing’ Criterion Synopsis
Stanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, Elisha Cook Jr., and Marie Windsor, The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony, it’s Kubrick to the core.
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Special Features
- New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New video interview with producer James B. Harris
- Excerpted interviews with actor Sterling Hayden from the French television series Cinéma cinémas
- New video interview with poet and author Robert Polito about writer Jim Thompson
- Restored high-definition digital transfer of Stanley Kubrick’s 1955 noir feature Killer’s Kiss
- New video appreciation of Killer’s Kiss featuring film critic Geoffrey O’Brien
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film historian Haden Guest and a reprinted interview with actress Marie Windsor
New cover by Connor Willumsen
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United Artists released The Killing on June 6, 1956. Stanley Kubrick directed film starring Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, and Vince Edwards.