The treasure of the Sierra Madre [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. ; produced by Henry Blanke ; screen play by John Huston ; directed by John Huston.
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FilmPublisher number: 65816 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Summary language: engfrespa Publication details: Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Home Video, 2003.Edition: Special edDescription: 2 videodiscs (126 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0790783444
- 9780790783444
- Director of photography, Ted McCord ; film editor, Owen Marks ; music, Max Steiner.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
John Huston's 1948 treasure-hunt classic begins as drifter Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart), down and out in Tampico, Mexico, impulsively spends his last bit of dough on a lottery ticket. Later on, Dobbs and fellow indigent Curtin (Tim Holt) seek shelter in a cheap flophouse and meet Howard (Walter Huston), a toothless, garrulous old coot who regales them with stories about prospecting for gold. Forcibly collecting their pay from their shifty boss, Dobbs and Curtin combine this money with Dobbs's unexpected windfall from a lottery ticket and, together with Howard, buy the tools for a prospecting expedition. Dobbs has pledged that anything they dig up will be split three ways, but Howard, who's heard that song before, doesn't quite swallow this. As the gold is mined and measured, Dobbs grows increasingly paranoid and distrustful, and the men gradually turn against each other on the way toward a bitterly ironic conclusion. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a superior morality play and one of the best movie treatments of the corrosiveness of greed. Huston keeps a typically light and entertaining touch despite the strong theme, for which he won Oscars for both Director and Screenplay, as well as a supporting award for his father Walter, making Walter, John, and Anjelica Huston the only three generations of one family all to win Oscars. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the novel by B. Traven.
Originally released as motion picture in 1948.
Special features: feature-length commentary by Erix Lax, co-author of Bogart; Warner night at the movies 1948, introduced by Leonard Maltin (Key Largo theatrical trailer, newsreel, comedy short subject So you want to be a detective, Merrie Melodies cartoon Hot cross bunny); Humphrey Bogart trailer gallery; Discovering Treasure, the story of The treasure of the Sierra Madre; Looney Tunes short 8 ball bunny; cast/crew, dressed-set photos, storyboards, and publicity materials galleries; Lux Radio Theater April 18, 1949 broadcast of The treasure of the Sierra Madre (audio only).
Disc 1. The movie -- disc 2. Bonus material.
Director of photography, Ted McCord ; film editor, Owen Marks ; music, Max Steiner.
Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya.
Two down-and-out Americans in Mexico meet a grizzled old prospector who piques their interest with stories of his gold-hunting experiences. The Americans gather a stake and set off with the old prospector in search of fortune.
Not rated.
DVD; NTSC (Region 1); dual-layer format; Dolby Digital mono.
Closed-captioned.
English with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.