TY - ADVS AU - Siodmak,Robert AU - Veiller,Anthony AU - Hellinger,Mark AU - Lancaster,Burt AU - Gardner,Ava AU - Siegel,Don AU - Coon,Gene L. AU - Dickinson,Angie AU - Cassavetes,John AU - Reagan,Ronald AU - Gulager,Clu AU - Tarkovskiæi,Andreæi Arsen§evich AU - Hemingway,Ernest ED - Universal Pictures Company. ED - Mark Hellinger Productions, Inc. ED - Criterion Collection (Firm) ED - Universal City Studios. TI - Ernest Hemingway's The killers T2 - The Criterion collection SN - 1559409312 AV - CM DVD 01066 U1 - 791.43 PY - 2003/// CY - [Irvington, N.Y.] PB - Criterion Collection KW - Hemingway, Ernest, KW - Murder for hire KW - United States KW - Drama KW - Triangles (Interpersonal relations) KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Feature films KW - Detective and mystery films KW - Film noir KW - lcsh N1 - Based on the short story, The killers, by Ernest Hemingway; Originally released as motion pictures in 1946 and 1964; Includes two essay brochures; 1946 version by Jonathan Lethem, 1964 version by Geoffrey O'Brien; Disc 1 includes Andrei Tarkovsky's student film version; interview with Stuart M. Kaminsky ; Screen Director's Playhouse 1949 radio adaptation; Stacy Keach reads the short story ; trailers for Robert Siodmak films ; Paul Schrader's 1972 essay "Notes on film noir"; music and effects track. Disc 2 contains interview with Clu Gulager; excerpts from A Siegel Film; production memos from Siegel, broadcasting standards reports and casting suggestions. Both contain production and publicity stills with actor biographies, press books & ads; Disc 1. 1946 adaptation -- disc 2. 1964 adaptation; 1946 version: music, Miklos Rozsa ; director of photography, Woody Bredell ; editor, Arthur Hilton. 1964 version. Music, Johnny Williams ; director of photography, Richard L. Rawlings ; editor, Richard Belding; 1946 version: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Sam Levene, Virginia Christine ; 1964 version: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavettes, Clu Gulager, Ronald Reagan N2 - Melodramatic thriller based on the Hemingway story about two hit men who become curious about the life and death of the man they were hired to kill UR - http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?Killers,+The+(1946) UR - http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?Killers,+The+(1964) ER -