Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
Contents |
DVD |
Summary |
In his break-through role, Bogart plays private eye, Sam Spade. A beautiful but mysterious woman calls on Sam Spade, of Spade & Archer Detective Agency and hires his services to look for her sister who is missing. What follows is a thrilling drama involving murder, mayhem and a search by various and colourful characters for a certain ornament, the Maltese Falcon. Spade sets out to find out who shot his partner Arhcie, while working on a case. Spade becomes involved with a group of devious characters in search of the valuable statuette, the jewel-encrusted falcon of Malta, a tribute in 1539 to Charles V of Spain from the Knight Templars of Malte. Pirates seized the galley carrying the priceless token and the fate of the Maltese Falcon remains a mystery to this day. The focus is on private eye Sam Spade as he investigates the murder of his partner and searches for the mysterious, priceless falcon. This was a prototype for film noir in the feeling of unease running through the presentation of a claustrophobic world animated by betrayal, pain and hints of perversion. However, there is also a vein of dark humour more often linked with the private eye film. Bogart as Sam Spade is the archetypal forties 'hard-boiled' private eye who is ultimately validated as the the masculine hero. Classic film noir tends to question unified and potent masculinity. Huston's direction here is also more matter-of-fact and visually less expressionistic than the later noir-influenced detective films |
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"65012" |
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Encoded for use on Region 4 players only |
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Contains special features "Becoming attractions - the trailers of Humphrey Bogart", interactive menus, theatrical trailers, scene access |
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Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett |
Credits |
Directed by John Huston ; Executive producer, Hal B. Wallis ; Screenplay John Huston ; Music, Adolphe Deutsch |
Cast |
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet |
Audience |
Censorship classification: PG (parental guidance recommended for persons under 15 years) |
Notes |
Original film version United States, Warner Bros., 1941 |
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DVD |
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English or Italian language tracks ; optional English, French, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian, Bulgarian subtitles, English for the hearing impaired subtitles, or Italian for the hearing impaired subtitles |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
Subject |
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961. Maltese falcon -- Filmand video adaptations
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Film noir.
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Video recordings.
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Author |
Huston, John, 1906-1987.
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Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961.
Maltese falcon.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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