The Criterion Collection
The Breaking Point
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Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Year: 1950
Time: 97 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 889
Release Date: August 08 2017
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DVD
1 Disc | DVD-9
1.37:1 ratio
English 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: English
Region 1
New interview with biographer and film historian Alan K. Rode (Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film)
New piece featuring actor and acting instructor Julie Garfield speaking about her father, actor John Garfield
New video essay by filmmakers Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos, analyzing Curtiz’s directorial techniques
Excerpts from a 1962 episode of the Today show showing contents of the Ernest Hemingway House in Key West, Florida, including items related to To Have and Have Not, the novel on which The Breaking Point is based
Trailer
An essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek