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The Big Sleep
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The Big Sleep
Licensor Information
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Featuring: Stephen Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, Peggy Knudsen, Regis Toomey, Charles Waldron, Charles D. Brown, Bob Steele, Elisha Cook, Jr.
L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) takes on a blackmail case…and follows a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich and more. Raymond Chandler’s legendary gumshoe solves it in hard-boiled style – and style is what The Big Sleep is all about. Director Howard Hawks serves up snappy character encounters (particularly those of Bogart and Lauren Bacall), brisk pace and atmosphere galore. This Blu-rayTM doubles your pleasure, offering two versions of this whodunit supreme: the familiar 1946 theatrical version, full of reshot scenes of incendiary Bogart/Bacall chemistry, and the less-familiar 1945 prerelease version, as a special feature, whose plot and resolution are more linear in fashion.
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The Big Sleep
Theatrical VersionYear: 1946
Time: 154
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
English DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0
French Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
Spanish Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
German Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
Polish Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
The Big Sleep
Pre-Release VersionYear: 1946
Time: 116
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
English DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0
French Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
Spanish Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
German Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
Polish Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
Streaming Options
4831.
+1917
Release Information:
Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A/B/C (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
English DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0
French Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
Spanish Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
German Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
Polish Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
French
Spanish
Japanese
German
Polish
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Alternate Version, Featurette, Theatrical Trailer, Introduction
- Both the Original Theatrical Version and Pre-Release Version
- Introduction by Robert Gitt
- The Big Sleep: 1945/1946 Comparisons
- Theatrical Trailer
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