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The breaking point [videorecording (DVD)].

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The Criterion Collection, 2017.

DVD BRE 1950 Dra

Criterion collection ; 889.

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (97 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm. + 1 folded sheet insert.

Based on the novel "To have and have not" by Ernest Hemingway.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950.

Special features: 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 the novel "To have and have not" ; trailer ; PLUS: an essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Warner Bros-First National picture ; screenplay by Ranald MacDougall ; produced by Jerry Wald ; directed by Michael Curtiz.

John Garfield and Patricia Neal with Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez and Wallace Ford.

"Michael Curtiz brings a master skippers hand to the helm of this thriller, Hollywoods second crack at Ernest Hemingways To Have and Have Not. John Garfield stars as Harry Morgan, an honest charter-boat captain who, facing hard times, takes on dangerous cargo to save his boat, support his family, and preserve his dignity. Left in the lurch by a freeloading passenger, Harry starts to entertain the criminal propositions of a sleazy lawyer (Wallace Ford), as well as the playful come-ons of a cheeky blonde (Patricia Neal), making a series of compromises that stretch his moralityand his marriagefurther than hell admit. Hewing closer to Hemingways novel than Howard Hawkss Bogart-Bacall vehicle does, The Breaking Point charts a course through daylight noir and working-class tragedy, guided by Curtizs effortless visual fluency and a stoic, career-capping performance from Garfield."--Container.

Adventure films.

Thriller films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. To have and have not.

Curtiz, Michael, 1888-1962.

Garfield, John.

Neal, Patricia, 1926-2010.

Thaxter, Phyllis, 1919-2012.

Hernandez, Juano.

Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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