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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790783444
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0790783444
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 30, 2003
Running Time: 126 minutes
Sales Rank: 3501
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 07, 1948

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Editorial Review:

Description:
John Huston won the Academy Award(R) for writing and directing this powerful saga that pits gold and greed in the wilds of Mexico and stars his father (Walter Huston) and Humphrey Bogart. Year: 1948 Director: John Huston Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt

Amazon.com essential video:
Ranked at No. 30 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 all-time greatest American films, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a genuine masterpiece that was, ironically, a box-office failure when released in 1948. At that time audiences didn't accept Humphrey Bogart in a role that was intentionally unappealing, but time has proven this to be one of Bogart's very best performances. It's a grand adventure and a superior character study built around the timeless themes of greed and moral corruption. As adapted by writer-director John Huston (from a novel by enigmatic author B. Traven) it became a definitive treatment of fate and futility in the obsessive pursuit of wealth. Bogart plays Fred C. Dobbs, a down-and-out wage-worker in Mexico who stakes his meager earnings on a gold-prospecting expedition to the Sierra mountains. He's joined by a grizzled old prospector (Walter Huston, the director's father) and a young, no-nonsense partner (Tim Holt), and when they strike a rich vein of gold, the movie becomes an observant study of wretched human behavior. Bogart is fiercely intense as his character grows increasingly paranoid and violent; Huston offers a compelling contrast as a weathered miner who's seen how gold can turn men into monsters.

From its lively opening scenes (featuring young Robert Blake as a boy selling lottery tickets) to its final, devastating image of fateful irony, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre tells an unforgettable story of tragedy and truth. With dialogue that has been etched into the cultural consciousness (who can forget the Mexican bandit who snarls 'I don't have to show you any stinking badges!') and well-earned Oscars for John and Walter Huston, this is an American classic that still packs a punch. --Jeff Shannon




Rating: - Movie review
Great movie, and awsome price. I saved alot of money, and time by going through Amazon.

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Rating: - Classic portrait of the worst and best of human nature
Serpentine story of how three gold-diggers are perverted by their success. Well-acted and strikingly ... Read More

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Rating: - John Huston's classic Western of greed
The great director John Huston made many wonderful classic films like "The Maltese Falcon", "The Africain ... Read More

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Rating: - Well-made movie, badly-made discs.
I love the movie itself. The dialogue is humorous and carries a great deal of wisdom but the real treat is ... Read More

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Rating: - Life altering film
I'm embarrassed to say that "Treasure of Sierra Madre" changed my life. I saw it as a child and was enchanted ... Read More

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