Jules Dassin's Naked City
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Arcadia Public Library - Audio VisualDVD NAKED CITYOn Shelf

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Published
New York, N.Y. : Chatsworth, CA : Criterion Collection ; Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2007].
Format
DVD Movies
Language
English
UPC
715515022927

Notes

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AD
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Title from container.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.
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Booklet: a new essay by Luc Sante and production notes from producer Mark Hellinger to Dassin.
General Note
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; audio commentary by Naked City screenwriter Malvin Wald; a new video interview with NYU film professor Dana Polan; an analysis of the film's New York locations by "Celluloid Skyline" author James Sanders; footage of Jules Dassin from his 2004 appearance at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; theatrical trailer; stills gallery; booklet.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, William Daniels ; editor, Paul Weatherwax ; art director, John F. DeCuir ; original music, Miklós Rózsa, Frank Skinner.
Participants/Performers
Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy, Ted de Corsia, House Jameson, Anne Sargent, Adelaide Klein, Grover Burgess, Tom Pedi, Enid Markey.
Description
Jean Dexter is an attractive blonde model who is murdered in her New York City apartment. Homicide detectives Dan Muldoon and Jimmy Halloran investigate. Suspicion falls on various shifty people who all prove to have some connection with a string of apartment burglaries. Then a burglar is found dead who once had an elusive partner named Willie.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
Language
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA, 1949: Oscar - Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (William H. Daniels) ; Best Film Editing (Paul Weatherwax).

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LC Subjects
Apartment dwellers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Film.
Burglars -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Film.
Criminal investigation -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Film.
Detective and mystery films.
Detectives -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Film.
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Films for the hearing impaired -- Film.
Murder victims -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Film.
New York (N.Y.) -- Drama -- Film.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hellinger, M., Wald, M., Maltz, A., Dassin, J., Fitzgerald, B., Duff, H., Hart, D., Taylor, D., Conroy, F., De Corsia, T., Jameson, H., Sargent, A., Klein, A., Burgess, G., Pedi, T., & Markey, E. (2007). Jules Dassin's Naked City . Criterion Collection ; Distributed by Image Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mark Hellinger et al.. 2007. Jules Dassin's Naked City. Criterion Collection ; Distributed by Image Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mark Hellinger et al.. Jules Dassin's Naked City Criterion Collection ; Distributed by Image Entertainment, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hellinger, Mark, et al. Jules Dassin's Naked City Criterion Collection ; Distributed by Image Entertainment, 2007.

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