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The Maltese Falcon [Blu-ray]
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Genre | Suspense |
Format | Multiple Formats, Dolby, Blu-ray, Full Screen, Black & White, Subtitled |
Contributor | Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George, John Huston |
Initial release date | 2010-10-05 |
Language | English |
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A gallery of high-living lowlifes will stop at nothing to get their sweaty hands on a jewel-encrusted falcon. Detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) wants to find out why--and who'll take the fall for his partner's murder. An all-star cast (including Sydney Greenstreet, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Elisha Cook Jr.) joins Bogart in this crackling mystery masterwork written for the screen (from Dashiell Hammett's novel) and directed by John Huston. This nominee for 3 Academy Awards00Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Greenstreet) and Screenplay (Huston)--catapulted Bogart to stardom and launched Huston’s directorial career. All with a bird and a bang!
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.37:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 6.75 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches; 1.76 ounces
- Item model number : 124122
- Director : John Huston
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Dolby, Blu-ray, Full Screen, Black & White, Subtitled
- Run time : 1 hour and 41 minutes
- Release date : October 5, 2010
- Actors : Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre
- Subtitles: : Spanish, English, French
- Language : Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (DTS-HD High Res Audio), German (Dolby Digital 1.0)
- Studio : Warner Home Video
- ASIN : B0020MMRC0
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #5,194 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #180 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
- #628 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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UPC: 8-83929-11825-0
RELEASED: 2010-10-05
TITLE: The Maltese Falcon (1941) • NR • 1:40:32
Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet
John Huston (Director)
The movie that many film historians consider to be the very first example of "film noir"! (I personally DON'T agree with that assessment, as there are, in my opinion, MANY earlier examples of film noir — such as, Bogie's own Dead End from 1937.) Be that as it may, this is still an EXCELLENT movie — with its collection of odd-ball and/or duplicitous characters, with their various (and, nefarious) motivations, all plotting against one another in order to achieve some nebulous goal! This is the movie that cemented Humphrey Bogart as a superstar actor — and, it also changed John Huston from an erstwhile highly-respected screenwriter (and VERY small-time actor, on the side) into a VERY highly-respected screenwriter, and a MUCH sought-after director (with a slightly-more-frequent bit playing acting career, on the side).
Of the MANY great things about this movie, one of the most important, in my opinion, is that EVERYBODY is perfectly cast — and, consequently, EVERY performance is pitch-perfect (Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet, speaking of just two great examples of that aforementioned perfect casting, very nearly steal the movie). Another important aspect of this movie is its brilliant dialog — sometimes, while re-watching this movie, for the who-knows-how-many-time, I forget about following the plot and just absorb the wordplay between the characters (with the many snide remarks and sly innuendos). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
See the other reviews for more detail and/or other opinions regarding the plot of the movie.
VIDEO: 1.37:1 • B&W • 1080p • VC-1 (28.6 Mbps)
Let's get the bad news out of the way off the top: Those of you that have seen Warners' glorious blu-ray presentation of Casablanca (1942) , and expect that SAME level of visual presentation here, with this release of "The Maltese Falcon" will be disappointed — but, only slightly so. While this movie's image has MANY of the same VERY positive visual attributes as "Casablanca" (namely: excellent contrast and gray-scale, great sharpness and detail, and a total (or, nearly so) absence of artifacts such as black specks, white dots, hair-lines or dropped frames), it also has some negative visual attributes of its own — that were non-existent (or, nearly so) in "Casablanca" (namely: a pervasive, ever-so-slight softness in MANY scenes, and a very few scenes that were overly "contrasty", with very limited gray-scale [yes, I know that film noir is known for its stark, high-contrast cinematography, but these scenes didn't match the appearance of the rest of the movie, and, further, look like they may have originated from less-than-pristine source elements]). OK, that's the "bad" news. Now, for the "good" news: This is still an EXCELLENT transfer to blu-ray. As a person who has owned this movie first on VHS tape and then later on Laser Disc, before purchasing this blu-ray version, I can tell you that this version is a visual revelation, and it looks FANTASTIC! Only a hyper-picky, so-called "videophile" could possibly have a "reason" to condemn the picture quality of this release — the rest of us will simply count our blessings and enjoy the show.
AUDIO: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono (48 KHz, 24-bit)
Again, just like with the audio presentation of "Casablanca", the fine sound engineers at Warner Home Video have done extensive clean-up work on the film's soundtrack, because there are no pops, bumps or hiss to speak of. Also, the dialog is very clear and natural sounding, with all voices being clearly defined and easily understood. However, the transfer's dynamic range is fairly limited, and there isn't any deep bass nor any top-end to speak of (though, the musical score does sound better than one would expect under the circumstances). Otherwise, considering the age of the source elements and the fact that this is a monophonic, dialog-driven movie from the early 1940s, this film's soundtrack has VERY good sound quality.
EXTRAS: Commentary (by Bogart biographer Eric Lax)
'Making Of' Video (The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird [SD])
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart [SD]
Warner Night at the Movies (interactive featurette [SD])
Gag Reel/Bloopers (Breakdowns of 1941 [SD])
Makeup Tests [SD]
Trailers ('The Maltese Falcon' and 'Satan Met a Lady')
Three Radio Show Adaptations of 'The Maltese Falcon'
[SD = Standard Definition]
None of the extras were reviewed.
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- 4k UHD with the 4k movie and audio commentary
- Blu Ray with the HD version of the movie and all the other extras
This is one of those timeless classics that I'm actually seeing for the very first time with this release, as I've seen it recommended quite a bit.
The dialogues are great and all the actors brought their A game here. Humphrey Bogart in particular really makes this movie.
I ended up watching it more than once because I enjoyed it so much, and each time I noticed new details in the story.
In terms of visuals and sounds, I can't really compare it to whatever this movie used to look like (haven't seen the included blu ray version of the film yet), but the movie looks really good. There's a lot of rich textures and contrasts, and some really great shots. I think the black and white look of the film adds a great deal to the presentation.
Reviewed in Canada on February 6, 2024
- 4k UHD with the 4k movie and audio commentary
- Blu Ray with the HD version of the movie and all the other extras
This is one of those timeless classics that I'm actually seeing for the very first time with this release, as I've seen it recommended quite a bit.
The dialogues are great and all the actors brought their A game here. Humphrey Bogart in particular really makes this movie.
I ended up watching it more than once because I enjoyed it so much, and each time I noticed new details in the story.
In terms of visuals and sounds, I can't really compare it to whatever this movie used to look like (haven't seen the included blu ray version of the film yet), but the movie looks really good. There's a lot of rich textures and contrasts, and some really great shots. I think the black and white look of the film adds a great deal to the presentation.
Die Spur des Falken ist mit das beste, was Bogart je abgeliefert hat.
Adapté par Huston d'un roman policier de Dashiell Hammett, le film démarre d'abord lentement avant d'adopter un rythme haletant. Deux détectives privés, Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) et son associé Miles, en manque de clients et d'argent, reçoivent la visite d'une étrange cliente qui leur confie une étrange mission: filer un homme pour arriver à retrouver sa soeur et la remettre sur le droit chemin. La mission paraît simple, c'est de l'argent facilement gagné. Mais le bon vivant Miles attiré par la cliente, trouve...la mort. L'homme qu'il s'agissait de filer est également abattu peu de temps après. Sam Spade est soupçonné des deux meurtres par la police, assez peu dégourdie dans cette affaire. Attiré lui aussi par la cliente (Mary Astor), mais d'une autre trempe que son associé, il essaie d'élucider toutes ces morts, et se retrouve mêlé à la recherche d'un mystérieux faucon maltais que toute une série d'individus louches cherche à s'approprier: le mystérieux Joel Cairo aux multiples passeports (Peter Lorre), "the fat man", Kasper Gutman (Sidney Greenstreet, au jeu inoubliable) et leur porte flingues, souffre douleur de Bogart.
Au delà de l'intrigue captivante et du tempo rapide et envoutant du film, Huston dépeint surtout des caractères et dévoile les côtés les plus sombres de l'âme humaine à travers tous ces personnages attirés par l'argent et prêts à tout pour parvenir à leur fin. Humprey Bogart symbolise au milieu de tous ces personnages peu reluisants l'homme fort, intelligent, obstiné, moralement intègre mais capable d'utiliser les moyens les plus machiavéliques pour parvenir à ses fins. Le DVD comporte également un documentaire de 44 minutes sur Humphrey Bogart qui montre l'évolution de l'image de l'acteur à travers les bandes-annonces de ses films: on y voit que Bogart a d'abord joué des seconds rôles de gangster, puis un premier rôle (toujours de gangster) dans High Sierra, avant que la Warner ne change son image en le transformant progressivement en héros positif, d'abord à travers le personnage du détective du Faucon Maltais, puis de héros romantiques.