{"product_id":"0715515190619-asphalt-junglebd","title":"The Asphalt Jungle (The Criterion Collection)","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOVERVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\"In a smog-choked city somewhere in the American Midwest, an aging criminal mastermind, newly released from prison, hatches a plan for a million-dollar jewel heist and draws a wealthy lawyer and a cherry-picked trio of outlaws into his carefully devised but inevitably doomed scheme. Anchored by an abundance of nuanced performances from a gifted ensemble—including a tight-jawed Sterling Hayden (Dr. Strangelove) and a sultry Marilyn Monroe (Some Like It Hot) in her breakout role—this gritty crime classic by John Huston (The Maltese Falcon) climaxes in a meticulously detailed anatomy of a robbery that has reverberated through the genre ever since. An uncommonly naturalistic view of a seamy underworld, The Asphalt Jungle painstakingly depicts the calm professionalism and toughness of its gangster heroes while evincing a remarkable depth of compassion for their all-too-human fragility, and it showcases a master filmmaker at the height of his powers. Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, and Marilyn Monroe (in one of her early major roles).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e112 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH). Two-disc set.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADDITIONAL DETAILS\u003cbr\u003e * New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray\u003cbr\u003e * Audio commentary from 2004 by film historian Drew Casper, featuring archival recordings of actor James Whitmore\u003cbr\u003e * Pharos of Chaos, a 1983 documentary about actor Sterling Hayden\u003cbr\u003e * New interviews with film noir historian Eddie Muller and cinematographer John Bailey\u003cbr\u003e * Archival footage of writer-director John Huston discussing the film\u003cbr\u003e * Episode of the television program City Lights from 1979 featuring Huston\u003cbr\u003e * Audio excerpts of archival interviews with Huston\u003cbr\u003e * Trailer\u003cbr\u003e * PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41472779878497,"sku":"0715515190619","price":42.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_1758813_2482850_jpg.jpg?v=1722423588","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/0715515190619-asphalt-junglebd","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}