The long-awaited, double-disc Criterion DVD of Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole (out on Tuesday, 7.17) arrived this morning. I had to immediately grapple with an instinct to stop work, turn down the lights, lock the door and spend three or four hours watching the feature and the supplementary docs and essays (including a 1980 Wilder doc by Michael Ciment called Portrait of a 60% Perfect Man). But as Richard Nixon once said to H.R. Haldeman, "That would be wrong."

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 11, 2007 at 10:42 AM
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tholl-yung
says ...
I almost feel like I know this rug, it's been featured in so many posts.
Posted by tholl-yung
at July 11, 2007 11:41 AM
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Ian Sinclair
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Good time to link to this classic Kirk Douglas/Ace in the Hole skit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5mVXRuSvCc&mode=related&search=
Posted by Ian Sinclair
at July 11, 2007 11:51 AM
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alynch
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I didn't realize it was coming out so soon. I just preordered it.
Posted by alynch
at July 11, 2007 2:53 PM
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JapAdapters
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About damned time!
Posted by JapAdapters
at July 11, 2007 3:11 PM