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They live by night / an RKO Radio picture ; RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; a Dore Schary presentation ; screen play by Charles Schnee ; adaptation by Nicholas Ray ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Nicholas Ray

Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; 19 cm).
4 3/4 in. stamping
Additional Creators
Ray, Nicholas, 1911-1979, Houseman, John, 1902-1988, Schary, Dore, Schnee, Charles, 1916-1962, Diskant, George E., 1907-1965, Harline, Leigh, Todd, Sherman, D'Agostino, Albert, 1893-1970, Herman, Al, 1889-1973, O'Donnell, Cathy, 1925-1970, Granger, Farley, Da Silva, Howard, 1909-1986, Flippen, Jay C., 1899-1971, Craig, Helen, 1912-1986, Wright, Will, 1891-1962, Bryant, Marie, Wolfe, Ian, 1896-1992, Phipps, William, 1922-, Harvey, Harry, 1929-1978, Muller, Eddie, Anderson, Edward, 1905-1969, RKO Radio Pictures, and Criterion Collection (Firm)

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Language Note
In English; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Summary
"Legendary director Nicholas Ray began his career with this lyrical, dark love story, the first in a series of existential genre films overflowing with sympathy for America's outcasts and underdogs. When the wide-eyed fugitive Bowie (Farley Granger), having broken out of prison with some bank robbers, meets the innocent Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell), each recognizes something in the other that no one else ever has. The young lovers envision a new, decent life together, but as they flee the cops and contend with Bowie's fellow outlaws, who aren't about to let him go straight, they realize there's nowhere left to run. Ray brought an outsider's sensibility honed in the theater to this debut, using revolutionary camera techniques and naturalistic performances to craft a profoundly romantic crime drama that paved the way for decades of lovers-on-the-run thrillers to come"--Container.
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ISBN
9781681433165
1681433168
Related Titles
Container of (work): They live by night (Motion picture)
Sound Characteristics
digital optical mono Dolby Digital 1.0
Video File Characteristics
NTSC
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD video region 1
Form of work
Motion picture
Note
Title from screen.
From the novel "Thieves like us" by Edward Anderson.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.
Special features: Audio commentary from 2007 featuring film historian Eddie Muller and actor Farley Granger; New interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith; Short piece from 2007 with critic Molly Haskell, filmmakers Christopher Coppola and Oliver Stone, and film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini; Illustrated audio excerpts from a 1956 interview with producer John Houseman. Container insert includes an essay "Dream Journey" by film scholar Bernard Eisenschitz.
Creation/Production Credits Note
Director of photography, George E. Diskant ; film editor, Sherman Todd ; art directors, Albert S. D'Agostino, Al Herman ; music, Leigh Harline.
Participant/Performer Note
Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard da Silva, Jay C. Flippen, Helen Craig, Will Wright, Marie Bryant, Ian Wolfe, William Phipps, Harry Harvey.
Technical Details
DVD; region 1; NTSC; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
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