Double Indemnity
(DVD) 

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Popular Media - 3rd FloorPN1995.9.S87 D68354 2006video 1-2On Shelf

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
025192907821

Notes

General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1944.
General Note
Based on the novel: Double indemnity / by James M. Cain.
General Note
Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by film historian Richard Schickel; optional audio commentary by film historians Lem Dobbs & Nick Redman; introduction by film historian Robert Osborne (3 min.); "Shadows of suspense" featurette (c2006, 38 min.); original theatrical trailer (2 min.).
General Note
Special features (disc 2): "Double indemnity" made-for-TV movie (a Universal Studios presentation ; starring Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Webber, Samantha Eggar ; produced by Robert F. O'Neill ; teleplay by Steven Bochco ; based on the screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler ; directed by Jack Smight ; c1973, 75 min.).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, John Seitz ; editorial supervision, Doane Harrison ; music score, Miklos Rozsa ; costumes by Edith Head.
Participants/Performers
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, John Philliber.
Description
"A calculating wife encourages her wealthy husband to sign a double indemnity policy proposed by smitten insurance agent Walter Neff. As the would-be lovers plot the unsuspecting husband's murder, they are pursued by a suspicious claims manager. It's a race against time to get away with the perfect crime in this heart-pounding Academy Award-nominated masterpiece"--Container.
Target Audience
Not rated by the MPAA.
System Details
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono; NTSC; full frame.
Language
Double indemnity (1944): In English or dubbed Spanish; with optional French or Spanish subtitles; Double indemnity (1973): In English, with optional Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) or French subtitles.
Awards
National Film Registry 1992
Awards
Academy Awards 1945: Nominees: Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Director, Best Writing, Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Sound, Recording, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
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SACFinal081324

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Chandler, R., Wilder, B., MacMurray, F., Stanwyck, B., Robinson, E. G., Hall, P., Heather, J., Powers, T., Barr, B., Gaines, R., Bonanova, F., Philliber, J., Seitz, J. F. 1., Harrison, D., Rózsa, M., Head, E., Schickel, R., Dobbs, L., Redman, N., Osborne, R., O'Neill, R. F., Smight, J., Bochco, S., Crenna, R., Cobb, L. J., Webber, R., Eggar, S., & Cain, J. M. 1. (2006). Double Indemnity (2-disc special ed.). Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

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

Raymond Chandler et al.. 2006. Double Indemnity. Universal City, CA: Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

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

Raymond Chandler et al.. Double Indemnity Universal City, CA: Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2006.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Chandler, R., Wilder, B., MacMurray, F., Stanwyck, B., Robinson, E. G., Hall, P. and Heather, J. et al (2006). Double indemnity. 2-disc special ed. Universal City, CA: Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Chandler, Raymond, et al. Double Indemnity 2-disc special ed., Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2006.

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