PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET - Samuel Fuller (The Criterion Collection)

Petty crook Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) has his eyes fixed on the big score. When the cocky three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy (Jean Peters), he finds a haul bigger than he could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets. Tailed by manipulative Feds and the unwitting courier’s Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves in a precarious gambit that pits greed against redemption, Right versus Red, and passion against self-preservation. With its dazzling cast and director Samuel Fuller’s signature raw energy and hardboiled repartee, Pickup on South Street is a true film noir classic by one of America’s most passionate cinematic craftsmen.


MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Samuel Fuller
COUNTRY: USA
YEAR: 1953
DVD RELEASE: February 17, 2004
STUDIO: Criterion
SERIES #: 224
CATALOG: CC1600D
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1 OAR
COLOR: Black & White
AUDIO: Dolby Digital 2.0 (Mono)
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 80 min.

EXTRACTION:
DVD: Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: .ISO (Image)
FILE SIZE: 7.75 GBs
SCANS: Full Art Scan + Booklet

SPECIAL FEATURES:
- New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound
- Exclusive interview with the late Samuel Fuller, made by renowned film critic Richard Schickel
- Excerpts from the Cinéma Cinémas series with Fuller discussing the making of the film
- Illustrated biographical essay on Fuller by Jeb Brody (Scenario, Print magazines)
- Stills gallery of photos, posters, lobby cards, and original paintings by noted artist Russell Christian (The New York Times, The New Yorker)
- Trailers for Pickup on South Street and other Fuller features
- Booklet including excerpts from Fuller’s award-winning autobiography A Third Face, featuring Martin Scorsese’s introduction and Fuller on Pickup on - - - South Street, plus a new essay by acclaimed cultural historian Luc Sante (Low Life, Evidence)
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition



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