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The Big Sleep (DVD, 2000, Contains Two Versions)

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Chandler's first novel introduced private detective Philip Marlowe, and THE BIG SLEEP set the standard for private detective movies. Down-at-the-heels private eye Marlowe gets the assignment to clean up after the daughters of a dying millionaire, but dead people have a nasty habit of trailing in their wake. The famously tortuous story line (Hawks supposedly asked Chandler to clarify a plot point about the murder of the family chauffeur; the novelist hadn't a clue as to who did the deed) seems beside the point when Bogart and Bacall are onscreen. The final release was recut to include more of their scenes together. A must! Remade in 1978.

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Product Key Features

ActorHumphrey Bogart

EditionContains Two Versions

RatingNR

Movie/TV TitleBig Sleep

DirectorHoward Hawks

FormatDVD

Release Year2000

GenreDrama

Additional Product Features

Region CodeRegion 1

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Display FormatContains Two Versions

Leading RoleHumphrey Bogart

Film CountryUSA

Release Date20000104

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by ryan991954
05 Oct, 2021
One of the great film noirs
Excellent. However, it's unfortunate the censors wouldn't allow more from the Raymond Chandler book it was based on into the movie. That would have made the plot a bit more understandable, but the viewer can read between the lines easy enough. What is very understandable is Bogart, as usual, steals the film. No one has ever, or will ever play a hard-boiled private eye as well as he could.
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by selmorides
09 Aug, 2019
Eliot Gould is not Humphrey Bogart or Robert Mitchum
I loved The Big Sleep and I thought Farewell My Lovely was good, too. It's another Marlowe story and this one is just a little whacky. One reason I was drawn to it was Jim Bouton is in it. Baseball fans of a certain age know who he was. I say 'was' because he just passed the day before I bought this. I had another copy of this but I moved and haven't been able to find it yet. I decided to quit looking for it and buy another. Now, I know the other will show up. Another thing about this film is his cat is gone by the end. I hope this doesn't spoil it for you. When the Showtime series Ray Donovan started, there's an episode where Eliot Gould's character is looking for his lost cat. We are then told he hasn't had a cat in 40 years. Ray Donovan came out in 2013, this film was released in 1973. Do the math. I've heard a phrase for this reference in films but I can't recall it. Enjoy.
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by charl-rouse
08 Jul, 2025
Two versions and that's a good thing.
This dvd contains two versions of the movie. Version one has lots of missing plot detail. Version two has less plot detail and more character detail between Bogey and Bacall. The first version is absolutely great and answers so many plot questions that version two omits.
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by stsurr_42
11 Oct, 2023
Bogie And Bacall
This film, based on a Raymond Chandler Philip Marlowe novel--William Faulkner had a hand in the scripting--is a classic noir film with a complex and very tangled plot, the principals famously said, and this includes Faulkner, they really weren't sure what exactly happens--But, it is wonderful in its enigmatic nature, especially Bogart and Bacall, worth viewing for the first or umpteenth time!
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by redjack8
25 Aug, 2021
Some of the best "Film Noir" ever
Fantastic movie
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by michaehosendov0
13 Jun, 2017
Great old detective story
The two versions of this story is excellent a great oldie tough guy smart mouth lines love it
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by elyrash
02 Apr, 2019
Great Movie
Classic movie. Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart are 2 of a kind! Great story line.
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by fare-chel
15 Jan, 2020
Not in “very good” condition
Item was described as in “very good” condition, yet the snap case doesn’t close and the tray is broken which doesn’t allow the DVD to stay in place. Very disappointed.
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by sohe-hds-faoqyumnqn
09 Dec, 2020
Pretty good deal Good movie
Good i strangely I like the remake a bit more.
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by asboman17
27 Aug, 2020
great movie
great movie got here quick & in good shape
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