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 The Big Sleep is a 1946 film about private detective Philip Marlowe who is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love. Directed by Howard Hawks . Written by William Faulkner , Leigh...
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Howard Winchester Hawks | | Birth Date: |
May 30, 1896 | | Death Date: |
December 26, 1977 | | Place of Birth: |
Goshen, Indiana, United States | | Place of Death: |
Palm Springs, California, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
director, producer |
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 Biography of Howard Winchester Hawks
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Howard Hawks (1896-1977) was perhaps the greatest director of American genre films. He made films in almost every American genre, and his films could well serve as among the very best examples and artistic embodiments of the type: gangster, private eye,...
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 The Big Sleep Information
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The Big Sleep (1946), directed by Howard Hawks, is the first film version of Raymond Chandler's eponymous novel (1939), featuring Humphrey Bogart as detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as the femme fatale. The Big Sleep is a prime example of the...
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 Skrien The Big Sleep
09/01/2006: 2,819 words, approx. 9 pages Het In Memoriam van de internationale filmwereld van 2006, bijgehouden en geselecteerd door film- en televisiejournalist Hans Beerekamp. Een uitgebreidere lijst is te vinden op www.skrien.nl. June Allyson 88, OJAI CA, 8 JuLI, ADEMHALINGSPROBLEMEN EN ACuTE BRONCHITIS Amerikaans filmactrice, pseudoniem... summary from source:
The Economist (US) The Big Sleep.
04/28/1990: 426 words, approx. 1 pages TURNING up his trenchcoat collar against the familiar wind and rain of his Los Angeles, Philip Marlowe is once more on the prowl, tripping over corpses, tracking down the guilty and extricating the innocent. It is 50 years since Raymond Chandler created his golden-hearted... summary from source:
 The New York Observer \'d2I\'d5m Hard to Get, John T.\'d3
7/24/2007: 1,080 words, approx. 4 pagesThe idea for Rio Bravo (1959) began with Howard Hawks hating High Noon (1952). In 1962, Hawks explained this to me, referring to High Noon as that picture “in which Gary Cooper ran around trying to get help and no one would give him any.... summary from source:
The New York Observer Rie Rasmussen: The Good, the Bad, the Gorgeous
5/22/2007: 790 words, approx. 3 pagesFemme Fatale, modeling for Gucci or wearing barely more than wings in a Victoria’s Secret fashion show. Her cheekbones and light eye color are reminiscent of a young Michelle Pfieffer, but she also has the raw, animal, almost masculine sexuality of a Angelina Jolie. Clad...
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The Big Sleep by Howard Hawks | |
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