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DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 15, 2000
• R2: 3 Jul 2000
MPAA Rating
NR
Running Time
1 hour, 54 minutes
Country USA
Studio Warner Brothers
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Other Titles
• The Big Sleep
• Der Tiefe Schlaf (1967)
• Tote schlafen fest (1946)
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Genre: Mystery, Film-Noir, Detectives, Betrayal, Murder, Blackmail, Cult Classic, Gangsters, Police, Femme Fatale
Tagline: The Violence-Screen's All-Time Rocker-Shocker!
Plot: 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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