There isn't a finer film about the self-destructive power of greed than John Huston's "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre." It's Huston at his rugged, fiercely unsentimental best. The tale of three down-on-their-luck Americans scrounging about a treacherous mountain region in search of gold features loads of quotable, hard-bitten dialogue and a boldly unflattering performance from Humphrey Bogart as the madly rapacious Fred C. Dobbs. Legendary author and film critic James Agee hailed it as "one of the best things Hollywood has done since it learned to talk." Three quarters of a century later, it still is.
But let's get back to Bogart, who dynamites his sympathetic, cynical hero image with his portrayal of a man who descends into full-on psychosis via his lust for a precious-metal mother lode. Audiences were stunned by the star's transformation, which may have played a role in the film's ho-hum box office performance.
But let's get back to Bogart, who dynamites his sympathetic, cynical hero image with his portrayal of a man who descends into full-on psychosis via his lust for a precious-metal mother lode. Audiences were stunned by the star's transformation, which may have played a role in the film's ho-hum box office performance.
- 8/23/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Crooked treasure hunters tangle with menacing black gangsters in this crime-action siege movie from 1992, with a fine filmmaker pedigree. The late Bill Paxton leads a great cast — William Sadler, Ice-t, Art Evans — in a tense standoff that turns into a murderous ordeal when it’s discovered that a million-dollar cache of gold is to be had. The Shout Selects extras include an informative interview with co-writer Bob Gale.
Trespass
Blu-ray
Shout! Factory ‘Shout Selects’
1992 / Color / 2:35 1:85 widescreen 1:37 flat full frame / 101 min. / Street Date June 27, 2017 / 27.99
Starring: Bill Paxton, Ice-t, William Sadler, Ice Cube, Art Evans, De’voreaux White, Bruce A. Young, Glenn Plummer, Stoney Jackson, T.E. Russell, Tiny Lister.
Cinematography: Lloyd Ahern II
Film Editor: Freeman Davies
Original Music: Ry Cooder
Written by Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis
Produced by Neil Canton
Directed by Walter Hill
A lot of movies struggle and strain and suffer to get made, and then...
Trespass
Blu-ray
Shout! Factory ‘Shout Selects’
1992 / Color / 2:35 1:85 widescreen 1:37 flat full frame / 101 min. / Street Date June 27, 2017 / 27.99
Starring: Bill Paxton, Ice-t, William Sadler, Ice Cube, Art Evans, De’voreaux White, Bruce A. Young, Glenn Plummer, Stoney Jackson, T.E. Russell, Tiny Lister.
Cinematography: Lloyd Ahern II
Film Editor: Freeman Davies
Original Music: Ry Cooder
Written by Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis
Produced by Neil Canton
Directed by Walter Hill
A lot of movies struggle and strain and suffer to get made, and then...
- 5/29/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Paramount Pictures
Indiana Jones is the greatest hero the cinema has ever had.
As both a homage to and an amalgamation of movie heroes that creators George Lucas and Steven Spielberg grew up admiring – everyone from James Bond to Humphrey Bogart’s Fred C. Dobbs in The Treasure Of Sierra Madre – Indy is the very definition of an iconic character. With his trademark fedora, bullwhip and leather jacket, he’s one of few characters who can be instantly identified by his silhouette alone (and what a theme tune!).
Much of the genius of Indiana Jones, an archaeology professor who moonlights as an adventurer, stems from Harrison Ford, who injects the character with the right amount of sardonic wit, sincerity and ineptitude – all of which comes together to create an unbridled charisma. Indy is as likeable as they come – a hero who is inarguably badass, but also human: he’s frequently...
Indiana Jones is the greatest hero the cinema has ever had.
As both a homage to and an amalgamation of movie heroes that creators George Lucas and Steven Spielberg grew up admiring – everyone from James Bond to Humphrey Bogart’s Fred C. Dobbs in The Treasure Of Sierra Madre – Indy is the very definition of an iconic character. With his trademark fedora, bullwhip and leather jacket, he’s one of few characters who can be instantly identified by his silhouette alone (and what a theme tune!).
Much of the genius of Indiana Jones, an archaeology professor who moonlights as an adventurer, stems from Harrison Ford, who injects the character with the right amount of sardonic wit, sincerity and ineptitude – all of which comes together to create an unbridled charisma. Indy is as likeable as they come – a hero who is inarguably badass, but also human: he’s frequently...
- 8/18/2015
- by Sam Hill
- Obsessed with Film
When you’re in a hole, stop digging. I’ve heard and said that phrase many times in my life, and I’m sure you have, too. I thought about it again during the aptly titled “Buried,” written by Thomas Schnauz and directed by Michelle MacLaren, one of my favorite American filmmakers, TV or theatrical — especially during those wonderful, horrible scenes in the desert, with Walt desperately and single-handedly trying to bury his money, sweaty and exhausted, looking for all the world like a cancer-ridden 21st century cousin of Humphrey Bogart’s wealth-crazed Treasure of the Sierra Madre hero, Fred C. Dobbs. (Actual Dobbs quote: “I think I'll go to sleep and dream about piles of gold getting bigger and bigger and bigger.”) Walt’s been figuratively digging himself deeper into a hole for — what is it now, about a year and a half of Breaking Bad time? And what...
- 8/19/2013
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
In A Lonely Place
DVD
Directed by Nicholas Ray
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Jeff Donnell, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Martha Stewart, Robert Warwick
1950
Columbia Pictures
Deteriorating from the inside-out are the rotten inner demons of Hollywood screenwriter Dixon Steele. Along with that is the man’s inability to create a workable script for directors; he’s on a cold streak of late and his rigid attitude has a lot to do with that. But topping both of these soul-eating disparities is the fact that Steele’s cold world is made possible by the lack of any love interest in his life. All of these bleak assets enunciate his tragedy of being present in a lonely place. The only thing with him in this lonely place is his anger that he can’t govern.
Humphrey Bogart plays Dixon Steele, a great name for a character, and it...
DVD
Directed by Nicholas Ray
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Jeff Donnell, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Martha Stewart, Robert Warwick
1950
Columbia Pictures
Deteriorating from the inside-out are the rotten inner demons of Hollywood screenwriter Dixon Steele. Along with that is the man’s inability to create a workable script for directors; he’s on a cold streak of late and his rigid attitude has a lot to do with that. But topping both of these soul-eating disparities is the fact that Steele’s cold world is made possible by the lack of any love interest in his life. All of these bleak assets enunciate his tragedy of being present in a lonely place. The only thing with him in this lonely place is his anger that he can’t govern.
Humphrey Bogart plays Dixon Steele, a great name for a character, and it...
- 11/5/2010
- by Three-D
- Geeks of Doom
.Can you help a fellow American down on his luck?. There.s gold in them thar. hills! This time the golden team of Bogart and Huston take on the novel written by an enigma. The result would be winners all around with a father and son actually finding Hollywood gold. Down-on-his-luck Yank Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) is panhandling in 1920.s Mexico (amusingly three times to a brash white-suited American played by director John Huston in a cameo). He eventually partners with a fellow down-on-his-luck traveler named Curtin (Tim Holt) and they both meet up with grizzled prospector Howard (Walter Huston). Howard spins tales of gold just ripe for the digging up and the trio set out to...
- 10/6/2010
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
When Humphrey Bogart was struggling to make his name on Broadway in the 1920’s, scalpel-wielding theater critic Alexander Woollcott sized him up thusly: he “is what is usually and mercifully described as inadequate.” Harsh. Then, in 1930, the young wannabe with the scarred lip, snarling lisp, and looks that might charitably be called “unconventional” finally landed a contract with Fox. The studio cut him loose after two years. Most actors might have thrown in the towel and started selling encyclopedias at that point. But Bogart’s best years were ahead of him.
In 1936, the not-so-young-anymore tough guy caught a break when...
In 1936, the not-so-young-anymore tough guy caught a break when...
- 10/5/2010
- by Chris Nashawaty
- EW.com - PopWatch
The IMDb250. A list of the top 250 films as ranked by the users of the biggest internet movie site on the web. It is based upon the ratings provided by the users of the Internet Movie Database, which number into the millions. As such, it’s a perfect representation of the opinions of the movie masses, and arguably the most comprehensive ranking system on the Internet.
It’s because of this that we at HeyUGuys (and in this case we is myself and Barry) have decided to set ourselves a project. To watch and review all 250 movies on the list. We’ve frozen the list as of January 1st of this year. It’s not as simple as it sounds, we are watching them all in one year, 125 each.
This is our 36th update, my next five films watched for the project. You can find last week’s update here.
It’s because of this that we at HeyUGuys (and in this case we is myself and Barry) have decided to set ourselves a project. To watch and review all 250 movies on the list. We’ve frozen the list as of January 1st of this year. It’s not as simple as it sounds, we are watching them all in one year, 125 each.
This is our 36th update, my next five films watched for the project. You can find last week’s update here.
- 9/30/2010
- by Gary Phillips
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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