Blast of silence
a film by Allen Baron; an Alfred Crown-Dan Enright production; a Universal-International release; produced by Merrill Brody; screenplay by Allen Baron; directed by Allen Baron
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Edition:
- Special ed.
- Publication:
- [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2008]
- Related Series:
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- Summary:
- Professional killer Frankie Bono returns after an apparent absence to Manhattan during the Christmas season to assassinate the gangster Troiano. Bono is a loner and intends to avoid any unnecessary human contact while planning the murder of his victim. Bono is recognized by an acquaintance from the orphanage he was raised in who invites him to a Christmas party. There he meets up with an old semi-girlfriend, Lorrie. His friend's happy marriage contrasts with Bono's solitary and haunted existence and Bono's hard exterior softens. Bono is emotionally conflicted with both his personal contacts and his professional duties and his choices have heavy consequences.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
In English. - Related Series:
- Subjects:
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
- Performers:
- Cast: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker, Peter H. Clune, Danny Meehan, Howard Mann, Charles Creasap, Bill Da Prado, Milda Memenas, Joe Bubbico, Ruth Kaner, Gil Rogers, Jerry Douglas, Don Saroyan, Dean Sheldon.
Narrator: Lionel Stander. - Production Credits:
- Director of photography, Merrill Brody ; camera operator, Erich Kollmar ; art director, Charles Rosen ; editor, Peggy Lawson ; music composer and conductor, Meyer Kupferman ; narration writer, Mel Davenport (Waldo Salt).
- General Notes:
- Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
This DVD is copy protected.
Special features: New, restored digital transfer; Requiem for a killer: the making of "Blast of silence"; rare on-set Polaroids; photos of locations in 2008; booklet featuring an essay by film critic Terrance Rafferty and a four-page graphic-novel adaptation of the film by acclaimed artist Sean Phillips. - Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + photographs and 1 booklet.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Video Characteristics:
- NTSC
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- BLA DVD
- ISBNs:
- 9781604650297
160465029X - Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 715515028721
Universal Product Code: 00715515028721
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC1745D - OCLC Numbers:
- 971013987
191078253 [Invalid]
