The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by John Huston
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Actor: Barton MacLane, Bruce Bennett, Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, Walter HustonDirector: John Huston
Brand: WEA
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 126 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- John Huston won the Academy Award(R) for writing and directing this powerful saga that pits gold and greed in the wilds of Mexico and stars his father (Walter Huston) and Humphrey Bogart. Year: 1948 Director: John Huston Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim HoltRunning Time: 126 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Rating:?NR Age:?012569581623 UPC:?0125695816
Movie Reviews of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: There's never a dull moment in this classic . . . and we ain't got no badges!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the film that features the famous "badges" quote parodied in "Blazing Saddles," not to mention by most every one in every American company that requires a badge. The line in this movie is as follows: "We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. We don't need no stinking badges!" It's spoken by an actor named Alfonso Bedoya playing a bandit named "Gold Hat." The actor dominates each scene he is in, coming across as quite intelligent despite a set of bad teeth. He actually looks like the genuine article (as I perceive it, anyway), as though plucked right out of that location and era.
The key characters in this movie are all grimy and swarthy, just what you would expect from down-on-their-luck gold prospectors in 19th-century Mexico. Everyone plays his part well in this feature, from the slightly nutty Walter Huston (Howard), to the likeable Tim Holt (Curtin), to the ultimately greed-infected Humphrey Bogart (Fred C. Dobbs). The acting is especially first-rate when Bogart is outfitting a burro with sacks, all the while muttering to himself and venting.
While I highly recommend the film, I do believe that Bogart's transition from nice guy to greed monster is a bit too rapid or, perhaps, inconsistent, which is more the screenplay's fault (or the director's) than anything else. Fred C. Dobbs seems all crazy about gold in one scene, then too even-keeled in the next before getting back to wacky Gold Dust Dobbs again. Sure, maybe it could go that way, particularly if one is periodically left alone with one's thoughts, but nevertheless his decay seems a bit unnatural.
Summary of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Two-Disc Special Edition)
John Huston won the Academy Award(R) for writing and directing this powerful saga that pits gold and greed in the wilds of Mexico and stars his father (Walter Huston) and Humphrey Bogart. Year: 1948 Director: John Huston Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim HoltRanked at No. 30 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 all-time greatest American films, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a genuine masterpiece that was, ironically, a box-office failure when released in 1948. At that time audiences didn't accept Humphrey Bogart in a role that was intentionally unappealing, but time has proven this to be one of Bogart's very best performances. It's a grand adventure and a superior character study built around the timeless themes of greed and moral corruption. As adapted by writer-director John Huston (from a novel by enigmatic author B. Traven) it became a definitive treatment of fate and futility in the obsessive pursuit of wealth. Bogart plays Fred C. Dobbs, a down-and-out wage-worker in Mexico who stakes his meager earnings on a gold-prospecting expedition to the Sierra mountains. He's joined by a grizzled old prospector (Walter Huston, the director's father) and a young, no-nonsense partner (Tim Holt), and when they strike a rich vein of gold, the movie becomes an observant study of wretched human behavior. Bogart is fiercely intense as his character grows increasingly paranoid and violent; Huston offers a compelling contrast as a weathered miner who's seen how gold can turn men into monsters.
From its lively opening scenes (featuring young Robert Blake as a boy selling lottery tickets) to its final, devastating image of fateful irony, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre tells an unforgettable story of tragedy and truth. With dialogue that has been etched into the cultural consciousness (who can forget the Mexican bandit who snarls "I don't have to show you any stinking badges!") and well-earned Oscars for John and Walter Huston, this is an American classic that still packs a punch. --Jeff Shannon
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