Ace in the Hole (Blu-ray)
Billy Wilderâs Ace in the Hole is one of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker. Kirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter who washes up in dead-end Albuquerque, happens upon the scoop of a lifetime, and will do anything to keep getting the lurid headlines. Wilderâs follow-up to Sunset Boulevard is an even darker vision, a no-holds-barred expose of the American mediaâs appetite for sensation that has gotten only more relevant with time.
Billy Wilderâs Ace in the Hole is one of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker. Kirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter who washes up in dead-end Albuquerque, happens upon the scoop of a lifetime, and will do anything to keep getting the lurid headlines. Wilderâs follow-up to Sunset Boulevard is an even darker vision, a no-holds-barred expose of the American mediaâs appetite for sensation that has gotten only more relevant with time.
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Billy Wilderâs Ace in the Hole is one of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker. Kirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter who washes up in dead-end Albuquerque, happens upon the scoop of a lifetime, and will do anything to keep getting the lurid headlines. Wilderâs follow-up to Sunset Boulevard is an even darker vision, a no-holds-barred expose of the American mediaâs appetite for sensation that has gotten only more relevant with time.
