This review is from: The Sweet Smell of Success (Widescreen) (DVD)
MY RATING-7.3
Iï¿ve seen this some days ago, and i must say at first i wasnï¿t very interested in those quick and cynical dialogues between Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster, but then I realised the story was deliciously evil and I kept myself stick to the screen. What a screenplay! It was made by North By Northwestï¿s Ernest Lehman and it gives us an accurate view of corruption and use of blackmail in the press. Curtis is excellent as the ï¿cookie full of arsenicï¿ as well as Lancaster in an ususual ï¿villainï¿ role as the obsessive caring brother and reputed press writer. My favorite line between the two is when Curtis says ï¿No, J.J not even by a full column--ï¿ and then stops. Attention also to the excelent cinematography b/w that films the city as well as the nice jazzy score by Elmer Bernstein.
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The Sweet Smell of Success (Widescreen) B00005AUKD
Alexander MacKendrick
Fox Video
The Sweet Smell of Success (Widescreen)
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MY RATING-7.3
Iï¿ve seen this some days ago, and i must say at first i wasnï¿t very interested in those quick and cynical dialogues between Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster, but then I realised the story was deliciously evil and I kept myself stick to the screen. What a screenplay! It was made by North By Northwestï¿s Ernest Lehman and it gives us an accurate view of corruption and use of blackmail in the press. Curtis is excellent as the ï¿cookie full of arsenicï¿ as well as Lancaster in an ususual ï¿villainï¿ role as the obsessive caring brother and reputed press writer. My favorite line between the two is when Curtis says ï¿No, J.J not even by a full column--ï¿ and then stops. Attention also to the excelent cinematography b/w that films the city as well as the nice jazzy score by Elmer Bernstein.
scottie
Dec 4 2002
The Sweet Smell of Success (Widescreen)
