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Title:

Mikey and Nicky / Paramount Pictures ; produced by Michael Hausman ; written and directed by Elaine May.

Edition:

Director approved Blu-ray special edition.

Publisher:

Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (10 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)

Subject:

Gangsters--Drama.
Male friendship--Drama.
Embezzlement--Drama.
Organized crime--Drama.
Embezzlement.
Organized crime.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Gangster films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

May, Elaine, 1932- screenwriter. screenwriter.
Hausman, Michael, film producer.
Cassavetes, John, 1929-1989, actor.
Falk, Peter, 1927-2011, actor.
Beatty, Ned, actor.
Van Patten, Joyce, 1934- actor.
Arrick, Rose, 1928-2008, actor.
Grace, Carol, 1924-2003, actor.
Hickey, William, 1928-1997, actor.
Meisner, Sanford, actor.
Walsh, M. Emmet, 1935- actor.
Kemper, Victor J., 1927- director of photographer.
Carter, John (Film editor), editor of moving image work.
Strauss, John, 1920-2011, composer (expression)
Paramount Pictures Corporation, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Notes:

Title and credits from screen. Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty, Joyce van Patten, Rose Arrick, Carol Grace, M. Emmet Walsh, William Hickey, Sanford Meisner. Originally released as a motion picture in 1976. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Elaine May, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; Elaine May's Mikey and Nicky, a new program on the making of the film featuring interviews with distributor, Julian Schlossberg, and actor Joyce Van Patten ; new interviews with critics Richard Brody and Carrie Rickey ; audio interview from 1976 with actor Peter Falk ; trailer ; TV spot ; plus on insert: an essay by critic Nathan Rabin.

Summary:

Nicky has embezzled a fortune from his Mafia bosses and is on the run. His only friend, Mikey tries to help him escape; or will he lead him into a trap?

Series:

The Criterion collection ; 957

ISBN:

1681435357
9781681435350

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1078650051

UPC:

715515224710

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)