Receiving its long-overdue High Definition premiere as part of this Dual Format edition The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is John Cassavetes' uncompromising character study of a gangster. Cassavetes regular Ben Gazzara (Anatomy of a Murder Husbands The Big Lebowski) plays a seedy Los Angeles strip-club owner who runs up heavy gambling debts which he arranges to wipe out by murdering an elderly Chinese gangster. Also amongst the cast is Cassavetes regular Seymour Cassel (Faces Rushmore) and legendary cult actor Timothy Carey (The Killing Paths of Glory). Arguably... the most plot-driven of his films Cassavates withdrew The Killing of a Chinese Bookie shortly after the initial release and subsequently re-cut a shorter version with a different opening. Both cuts are made available on Blu-ray and the DVD. Special Features: Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition Includes both the 135 minute and 108 minute re-cut versions Selected scene commentary by Al Rubin and Peter Bogdanovich on long version Extensive booklet with essays and film credits [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and region B Blu-ray. It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray and DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (DVD Blu-ray) A film by John Cassavetes In an absorbing performance Ben Gazzara plays small-time Sunset Strip entrepreneur Cosmo Vittelli, owner of the Crazy Horse West night spot. An obsessive showman, Cosmo navigates a murky world of loan sharks and crooks to keep his club afloat, but when a gambling debt spirals out of control he is blackmailed into accepting a murderous commission. Featuring stand-out turns by Seymour Cassel and Timothy Carey as the underworld racketeers out to fleece Cosmo, John Cassavetes' portrayal of one man's hubristic descent subverts the conventions of its genre to explore the darker side of the American dream. Special Features Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition Includes both the long 1976 version and the 1978 re-edit Selected scenes commentary on the 1976 version by Al Rubin and Peter Bogdanovich Fully illustrated booklet featuring a new essay by Tom Charity, recollections from Al Ruban and an original review Warning: This film contains flashing lights which may be harmful to some viewers
Crime drama directed by John Cassavetes and starring Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey and Seymour Cassel. Cosmo Vitelli (Gazzara) owns the Crazy Horse West, a strip joint in California; he loves his girls and he loves his job. Trouble is, however, he also loves to gamble and this has resulted in a huge and ever-increasing debt to the mob. So when he is offered the chance to clear his debt in one fell swoop he jumps at it - until he discovers that the job he must carry out is the murder of a man known only as 'The Chinese Bookie'.
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