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ACE IN THE HOLE (1951) would make a great double feature with...

posted 15 years ago by layton59
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ACE IN THE HOLE (1951) would make a great double feature with... another Kirk Douglas film called TOWN WITHOUT PITY (1961).

Like AITH, the film TWP deals with a sensational situation (a rape by 4 GIs) and the way the public reacts to it.

Both movies also cast a light on the medias involvement in fanning the flames of exploitation.

Here is a link to TOWN WITHOUT PITY.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055539/

Lastly, I have always felt that AITH was based on the Kentucky true life cave death of Floyd Collins. At the time, his own father sold souvenirs to the tourist flocking the see his son trapped in a cave.

Here is the link to Floyd Collins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Collins

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[–] Prismark10 10 years ago

A good companion piece might be 127 hours.

Its that man again!!

[–] valis1984 9 years ago

The year 1951 also saw the release of a film called The Well which was nominated for the same Oscar as Ace in the Hole. It concerns a child stuck down the eponymous well.

"Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects". Will Rogers (1879-1935)

[–] SeanJoyce 9 years ago

A Face in the Crowd and/or Sweet Smell of Success.

http://jmoneyyourhoney.filmaf.com/owned

[–] hockeyhrs 9 years ago

Network (abuses by the media)

[–] Jes' Sayin' (5998) 7 years ago

Yes, A Face in the Crowd. Both films are quite good at understanding the new power of mass media.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

good one