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In Alexander Mackendrick’s swift, cynical Sweet Smell of Success, Burt Lancaster stars as barbaric Broadway gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker, and Tony Curtis as Sidney Falco, the unprincipled press agent he ropes into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister.
Sharp-edged [and] merciless. One extraordinary American noir!" (Roger Ebert). A powerful film about a ruthless journalist and an unscrupulous press agent who'll do anything to achieve success, this "fascinating, compelling story: (The Hollywood Reporter) crackles with "taut direction and whiplash dialogue" (Time). Bristling with vivid performances by Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster, this gutsy ...
This film marks the second screen pairing of Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis, and it launched Curtis into stardom. Lancaster, already a powerful Hollywood mogul at the time, not only starred in but executive produced SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957). Writer Ernest Lehman based the film on his personal experiences as a press agent working for the highly influential and ruthless columnist Walter ...
2 de ago. de 2020 · Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 American FILM NOlR drama film directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, and Martin ...
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the ...
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31 de jul. de 2014 · Criterion: Shadows, John Cassavetes →. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK, 1957 Sweet Smell of Success is one of many in a long line of New York City masterpieces. It captures not only the high traffic sprawl, but also the culture and especially the seedy underbelly. In this case the sludge is the press, and is based on the life….
