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Titolo originale: Ace in the Hole

1951
T
1h 51min

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Film Noir Survival Tragedy Drama

Un ex giornalista frustrato che ora lavora per un giornale di Albuquerque sfrutta la storia di un uomo intrappolato in una grotta per riaccendere la sua carriera, ma la situazione diventa ra... Leggi tuttoUn ex giornalista frustrato che ora lavora per un giornale di Albuquerque sfrutta la storia di un uomo intrappolato in una grotta per riaccendere la sua carriera, ma la situazione diventa rapidamente fuori controllo.Un ex giornalista frustrato che ora lavora per un giornale di Albuquerque sfrutta la storia di un uomo intrappolato in una grotta per riaccendere la sua carriera, ma la situazione diventa rapidamente fuori controllo.

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Candidato a 1 Oscar
- 4 vittorie e 3 candidature totali

Quiz
After the film was released, it got bad reviews and lost money. The studio, without Billy Wilder's permission, changed the title to "The Big Carnival" to increase the box office take of the film. It didn't work. On top of that, Wilder's next picture, "Stalag 17 (1953)," was a hit and he expected a share of the picture's profits. Paramount's accountants told him that since this picture lost money, the money it lost would be subtracted from the profits of "Stalag 17".

Blooper
When Lorraine and Chuck are talking out in front of Minosa's store by the gas pumps, reflections of the crew moving around behind the camera can be seen in the store windows.

Citazioni
Charles Tatum: Bad news sells best. Cause good news is no news.

Connessioni
Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder (1986)

Colonne sonore
The Hut-Sut Song
(uncredited)
Written by Leo Killion, Ted McMichael and Jack Owens
Sung by Richard Benedict and Kirk Douglas

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8/10

Far Ahead Of Its Time

"Ace In the Hole," which used to turn up on local TV as "The Big carnival," was far head of its time. It wasn't very successful and its cynicism shocked people.

Along comes Andy Warhol almost two decades later with his notion of "fifteen minutes of fame" and everyone buys that concept. It's not quite the same as the concept of this. Nor is that of the very popular "Network," which came even later. But the premise here is that reporter Kirk Douglas will literally jeopardize a man's life in order to get a series of big newspaper stories. And does anyone today doubt that such things happen? Wilder was often cynical, though here it is to the most meaningful end. "the Fortune Cookie" and "Kiss Me, Stupid" are cynical also and they are both fun but this one makes a very trenchant point and they do not.

The acting is superb. Kirk Douglas gave many brilliant performances. This is one of them. The trailer included in the DVD I just saw crows that with this Jan Sterling will be immediately elevated to the top rank of female stars. That never happened but she is excellent here, as generally elsewhere.

The interviews of Wilder by Cameron Crowe tell a funny story about the genesis of one of her lines. I'd better not quote it; so get that book. It's very entertaining, informative, and touching.

Wilder was one of =this country's great directors. This will probably never be one of his most popular movies but I'd certainly rank it as one of his best.