Dore Schary, then head of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, bought The Asphalt Jungle while it was still in manu script in an effort to match the success Warner Brothers had enjoyed with Bur nett's Little Caesar and High Sierra. The choice of Ben Maddow and John Huston as screenwriters assured the artistic success of the screenplay, for few writer/directors could have matched Huston's ability to develop these characters cine matically. It was a case of strength building upon strength. Burnett's fully devel oped ...
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Dore Schary, then head of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, bought The Asphalt Jungle while it was still in manu script in an effort to match the success Warner Brothers had enjoyed with Bur nett's Little Caesar and High Sierra. The choice of Ben Maddow and John Huston as screenwriters assured the artistic success of the screenplay, for few writer/directors could have matched Huston's ability to develop these characters cine matically. It was a case of strength building upon strength. Burnett's fully devel oped characters were transformed by Maddow and Huston into a screenplay of impressive immediacy. Indeed the portrayal of the criminals in splendid performances from Louis Calhern, Sam Jaffe, Sterling Hayden, James Whitmore, and Jean Hagen, led Bosley Crow ther to lament, "If only it all weren't so corrupt!" But the characters of Bur nett, Maddow and Huston, don't permit us to romanticize about them or their activities. We share their professional pride in a robbery well planned and are silent accomplices to their mutual treachery. The Asphalt Jungle was nominated for best screenplay by the Motion Picture Academy and for best-written American drama by the Writers Guild. John Hus ton received a nomination for best direc tor by the Academy. As a novel, The Asphalt Jungle has been translated into twelve languages.
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Add this copy of The Asphalt Jungle: a Screenplay (Screenplay Library) to cart. $40.00, very good condition, Sold by Aladdin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fullerton, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Southern Illinois University Press.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. Red cloth with slightly bumped top corners otherwise near fine. No markings, no bookplate. In good dust jacket with only one 1/4" chip out at top of rear cover. Some fading to lettering on spine as well as some overall darkening to white background and some rubbing/dust soil. Not price-clipped. Uncommon publisher hardcover edition.
Add this copy of The Asphalt Jungle: a Screenplay (Screenplay Library) to cart. $40.00, very good condition, Sold by The Chatham Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Madison, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Southern Illinois University Press.
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Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. Octavo. 147pp. Red Boards. photos. Black lettering. prev. owner stamp on the front free endpaper. Light soiling to the endpapers, otherwise clean, unmarked. Unclipped pictorial jacket has closed tears, crease on the lower extremities. Screenplay of the film starring Sterling Hayden, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe and Marilyn Monroe.
Add this copy of The Asphalt Jungle: a Screenplay to cart. $52.50, new condition, Sold by Jero Books and Templet Co. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Monica, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Southern Illinois University Press.
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New in Shrinkwrap in New in Shrinkwrap jacket. Screenplay. 8vo. First Edition, (1980. ) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 172 pages. Brand New still sealed in Publisher's shrink wrap. * Any item that is Sold "New in Shrink Wrap" then Removed from the Shrink Wrap and returned will only Receive Fair Market Used Value. (ie. $100 item vs $10 refund. ) White spine/Red text.
Add this copy of The Asphalt Jungle: A Screenplay to cart. $60.00, very good condition, Sold by West with the Night rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Southern Illinois University Press.
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Very good. Light shelfwear, No ownership marks first paperback printing 1980. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Contains: Illustrations. Screenplay Library. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of The Asphalt Jungle to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by Waverley Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Monica, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by CARBONDALE: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. 1980.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0809309424. First edition. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Jacket would be about fine, but for a mended 5"-inch diagonal tear at head of front cover. The tear blends into the pictorial content of the cover, making it hard to discern at first glance. Sticker ghost at upper corner of front end-paper. ) Adapted from the novel by W. R. Burnett into the classic film noir.; 5 3/4" x 8 3/4"; 147 pages.
