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Summary: A lesson to contemporary movie-makers
Review: You can use a ton of special effects, CGI or whatnot but you cannot beat a great plot, exceptional acting and an inspired director. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre had them all.The complexity of the human mind is explored throughout the movie. We have the wise old-timer, sensible Curtain and man-on-the-edge Dobbs who eventually plummets over into insanity before being slaughtered for his clothes by a group of Mexican bandits lead by the superb Alfonso Bedoya, a role he played to some aplomb in a number of movies of that time. There isn't a lot more to say about this movie other than if you haven't yet seen it, then purchase this DVD poste haste and spend a couple of hours with some true Hollywood Greats.
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Summary: One Of The Greatest Action/Adventures Of All Time.
Review: TOTSM tells the always-timely tale of greed and treachery that is often told but never heeded. It tells how men who start out with good intentions can become blind to gold and material wealth. It is one of the best films to tell this tale. Bogart's Fred C. Dobbs is his greatest role. Bogart's greed is contrasted by Walter Huston's Christ-like figure (he is treated as a savior by the farmers) who has seen what "gold does to men's souls" in his long life. Howard has a clear conscience, no need for material wealth, is more concerned with helping save the young boy and loves the simpler things in life. Tim Holt's Curtain becomes Howard's apostle who starts out green and naive and is tempted at times but is influenced more by Howard's wisdom and morality than greed for gold. The snap-n-crack dialog would make even Quentin Tarantino envious. Some of the best lines ever written. *Hey mister can you stick a fellow American to a meal? *Waters precious sometimes it can be more precious than gold. *You gotta know how to tickle it so she comes out laughing. *When are we going to start dividing it up? *If you know what's good for ya you won't monkey around with
Fred C. Dobbs. There are many more. Alfonso Bedoya's "badges" line has got to be one of the most quoted ever. This has been #1 on my DVD release wish list and I can't wait to get it. Modern remakes have been done but go with the original. If you like this watch "The Man Who Would Be King" also directed by John Huston which explores similar themes.
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Summary: Over-rated
Review: This movie is good, but surely not a classic its made out to be. The transformation of Humphrey Bogart from a decent, hard-working
guy in to a greedy, blood-thirsty man who wouldnt think twice about betraying his close friends is too abrupt.Its like you missed an important section of the film, I watched it again to make sure I didnt. A fair amount of the film is in Spanish with no sub-titles. Good for one watch , might get boring after that.
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Summary: Good Movie,not a masterpiece
Review: This is a good movie for John Huston,Boggie,and Bogie gave second best performance next to "Maltese Falcon". "Maltese Falcon" is another collabaration of Boggie and J.Huston which was a very influencial movie,and it had a similar theme(GREED).
Even thongh Treasure of Sierra Madre described greed of a human being and Boggie gave one of his best performance it is not a great movie(only good).The reason is director J.Huston whitewashed the politics of the original story. When Maltese Falcon was released the description of human greed was okay without politics,real situation. Several years after Maltese Falcon was released he made Treasure of... with the same theme without politics. Greed is not good,but he had to describe the GREED in details including many elements. He described greed too simply,neutrally.
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Summary: FEW MOVIES AS GOOD AS THIS ONE.
Review: "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre" is a great classic. Directed by John Huston and featuring stellar performances by Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt and Walter Huston, this is a must-see movie for any one that claims to love the movies. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) is a drifter living in Tampico, México; one day, he and his new buddy Curtin (Tim Holt) collect a delayed payment, so they are thinking business now. Both decide that they are going to use that money to begin a search for gold on the Sierra Madre, with the companion of wise old man Howard (Walter Huston); they actually found a lot of gold on the mountains, but they aren't going to enjoy the money so easily. A lot of dangers will cross on their paths, as a bunch of thieves, the greed that now has possessed Dobbs, and the paranoia will make them a final and ironic joke. "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre" earned Academy Awards for the Hustons, both father (Walter, actor) and son (John, director) and deservedly so. The movie hasn't aged a bit, because the subjects that the story introduces will remain as long as the humanity exists. Widely recommendable.
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Summary: The Wages of Greed
Review: This one of several films in which John Huston and Bogart worked together. The director's father Walter also plays one of the lead roles. In fact, John Huston appears briefly in a scene in the same park where Fred C. Dobbs (Bogart) purchases a winning lottery ticket from a Mexican boy (yes, that's Robert Blake). The central plot concerns three men (Dobbs, Howard, and Curtin) who are "down on their luck" until Dobbs' windfall which enables them to bankroll a treasure hunt in Mexico. They set out with high hopes and great expectations, eagerly agreeing to be equal partners when they locate gold. After they do, inevitable tensions, distrust, and then animosity develop. What fascinates me most about this film is Bogart's portrayal of Dobbs as an anti-hero. Pay special attention to his eyes which reflect the deterioration of his sense of obligation to his two partners. The grizzled veteran Howard (Walter Huston) correctly suspects from the beginning that love of money could destroy the partnership, as indeed it does. Curtin (Tim Holt) is the principal victim of Dobbs' greed. Huston received an Academy Award for directing this film and another for his original screenplay, based on B. Traven's novel. Among all films in the treasure-hunt genre, this is truly a classic. At its conclusion, I was again reminded of what my grandmother once told me: "Pigs get fat but hogs get slaughtered." Actually, at least some pigs are also vulnerable to forces over which they have no control. The same can be said of Fred C. Dobbs, consumed by greed which apparently he could not control. As the film ends, only Howard remains...his understanding of human nature enriched even more by his recent experiences. Wealth is temporary but wisdom endures and sometimes prevails. That may well be the point of this great movie.
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Summary: A Bogart Classic
Review: Bogart at his best. John Huston at his best. The cast of characters were perfect for the story. This is one of the few westerns I own. The story is greed and its result. The story is old as time. The story & film are worth it. Buy it!
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Summary: All-time classic; DVD release on the way
Review: As the reviewer from Melbourne notes, this superb film met with a frosty box-office reception upon its initial 1948 release. At once a grand adventure tale and a dark meditation on the less wholesome elements of human nature, TREASURE... stands as one of John Huston's (and Bogart's) finest hours. Great performances from the three leads, gorgeous scenery, a rousing (if occasionally intrusive) Max Steiner score, and a story that's as thought-provoking as it is entertaining add up to state-of-the art midcentury Hollywood cinema. This film has been conspicuous in its absence from the DVD shelves, but Warner is due to rectify that at the end of September with a two-disc Special Edition boasting a lovingly restored print and--I can't resist--a goldmine of supplementary material.
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Summary: Huston made a masterpiece
Review: Huston has caught the spirit of B. Traven's book by the same title. Bogart captures Fred C. Dobb's gradual demise as the disease of gold possesses his mind. And Huston doesn't need to use graphic vulgarities to get the point across. So many "modern" dramas rely on vulgar language to depict decadence, which always seem to take away from the intensity of the scenes rather than add to them. I put Treasure of the Sierra Madre at the top of my all time
favorite movie list.
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Summary: Best of Bogey
Review: Quite simply the best performance of a true legend. I am stunned that this is not out on DVD. Rated in the Top 100 by the AFI, this classic is way overdue for recognition.
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