The Humphrey Bogart Collection (The Big Sleep/The Maltese Falcon/Casablanca/Key Largo)

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Summary: Larry Carnes
Review: What a GREAT collection! Casablanca's the trademark Bogart movie and one of the top five film classics for all time. Bogie and Bacall team together in the "Key Largo" and the "Big Sleep". The "Maltese Falcon" is a fine addition to round the set out. After all, it was suspense film about "..the thing that dreams are made of". If your shelf has room for two more Bogart favorites, I'd suggest "To Have and Have Not", Bacall's first film performance and "Treasure of the Sierra Madres", directed by John Huston.

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Summary: Larry Carnes
Review: What a GREAT collection! Casablanca's the trademark Bogart movie and one of the top five film classics for all time. Bogie and Bacall team together in the "Key Largo" and the "Big Sleep". The "Maltese Falcon" is a fine addition to round the set out. After all, it was suspense film about "..the thing that dreams are made of". If your shelf has room for two more Bogart favorites, I'd suggest "To Have and Have Not", Bacall's first film performance and "Treasure of the Sierra Madres", directed by John Huston.

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Summary: The perfect dvd collection of classics
Review: Whether or not you're a Bogey fan, you're going to find something to enjoy in this set. This 4 disc collection contains two of the finest films ever made in "The Maltese Falcon" and "Casablanca", one great though little-known thriller in "Key Largo", and a wonderful mystery in "The Big Sleep". "The Maltese Falcon" is the film that set up Bogart as the anti-hero, with his Sam Spade character only a little better than the criminals he works with. Still, in the end, his true colors shine through. "Casablanca" is an amazing movie because it's a romance, thriller, and action movie rolled into one! Bogey plays Rick, a man who has run away from it all to open his own bar and escape the pain of losing the woman he loved. Now she's walked back into his bar and into his life - with her husband. The film is amazing because it shows the selflessness of both lead characters in Bogart and Bergman. Both movies yeild countless classic lines that you've heard quoted dozens of times. "Key Largo" isn't as well known as the previous two, but it's a fabulous movie nonetheless. Bogart and Bacall star in this one, and Bogey plays a man trapped at a hotel while Edward G. Robinson as a gangster takes it over with his men. Folks, classic movies just don't get much better than this one, as the tension mounts every minute until the emotions finally have a chance to explode at the end. The action at the end makes it worth while and you just wait the whole movie for Bogey to tear into them. It's great! Finally, "The Big Sleep" is here - in both versions! This dvd has the theatrical release and the overseas release versions, so that alone makes it an amazing addition to the collection. The stories aren't too different, though there are several added scenes to the overseas version. Bogey plays Philip Marlowe and it's definitely a good thriller. If you're at home on a rainy Saturday afternoon, then this set it the one you want with you when you have time to kill! You definitely will not regret spending the money on these great dvds! There's not a stinker in the bunch (which can't be said for a lot of dvd collections).