Thursday, December 15, 2011

Ace in the Hole (1951)

Director: Billy Wilder
Writers:  Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman
Cast:      Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur
Kirk Douglas stars as a frustrated bug city journalist now stuck working for an Albuqueurque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to re-jump start his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.

The films that deal with media has been some of my favorite films. These include 'The Insider', 'Network', 'All the President's men'. Ace in the hole is a masterpiece that gets better with the age as the reality catches up with its prophecy. Its all the more relevant now in these times of NOTW phone hacking scandal and all.

The film was both a critical and commercial failure but its no surprise as it was far ahead of its time.

Rating: 5/5

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