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Learning From The Masters Of Cinema: Billy Wilder's ACE IN THE HOLE

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Learning From The Masters Of Cinema: Billy Wilder's ACE IN THE HOLE

Learning From The Masters Of Cinema: Billy Wilder's ACE IN THE HOLE

Posted: 05 May 2014 02:00 AM PDT

Released in 1951, Ace in the Hole marked a pivotal moment in the career of its writer-director, Billy Wilder, for a number of different reasons. His scathing attack on the media was Wilder's first film after breaking his long-term writing partnership with Charles Brackett, which over 12 years had garnered two Best Screenplay Oscars (for The Lost Weekend and Sunset Blvd.), three more Oscar nominations and a string of commercial hits. Ace in the Hole also marked Wilder's first credit as producer as well as writer and director. More importantly, it also proved to be his first flop, breaking a string of box office successes dating back to 1939's Ninotchka. However, in the ensuing decades the film has been the subject of much re-assessment and...

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