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| The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Two-Disc Special Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: John Huston
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton Maclane
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $26.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  123 reviews
Sales Rank: 1787
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 126
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.7 x 0.5
MPN: WARD65816D
ISBN: 0790783444
UPC: 012569581623
EAN: 9780790783444
ASIN: B00003CXD5
Theatrical Release Date: January 7, 1948
Release Date: September 30, 2003
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What Can I say ? March 22, 2008
One of the all time great classic movies.... what can I say that hasn't been already said ?
Badges? We ain't got to show you no stinkin badges March 7, 2008
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Supposedly Walter Huston told his son, John, if you ever become a big-shot director or producer,be sure to have a part for me. Well, this is the part. The first time a Father /Son had ever won an Academy Award for the same film.
John Huston wrote the screenplay based onThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre and directed his father, Walter Huston along with Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, and Bruce Bennett in this classic). Walter Huston won an academy award as Best Supporting Actor in 1948 and John Huston garnered Oscars for his direction and his screenplay. I can't believe that Bogart won nothing, he did a great job, however.
The film is best remembered for the lines:
Badges, we ain't got no badges. We don't need to show you no stinkin basdges.
The movie had an earlier line that was key to the story.
Gold doesn't have to be a curse. It could be a blessing.
The movie is all about the corrupting influence of wealth.
Here's some awards it won.
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1949
WonOscarBest Actor in a Supporting Role
Walter Huston
Best Director
John Huston
Best Writing, Screenplay
John Huston
NominatedOscarBest Picture
Highly recommended for fans of the Huston family and Humphrey Bogart and ythe golden age of cinema.
Gunner March 2008
 Bogarts Best February 8, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is one of the best low budget films around, You had to be a very good Actor to bring life to these movies. Boggy did just that !!!!
Man's insatiable lust for riches December 9, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The collaboration between director John Huston and Humphrey Bogart seven years after their memorable endeavor in "The Maltese Falcon", resulted in one of the finest action adventure films of all time, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". The combination of a superior screenplay, penned by Huston himself, rugged outdoor Californian and Mexican scenery and terrific acting performances yielded a classic movie. The central theme to this outstanding flick in man's unquenchable greed.
Set in Tampico, Mexico in the mid 1920's, the film features Bogart playing down and out worker Fred C. Dobbs who teams up with buddy Bob Curtin played by Tim Holt. Seduced by tales of gold prospecting spun by grizzled prospector Howard played by the venerable Walter Huston they pool their resources to fund an expedition into the remote unexplored Sierra Madre mountains. Huston, who acted without his full upper denture, garnered an Oscar for his superb performance. Huston, experienced in prospecting was well aware of the perils of such a trek and the pitfalls of striking it rich.
As luck would have they strike it rich while eluding natures hardships and a pack of Mexican bandits led by a memorable "badgeless" gold sombreroed Alfonso Bedoya. As the piles of gold dust grew, the greed for more and paranoia started setting in especially in the mind of Bogart. Finally packing it in they set out back to civilization led by Huston who acted as the mother hen for Holt and Bogart, each guarding their own loot.
When Huston was coaxed by native Indians to return to their village Bogart and Holt were left to drive their pack of mules by themselves. Bogart growing more and more covetous and paranoid eventually losing his mind, hatched a nefarious plot to double cross his partners.
The irony of the tale plays itself out as film concludes with Hollywood justice meted out, as villains get their justifiable punishment.
While the film was not initially a box office success it was nominated for best picture and produced Oscars for both Hustons, John for best director and screenplay writing and Walter for best supporting actor. The film is now acknowledged as a cinematic classic regarded highly in many best movie lists.
"Hog, am I?" November 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hog, am I? If I had never met people like Humphrey Bogart's character, this line of dialogue would sound ridiculous. And so would the scene. But, alas, the world is filled with people like this, even in the 21st Century. I laugh and shake my head every time I see it. Great job, Bogart! And everyone else. One of my few five-star films.
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