The definitive Humphrey Bogart/Lauren Bacall vehicle, The Big Sleep casts Bogart as Raymond Chandler's cynical private eye Philip Marlowe. Summoned to the home of the fabulously wealthy General Sternwood, Marlowe is hired to deal with a blackmailer shaking down the General's sensuous, thumb-sucking daughter Carmen. This earns Marlowe the displeasure of Carmen's sloe-eyed, seemingly straight-laced older sister Vivian (Bacall). As he pursues the case at hand, Marlowe gets mixed up in the murder of Arthur Geiger, a dealer in pornography.  Any further attempts to outline the plot would be futile: the storyline becomes so complicated and convoluted that even screenwriters were forced to consult Raymond Chandler for advice (he was as confused by the plot as the screenwriters). When originally prepared for release in 1945, The Big Sleep featured a long exposition scene featuring police detective Bernie Ohls explaining the more obscure plot details. This expository scene was ultimately sacrificed, along with several others, in favor of building up Bacall's part, obliging Warners to replace a supporting player who'd gone on to another project. The end result was one of the most famously baffling film noirs but also one of the most successful in sheer star power.


STARS.........: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely
DIRECTOR......: Howard Hawks
WRITERS.......: William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman
GENRE.........: Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery 
TOMATOMETER...: 96
IMDB RATING...: 8.0/10  70,712 votes
IMDB LINK.....: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038355
RUNTIME.......: 1h 53mn
SIZE..........: 4.95 GB
VIDEO CODEC...: HEVC (Main@L4)
BITRATE.......: 6000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION....: 1920x1080
ASPECT RATIO..: 1.37:1
FRAMERATE.....: 23.976 fps
AUDIO.........: English AAC Mono 206kbps CVBR
SUBTITLES.....: ENG
CHAPTERS......: Yes
SOURCE........: Blu Ray
ENCODED BY....: Sartre
ENCODE DATE...: 2018-05-26


Extras

-Introduction by Robert Gitt
-1945 Alternate Version
-1945/1946 Comparisons
-Theatrical Trailer