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• Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away - a documentary film, produced for Scottish Television, in which actors Burt Lancaster, James Coburn, Gordon Jackson (The Professionals), producer James Hill, writer John Milius (Apocalypse Now) and others discuss the legacy of director Alexander Mackendrick. The film also contains numerous interviews with the American director. In English, not subtitled. (45 min, 1080i)

• James Wong Howe: Cinematographer - a very informative documentary in which the famous cinematographer offers a masterclass on film lighting. Produced in 1973. In English, not subtitled. (22 min, 1080i)

• Gabler on Winchell - film historian Neal Gabler discusses the life and legacy of Walter Wichell, the famous newspaper and radio commentator who inspired Burt Lancaster's J.J. Hunsecker. In English, not subtitled. (29 min, 1080p)

• James Mangold - writer-director James Mangold recalls his first encounter and consequently relationship with director Alexander Mackendrick at the California Institute of the Arts, where he was a professor. In English, not subtitled. (25 min, 1080p)

• Trailer - the original theatrical trailer for Sweet Smell of Success. In English, not subtitled. (4 min, 1080p)

• Commentary - an audio commentary, recorded exclusively for Criterion in 2010, with film scholar James Naremore, author of the BFI Film Classics series' Sweet Smell of Success. In English, not subtitled.

• Booklet - a 56-page illustrated booklet containing Gary Giddins' essay "The Fantastic Falco"; "Ernest Lehman: Origins of Sweet Smell of Success"; Paul Cronin's essay "Density and Subplots"; and an excerpt from Alexander Mackendrick's "On Film-Making".

Sidney Falco is a New York press agent caught up in a complex
relationship with the powerful newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker. Falco
needs to get his showbiz clients placed in the newspapers, and hangs
around Hunsecker hoping to garner a mention in his column. Hunsecker is
obsessively protective towards his sister Susan, and his only apparent
desire is to see an end to her budding romance with jazz musician Steve
Dallas. Thus with Falco growing increasingly desperate, Hunsecker lets
him know that the one way he can secure access to the column is to break
up Susan and Steve, thereby setting in motion a chain of events which
will tear them all apart.