Ace in the Hole (1951)

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When a man is trapped alive in a mine collapse, a self-interested reporter and the townspeople cynically create what we now call a "media circus". (imdb)

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Genre: Drama

AKA: The Big Carnival

Country: USA

Directed By: Billy Wilder

Written By: Billy Wilder, Walter Newman, Lesser Samuels, Victor Desny

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady, Richard Benedict, Lewis Martin, Gene Evans, Ray Teal, John Berkes, Frank Jaquet, Frances Dominguez

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Wilder's weakest.
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Mar 16	braddad68	95 _83%
Impressive for its day. Definitely way up there for Kirk Douglas, though his character is thoroughly unlikable.
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Oct 04, 2019	mike365365	68 _56%
A well done if not predictable film.
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Jun 05, 2019	smsti	70 _63%
May 30, 2019	Bartbaard	70 _66%
A nice watch. Starts of strong but ends very abruptly. It's a bit like being thrown in to a Coen Brothers situation with everything spiraling out of control, but it's not handled all that well, which reflects itself in the ending. Other than that Wilder wrote a great screenplay (ending aside) and Douglas did well
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Wilder hits a (gold) mine with this. The story gets better, more feverish and absurd with each passing minute. Only then a pointlessly provoked knife attack puts a halt to normal proceedings and puts our anti-hero in a twisted spot - one of needing redemption. Of all the corrupt, dirty bastards in this story, why him? He was on a streak. Well, newspaperman that he is, he sells his end with a lot of pathos.
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Billy Wilder had his finger on the pulse of media, past and future, with this cynical tale. For me, its trip from cynical to darkly absurd is where the film soars. Wilder is able to find humor in this story where we now find ourselves daily.
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This is the first Wilder I've seen that felt like it had some flab, and I might've been unkinder to it were it not for that manic final act, overflowing with cynicism even by Wilder standards. I don't think I'll forget that utterly acerbic closing line anytime soon.
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Jul 15, 2018	NathanBates	80 _75%
A dark look at what used to be called "yellow journalism," trying to make stars out of newspaper writers. The film, filled with brilliant lines and an outstanding cast, is still relevant today in our own media "circus" (which is literally depicted here).
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A pretty good cautionary tale about sensationalism in media, and valuing a great scoop above all else.

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