The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Wisconsin / Warner Bros. Screenplay Series) - Softcover

John Huston

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299076849 ISBN 13: 9780299076849

Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2002

Synopsis

A search for gold in the mountains of Mexico leads three American prospectors to both treasure and loss in John Huston’s screenplay for his acclaimed and much-studied 1948 film. This volume provides the full text of the screenplay with extensive annotations, production and cast credits, a research inventory, and frame enlargements that feature Humphrey Bogart, Walter and John Huston, and Alfonso Bedoya in their movie roles. Renowned film critic and historian James Naremore contrasts the film with the original anticapitalist novel by the legendary writer B. Traven and describes director Huston’s art in the historical context of 1940s Hollywood.

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This is a story of three down-and-out Americans in Mexico who set out to discover gold in the mountains. It is a social fable involving a group of highly individual characters caught up in a search for treasure.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0299076849
• ISBN 13: 9780299076849
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: James Naremore