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    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948 · Western · 2h 4m

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  2. Oct 12, 2003 · "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948) is a story in the Joseph Conrad tradition, using adventure not as an end in itself but as a test of its characters. It involves moral disagreements between a wise old man and a paranoid middle-aged man, with a young man forced to choose sides.

  3. 100% Tomatometer 55 Reviews 93% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings In this classic adventure film, two rough-and-tumble wanderers, Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Curtin (Tim Holt), meet up with a...

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    • Humphrey Bogart
    • John Huston
    • Adventure, Western, Drama
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  4. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Kate Cameron New York Daily News. TOP CRITIC. In Treasure of the Sierra Madre, John Huston has turned out the best picture that has come from...

  5. User Reviews. This film is a sharp-edged study of the effects of greed on otherwise normal men, and one man in particular: Bogart's Fred C. Dobbs. Dobbs and Bob Curtin (Tim Holt) are down and out and meet up with prospector Howard (Walter Huston).

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    From the first minutes I began watching this film, I have to say it was appealing. Even though I had low expectations, the more I was watching, the more interested andengaged I began to feel. It helped to learn some details about gold prospecting during the era and I was surprised by all the knowledge of both original author B. Traven and John Hust...

    Fred Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) is a drifter who has a poor lifestyle and wants to make some money because he feels like an outsider, and afraid and homeless American in Mexico. Financially exploited...
    Curtin (Tim Holt) belongs to the same financial class with Fred and although he is not innocent, he proves to be the opposite of Fred, managing to remain calm and logical.
    Howard (Walter Huston) is the sophisticated one of the group, not only giving the other two directions about the gold prospecting procedure, but also life lessons. He knows from personal experience...
    Cody (Bruce Bennett) is a hunter who was providing for his wife. After noticing some suspicious behavior of Curtin at the beginning, and then of the other two, he decides to join them and share the...

    Performances in The Treasure of the Sierra Madrewere very good in general, with my favorite being that of Humphrey Bogart ( Fred) and Walter Huston (Howard). They managed to succesfully convey the thoughts and feelings of the characters.

    I did not anticipate that the direction of the film would be as great as it was. There was a combination of more relaxed and tense moments and the viewer completely becomes one with the protagonists and feels the suspense emotions that are triggered. Even if it might not be expected by somebody who has read the summary only, it indeed incorporates ...

    Cinematography of Ted D. McCord is centered very much around natural elements. We see many landscapes of vast, barren lands and mountains, the change of weather, like gusting winds moving the sand, which can be used as a symbol of transience. There is also a scene with a reflection of a human next to a lake.

  6. Director Stanley Kubrick listed The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as his fourth favorite film of all time in a 1963 edition of Cinema magazine. Director Sam Raimi ranked it as his favorite film of all time in an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, and director Paul Thomas Anderson watched it at night before bed while writing There Will Be Blood . [22]

  7. Directed By: John Huston. Written By: John Huston, B. Traven. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 10 Critic Reviews. 98. User Score Generally Favorable Based on 147 User Ratings. 8.0. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. Where to Watch. Amazon ($2.89) All Watch Options. View All.

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