| | | A Howard Hawkes Production.
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Help the Free French? Not world-weary gun-runner Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart). But he changes his mind when a sultry siren-in-distress named Marie asks, "Anybody got a match?" That red-hot match is Bogart and 19-year-old first-time actress Lauren Bacall. Full of intrigue and racy banter (including Bacall's legendary whistling instructions), the thriller excites further interest for what it has and has not. Cannily directed by Howard Hawkes and smartly written by William Faulkner and Jules Furthman, it doesn't have much similarity to the Ernest Hemingway novel that inspired it. And it strongly resembles Casablanca: French resistance fighters, a piano-playing bluesman (Hoagy Carmichael) and a Martinique bar much like Rick's Cafe Americaine. But first and foremost, it showcases Bogart and Bacall, carrying on with a passion that smolders from the tips of their cigarettes clear through to their souls.
"...solid performances, taut action..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
A 40-something Humphrey Bogart and a novice named Lauren Bacall might have seemed like an odd pairing on paper, but their chemistry in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT ignites the screen. Howard Hawks directs this classic about a jaded American fisherman (Bogart) who risks his life to help a group of French freedom fighters and a sultry young woman (Bacall) with whom he falls in love. The fascinating setting (Vichy-controlled Martinique during the Second World War), the source material (Ernest Hemingway's 1937 novel), and a screenplay co-written by a literary master (William Faulkner) all take a backseat to the on- and off-screen romance between the two legends. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT is perhaps most memorable for the 19-year-old Bacall seducing Bogart (and audiences) with her lesson on whistling.
Plot Summary
Bogie stars as an American sailor in Martinique during World War II. Although money speaks louder than politics in his book, the French Resistance ultimately wins him over -- as does the sexy, seductive Marie, played by Lauren Bacall in her Hollywood debut.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono | | Interactive Menus | | Lux Radio Theatre Production Starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall | | Making-Of Featurette: A Love Story - The Story Of To Have & To Have Not | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Vintage Cartoon: Bacall To Arms |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 7/25/2006 |
| Running Time: 100 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1945 | | Catalog ID: 67686 | | UPC: 00012569676862 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Pan and Scan (TV Format) 1.37:1 [4:3] |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"A CASABLANCA-influenced love story set against a French Resistance backdrop in Martinique." 11/07/2003 p.8EReelViews 8 of 10
The aspect that elevates To Have and Have Not, and the best reason to watch this movie, is the interaction between Bogart and Bacall. Not only is this the first movie they made together, but it is, in a sense, a cinematic record of their falling in love. Recently, Cameron Crowe marveled at how the blossoming on-set relationship between Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz enriched the romantic texture of Vanilla Sky. Yet, compared to what Bogart and Bacall display in To Have and Have Not, the Cruise/Cruz liaison is tepid...The chemistry is at its strongest and most unmistakable in To Have and Have Not. - James Berardinelli
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