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The Big Sleep ( 1946) starring Humphrey Bogart as the hard-boiled private-eye Philip Marlowe. Marlowe gets sucked up into a case involving a missing man, two rich girls, a complex blackmail scheme and murder galore. The eldest girl, a femme fatale, is played by Lauren Bacall.
The film was directed by Howard Hawks. William Faulkner cowrote the screenplay with Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman , based on Chandler's novel; the plot is so convoluted that Faulkner insisted that he didn't understand all of it.
The movie set the standard for film noir for years to come and has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
A famous story of the filming: Of the many corpses that turn up in The Big Sleep, one is that of Owen Taylor, a chauffeur, who is found dead in a water-logged Packard, "washing around off Lido Pier". Howard Hawks realized he had no idea of who killed him. The screenwriters couldn't figure it out. Finally, they sent a cable to Raymond Chandler himself, "Who killed Owen Taylor?" Chandler reportedly re-read his own novel, and cabled back, "I don't know." It is never cleared up, and adds to the ambiguity of the movie.
The Big Sleep was remade in 1978Events January January 1 The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay 213 dead. January 4 Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet. by Michael WinnerMichael Winner (b. October 30, 1935) is a British film director and producer. He studied law at Cambridge University, where he edited the student newspaper Varsity''. He learnt his skills during early work for the BBC and B-movie features. However he soon starring Robert MitchumRobert Mitchum ( August 6, 1917 July 1, 1997) was an American film actor and native of Bridgeport, Connecticut who is largely remembered for his starring roles in several major works of the film noir genre. His other notable films were generally thrillers as Philip Marlowe. James Stewart appeared as General Sternwood. The action was set in LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri, England rather than CaliforniaCalifornia is a state located in the western United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The most populous and third largest state in the U. California is both physically and demographically diverse. The state's official nickname is "The Golden State", wh. The later film The Big LebowskiThe Big Lebowski is a 1998 film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen starring Jeff Bridges as the "The Dude", or Jeff Lebowski. Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliott and Coen regulars John Goodman, John Turturro, and Steve Buscemi are is also based on The Big Sleep, with numerous alterations.
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