The Big Carnival

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The Big Carnival is a 1951 American film noir drama directed by Billy Wilder that critiques media sensationalism through the story of a cynical reporter exploiting a disaster for personal gain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
drama film
film
film noir
alternateTitle Ace in the Hole
basedOn Floyd Collins cave-in incident
linked to: Floyd Collins
castMember Frank Cady
Jan Sterling
Kirk Douglas
Porter Hall
Ray Teal
Richard Benedict
Robert Arthur
characterNameOfLead Chuck Tatum
cinematographer Charles Lang
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States
director Billy Wilder
distributor Paramount Pictures
editor Arthur P. Schmidt
era classic Hollywood
filmRatingSystemEra pre-MPAA ratings code
genre drama film
film noir
media satire
hasCultFollowing true
leadActor Kirk Douglas
musicBy Hugo Friedhofer
narrativeFocus cynical reporter exploiting a disaster for personal gain
notableFor critique of media sensationalism
early depiction of disaster exploitation by press
originalLanguage English
portrays corruption in local politics
public fascination with disaster
tabloid journalism
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
productionStartYear 1950
releaseTitleInUnitedKingdom The Big Carnival
releaseTitleInUnitedStates Ace in the Hole
releaseYear 1951
runtimeMinutes 111
screenwriter Billy Wilder
Lesser Samuels
Walter Newman
settingLocation New Mexico
theme exploitation of tragedy
journalistic ethics
media sensationalism

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Ace in the Hole alternativeTitle The Big Carnival
Doane Harrison notableWork The Big Carnival
Alexandre Trauner workedOn The Big Carnival