Top cast:Matthew Modine,R. Lee Ermey,Vincent D'Onofrio
Director:Spike Jonze
Genre:Thriller
Region:Israel
Year:2014
Storyline:Hammett""s murder mystery novel had previously been filmed twice:The Maltese Falcon (1931), a low-budget, pre-Code film (directed by Roy Del Ruth)-renamed for TV asDangerous Female- with Ricardo Cortez as the gumshoe opposite femme fatale Bebe Daniels; it was faithful to Hammett""s novel, although its pre-censorship status allowed for steamier scenes (a nude bathtub shot, a portrayal of Spade as a womanizing Latin lover, and a clearly homosexual relationship between Casper "Fat Man" Gutman (Dudley Digges) and ""fall guy"" Wilmer (Dwight Frye))Satan Met a Lady (1936), a remake directed by William Dieterle) with Warren William and rising star Bette Davis as the femme fatale, but without the ""black bird"" (a ram""s horn was substituted)Huston was convinced that he could remake the film with a more precise screenplay and better acting than the other two adaptations.They were a peaceful ribe, setting traps, fishing, hunting.And there was a custom among them.Every July, when the heat and the humidity on the island became unbearable, they would send their wives and children away for the summer, up the river to the cooler highlands, or, if they could afford it, to the seashore.Harry announced his plan to find an unknown, hidden object in the castle to defeat You-Know-Who.When he mentioned it had something to do with Ravenclaw, Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch) suggested it was Rowena Ravenclaw""s lost Diadem, or tiara-like crown."The killer was distracted when Nancy entered the same dreamscape, and he spoke to his favorite Little Nancy, claiming: "I""m real.In the marketplace, the Yellow Man finds the same American sailors arguing with each other.He steps between them and preaches he non-violent Golden Rule from Buddha, bringing them the peace of his Eastern religious beliefs:Do not give blows for blows.