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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre : Opening Sequence

In Tampico, Mexico, American drifter, Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) struggles to find work. He buys a lottery ticket from a young boy (Robert Blake) then meets another struggling American, Bob Curtin (Tim Holt).

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ambient sound , close-up, dissolve, eyeline match, fade-in, following shot, high angle, location, long shot, low angle, medium close-up, medium long shot, mobile framing, music, diegetic, music, nondiegetic, one-shot, reverse angle, shot/reverse shot, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, Latinx: Indigenous, White, White: White American

"Opening Sequence" in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Directed by John Huston, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1948, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=4268

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