Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 306 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 306.
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System Details |
DVD. |
Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
Cast |
Alain Delon, Francois Perier, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Jean-Pierre Posier, Michel Boisrond. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Henri Decae ; editing, Monique Bennot and Yo Maurette ; music, Francois de Roubaix ; DVD producer, Abbey Lustgarten. |
Note |
Series numbering from container spine. |
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Originally released as a French motion picture in 1967. |
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"Enhanced for 16:9 televisions"--Disc label. |
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Recorded in Dolby digital mono. |
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"1.85:1 aspect ratio"--Container. |
Summary |
Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nighclub owner, he finds himself confronted by a series of witnesses, who drop his perfect world into the hands of a persistent police investigator and Jef's shadowy employer, both of whom are determined to put an end to the career criminal. |
Note |
Special features: new video interviews with Jean-Pierre Melville historians Rui Nogueira and Ginette Vincendeau; collection of excerpts from archival interviews with Melville and actors Alain Delon, Cathy Rosier, Nathalie Delon and Francois Perier; theatrical trailer; a new essay by film scholar David Thomson and reprinted tribute by filmmaker John Woo. |
Subject |
Assassins -- Drama.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, French.
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Added Author |
Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973.
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Delon, Alain, 1935-
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Perier, Francois.
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Delon, Nathalie, 1941-
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Chateau, Rene, 1906-1970.
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Borderie, R. (Raymond), 1897-1982.
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Lepicier, Eug`ene.
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Rosier, Cathy.
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Boisrond, Michel, 1921-2002.
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Decae, Henri.
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Roubaix, Francois de.
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Nogueira, Rui, 1938-
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Vincendeau, Ginette, 1948-
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Thomson, David, 1941-
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Woo, John, 1948-
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Societe nouvelle Prodis.
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Added Title |
Samurai |
ISBN |
0780030184 |
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9780780030183 |
Standard No. |
037429208526 |
Music No. |
SAM150 Criterion Collection |
Standard No. |
NZ1 12083496 |
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NZ1 12431854 |
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