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Le samouraï
Title
Le samouraï [videorecording] / CICC ; Fida Cinematografica ; Filmel ; TC Production ; produced by Raymond Borderie, Eugène Lépicier ; writers, Jean-Pierre Melville, George Pellegrin ; directed by Jean-Pierre Melville.
ISBN
0780030184
Edition
[Special ed.].
Published
Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection ; Chicago, IL : Home Vision Entertainment [distributor], [2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; 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 François Périer ; theatrical trailer; booklet with a new essay by film scholar David Thomson and reprinted tribute by filmmaker John Woo.
Director of photography, Henri Decaë ; editors, Monique Bennot, Yo Maurette ; music, François De Lamothe.
French dialogue, English subtitles.
Summary
Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nighclub owner, he finds himslef 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.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
French
Added to Catalog
November 03, 2005
Series
The criterion collection
Credits
Director of photography, Henri Decaë ; editors, Monique Bennot, Yo Maurette ; music, François De Lamothe.
Cast
Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Jean-Pierre Posier.
System details note
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
SAM150 Criterion Collection
Subjects
Also listed under
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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