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Paris, Texas
Title
Paris, Texas [videorecording] / Road Movies Produktion, Berlin and Argos Films, Paris ; present a German/French co-production ; a film by Wim Wenders ; written by Sam Shepard ; produced by Don Guest ; directed by Wim Wenders.
ISBN
1604652284
9781604652284
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, c2009.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs [145 min.] : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Notes
Based on the book "Paris, Texas" by Sam Shepard.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
Bonus features: audio commentary featuring Wenders; interview with Wenders by German journalist Roger Willemsen; excerpts from th 1990 film "Motion and Emotion" featuring interviews with Wenders, Robby Müller (cinematographer), Ry Cooder (composer), Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper, Peter Falk, Hanns Zischler, novelist Patricia Highsmith and director Samuel Fuller; New interviews with filmmakers Allison Anders and Claire Denis; "Cinéma cinémas: Wim Wenders Hollywood April '84" with Wenders and Coder working on the score; deleted scenes and Super 8 home movies; Gallery of Wenders' location-scouting photos from his books Written in the West; Behind the scenes photos by Robin Holland; theatrical trailer.
Booklet includes essay by films critic Nick Roddick and interviews with Stanton, Sam Shepard, Nastassja Kinski and Dean Stockwell.
Music, Ry Cooder ; adapted by L.M. Kit Carson ; editor, Peter Przygoda ; director of photography, Robby Muller.
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Summary
After four years' absence, a social dropout reappears in L.A. to claim his abandoned son and then heads to Texas to reunite the boy with his mother.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2010
Series
The Criterion Collection ; 501
Credits
Music, Ry Cooder ; adapted by L.M. Kit Carson ; editor, Peter Przygoda ; director of photography, Robby Muller.
Cast
Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clement, Hunter Carson
System details note
DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dobly digital surround; 1.78:1 aspect ratio.
Audience
OFRB rating: AA.
Contents
disc 1. Feature film
Disc 2. Bonus features.
Videorecording number
CC1860D Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films - Germany (West)
Feature films - France.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Road Movies Filmproduktion.
Argos Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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