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The city of lost children = La cité des enfants perdus
Uniform Title
Cité des enfants perdus (Motion picture)
Title
The city of lost children = La cité des enfants perdus / Lumiere, Le Studio Canal +, France 3 Cinema présentent une production Claudie Ossard ; coproducteurs Européens Elías Querejeta et Tele München ; mise en scéne, Jean-Pierre Jeunet ; scénario, Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro ; dialogues, Gilles Adrien ; produit par Claudie Ossard ; une film Jeunet & Caro.
ISBN
0767811062
9780767811064
Edition
Special ed.
Published
[Culver City, Calif.] : Columbia TriStar Home Video : Sony Pictures Classics, ©1999.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (112 min. each side) : sound, color, double sided ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally made as a motion picture in 1995.
Theatrical release in United States by Sony Pictures Classics.
Special features: theatrical trailer; production notes; talent files; commentary by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Ron Perlman; costume design gallery by Jean-Paul Gaultier; production sketch gallery.
Director of photography, Darius Khondji ; music, Angelo Badalamenti ; editor, Herve Schneid.
French, English or Spanish dialogue with optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Summary
This fantastically twisted fairy tale is chock-full of curious characters and special effects. A sad and heartbroken madman, Krank, is aging prematurely because he can't dream. He kidnaps little children, hoping that eventually he will find a way to steal their sleeping thoughts. The story takes the form of a quest, as a sentimental harpooner-turned-fairground strongman, One, sets out to find his young brother on a dilapidated oil rig. He soon falls in love with the gutsy nine-year-old girl (who is head of the orphan gang), and together they run a gauntlet of fantastical dangers as they join hearts and hands to save a small boy's dreams from the madman's master plan.
Variant and related titles
La cité des enfants perdus
City of lost children
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
French; English; Spanish
Added to Catalog
August 31, 2018
Series
Sony Pictures classics
Credits
Director of photography, Darius Khondji ; music, Angelo Badalamenti ; editor, Herve Schneid.
Performers
Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Genevieve Brunet, Odile Mallet, Mireille Mossé, Serge Merlin, Francois Hadji-Lazaro, Rufus, Ticky Holgado, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Joseph Lucien.
System details note
DVD; hi-fi, Dolby 2-channel surround, stereo.; widescreen version (1.85:1 ratio) and full-screen version formatted to fit TV.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Contents
Side A. Widescreen version
side B. Full screen version.
Videorecording number
40019 Columbia TriStar Home Video
Subjects
Genre/Form
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
Feature films - France.
Feature films - Spain.
Feature films - Germany.
Foreign language films - French.
Feature films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Also listed under
Lumiere (Firm)
Studio Canal+.
France 3 cinéma (Firm)
Elías Querejeta P.C.
Tele-München.
Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
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