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Il sorpasso / un film prodotto da Mario Cecchi Gori per la Fairfilm, Incei Film, Sancro Film ; soggetto e sceneggiatura di Dino Risi, Ettore Scola, Ruggero Maccari ; un film di Dino Risi

Uniform Title
Sorpasso (Motion picture)
Published
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
[New York] : The Criterion Collection : Janus Films, [2014]
Copyright Date
©2014
Edition
Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (35 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
Additional Creators
Risi, Dino, Cecchi Gori, Mario, Scola, Ettore, 1931-, Maccari, Ruggero, 1919-1989, Trintignant, Jean-Louis, Gassman, Vittorio, Spaak, Catherine, Gora, Claudio, 1913-1998, Angiolillo, Luciana, 1925-, Fairfilm (Firm), Incei Film (Firm), Sancro Film, Criterion Collection (Firm), and Janus Films

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PN1997.S62956 2014 DVD PN1997.S62956 2014 Blu-ray PN1997.S62956 2014 Blu-ray/DVD
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Language Note
Italian dialogue; optional English subtitles.
Contents
Special features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; new introduction by filmmaker Alexander Pagne; new interviews with screenwriter Ettore Scola and film scholar Rémi Fournier Lanzoni; interview from 2004 with director Dino Risi, conducted by film critic Jean A. Gili; introduction by actor Jean-Louis Trintignant from a 1983 French television broadcast in the film; A beautiful vacation, a 2006 documentary on Risi featuring interviews with the director and his collaborators and friends; excerpts from a 2012 documentary that returns to Castiglioncello, the location for the film's beach scenes; excerpts from Speaking with Gassman, a 2005 documentary on the relationship between actor Vittorio Gassman and Risi, directed by Risi's son Mario; trailer; new English subtitle translation; one Blu-ray and two DVDs, with all content available in both formats. Booklet contains essays by Phillip Lopate and Antonio Monda, as well as excerpts from Risi's writings, with an introduction by film historian and critic Valerio Caprara.
Summary
A waggish, free-wheeling bachelor and a bookish law student take a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany. This unpredictable journey careers from slapstick to tragedy.
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Genre(s)
ISBN
9781604658354
1604658355
Sound Characteristics
digital optical mono Dolby Digital
Video File Characteristics
NTSC
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD video region 1
video file Blu-ray region A
Form of work
Motion picture
Audience Notes
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Note
Blu-ray disc requires Blu-ray player.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; new introduction by filmmaker Alexander Pagne; new interviews with screenwriter Ettore Scola and film scholar Rémi Fournier Lanzoni; interview from 2004 with director Dino Risi, conducted by film critic Jean A. Gili; introduction by actor Jean-Louis Trintignant from a 1983 French television broadcast in the film; A beautiful vacation, a 2006 documentary on Risi featuring interviews with the director and his collaborators and friends; excerpts from a 2012 documentary that returns to Castiglioncello, the location for the film's beach scenes; excerpts from Speaking with Gassman, a 2005 documentary on the relationship between actor Vittorio Gassman and Risi, directed by Risi's son Mario; trailer; new English subtitle translation; one Blu-ray and two DVDs, with all content available in both formats. Booklet contains essays by Phillip Lopate and Antonio Monda, as well as excerpts from Risi's writings, with an introduction by film historian and critic Valerio Caprara.
Creation/Production Credits Note
Cinematography, Alfio Contini ; music, Riz Ortolani ; editor, Maurizio Lucidi ; production design and costume design by Ugo Pericoli.
Participant/Performer Note
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Claudio Gora, Luciana Angelillo, Linda Sini.
Technical Details
DVD: region 1; NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1), enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby Digital mono.
Blu-ray: region A, widescreen (1.85:1), enhanced for widescreen TVs; mono.
Terms of Use and Reproduction
No public performance rights. Classroom instruction and home use permitted.
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