The comfort of strangers / Angelo Rizzoli presents ; an Erre Produzioni, Sovereign Pictures production ; in association with Reteitalia s.p.a. ; a film by Paul Schrader ; screenplay by Harold Pinter ; produced by Angelo Rizzoli ; directed by Paul Schrader

Uniform Title: Comfort of strangers (Motion picture)
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Copyright Date: ©2020
Edition: Director-approved DVD special edition.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert
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4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators: Schrader, Paul, 1946-, Rizzoli, Angelo, Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008, Spinotti, Dante, Badalamenti, Angelo, Pankow, Bill, Quaranta, Gianni, Walken, Christopher, 1943-, Richardson, Natasha, Everett, Rupert, Mirren, Helen, McEwan, Ian, Erre Produzioni (Firm), Sovereign Pictures (Firm), Reteitalia (Firm), and Criterion Collection (Firm)

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Series

Criterion collection ; 1041

Summary

Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson are the prey, a beautiful British couple working on their relationship while on holiday in Venice; Christopher Walken and Helen Mirren are the hunters who draw them into the sinister web of their opulent, old-world palazzo. What plays out is an unsettling, sadomasochistic seduction imbued with an atmosphere of sumptuous dread.

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Genre(s)

ISBN

9781681437521
168143752X

Sound Characteristics

digital
optical
mono
Dolby digital 1.0

Video File Characteristics

NTSC

Digital File Characteristics

video file
DVD video
region 1

Form of work

Motion pictures

Audience Notes

MPAA rating: R.

Note

Based on the novel by Ian McEwan.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.
Widescreen (1.66:1).
Bonus features: new interviews with Spinotti, director Paul Schrader, actor Christopher Walken and editor Bill Pankow; interviews from 1981 and 2001 with novelist Ian McEwan and actor Natasha Richardson; trailers.

Creation/Production Credits Note

Editor, Bill Pankow ; cinematographer, Dante Spinotti ; composer, Angelo Badalamenti ; production designer, Gianni Quaranta.

Participant/Performer Note

Christopher Walken, Natasha Richardson, Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren.

Technical Details

DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.

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