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Playtime [videorecording] / une production Specta Films ; Bernard Maurice ; administrateur de production, Michel Chauvin ; un film de Jacques Tati ; scénario original de Jacques Tati ; avec la collaboration artistique de Jacques Lagrange ; dialogue anglais de Art Buchwald

Additional Titles
Playtime
Published
[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2006]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators
Tati, Jacques, Lagrange, Jacques, Buchwald, Art, Dennek, Barbara, Maiden, Rita, Rumilly, France, Delahalle, France, Badal, Jean, 1927-, Winding, Andréas, 1928-1977, Pollicand, Gérard, Lemarque, Francis, Specta Films, and Criterion Collection (Firm)

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Language Note
In French with optional English subtitles.
Summary
Modern Paris, a city of glass, steel and the encroaching age of technology. Amidst the babble of tourists, the endearingly clumsy Monsieur Hulot tries to reconcile the old-fashioned ways with the confusing new ways.
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ISBN
1559409983
Related Titles
Au-delà de "Playtime."
Tati story
Jacques Tati in Monsieur Hulot's work
Cours du soir
Audience Notes
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Note
Videodisc release of the 1967 motion picture.
Special features include video introduction by Terry Jones ; selected scene commentary by film historian Phiip Kemp ; alternate international soundtrack ; Au-delà de "Playtime", a short documentary with behind-the-scenes footage ; Tati story, short biographical film about Tati ; "Jacques Tati in Monsieur Hulot's work," a 1976 BBC Omnibus program featuring Tati ; audio interview with Tati ; video interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot ; Cours du soir, a 1967 short film written by and starring Tati ; new essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Creation/Production Credits Note
Directeur de la photographie, Jean Badal, Andréas Winding ; chef monteur, Gérard Pollicand ; musique originale, Francis Lamarque ; costumier, Jacques Cottin ; architecte décorateur, Eugène Roman.
Participant/Performer Note
Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maïden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle, Valérie Camille, Erika Dentzler, Nicole Ray, Yvette Duereux, Nathalie Jem.
Technical Details
DVD, region 1, NTSC, Dolby digital stereo.
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