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Title Cul-de-sac / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Compton-Tekli Film Productions Limited ; original screenplay by Roman Polanski and Gérard Brach ; executive producer, Sam Waynberg ; produced by Gene Gutowski ; directed by Roman Polanski.

Publication Info. [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2011]

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 Moore Video  PN1997 .C85 2011    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
 Moore Video  PN1997 .C85 2011  booklet    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition Director approved DVD special ed.
Description 1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet ([16] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Great Britain https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147
Physical Medium monochrome
Description digital
optical
mono
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Series Criterion Collection ; 577
Criterion collection ; 577.
System Details DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) enhanced for 16:9 TVs; Dolby Digital mono.
Cast Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, William Franklyn, Robert Dorning, Marie Kean, Renee Houston, Geoffrey Sumner, Iain Quarrier, Jackie Bisset, Trevor Delaney.
Credits Producers, Michael Klinger, Tony Tenser ; director of photography, Gilbert Taylor ; editor, Alastair McIntyre ; music by Komeda ; wardrobe, Bridget Sellers ; art director, George Lack ; production designer, Voytek.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Restored high-definition digital transfer.
Summary A withdrawn couple's isolated house is infiltrated by a rude, burly American gangster on the run. The three engage in role-playing games of sexual and emotional humiliations. An evocative, claustrophobic, and morbidly funny tale of the modern world in chaos.
Note Special features: 'Two gangsters and an island' making-of documentary (2003); "The nomad" television interview with Polanski (1967); Theatrical trailers. Booklet: "High tides" essay by film critic David Thompson.
Language Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Subject Fugitives from justice -- England -- Holy Island (Island) -- Drama.
Fugitives from justice.
England -- Holy Island (Island)
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Spouses -- England -- Holy Island (Island) -- Drama.
Spouses.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Feature films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Comedy films.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Subject Drama.
Award Winners.
Comedy.
Added Author Polanski, Roman, screenwriter, director.
Brach, Gérard, screenwriter.
Waynberg, Sam, 1925- producer.
Gutowski, Gene, producer.
Klinger, Michael, 1920-1989, producer.
Tenser, Tony, producer.
Taylor, Gilbert, cinematographer.
McIntyre, Alastair, film editor.
Komeda, Krzysztof, composer.
Sellers, Bridget, costume designer.
Lack, George, artistic director.
Voytek, designer.
Pleasence, Donald, actor.
Dorléac, Françoise, actor.
Stander, Lionel, actor.
MacGowran, Jack, 1918-1973, actor.
Franklyn, William, 1926-2006, actor.
Dorning, Robert, actor.
Kean, Marie, 1918-1993, actor.
Houston, Renée, 1902-1980, actor.
Sumner, Geoffrey, actor.
Quarrier, Iain, actor.
Bisset, Jacqueline, 1944- actor.
Delaney, Trevor, actor.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Compton-Tekli Film Productions.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
ISBN 9781604654509
1604654503
Standard No. 715515084215
Music No. CC2032D Criterion Collection