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). |
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Great Britain https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147 |
Physical Medium |
monochrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
Series |
Criterion Collection ; 577
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Criterion collection ; 577.
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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. |
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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A withdrawn couple's isolated house is infiltrated by a rude, burly American gangster on the run.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.
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Fugitives from justice. |
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England -- Holy Island (Island) |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Spouses -- England -- Holy Island (Island) -- Drama.
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Spouses. |
Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Comedy films.
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Comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Subject |
Drama.
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Award Winners.
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Comedy.
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Added Author |
Polanski, Roman, screenwriter, director.
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Brach, Gérard, screenwriter.
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Waynberg, Sam, 1925- producer.
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Gutowski, Gene, producer.
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Klinger, Michael, 1920-1989, producer.
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Tenser, Tony, producer.
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Taylor, Gilbert, cinematographer.
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McIntyre, Alastair, film editor.
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Komeda, Krzysztof, composer.
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Sellers, Bridget, costume designer.
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Lack, George, artistic director.
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Voytek, designer.
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Pleasence, Donald, actor.
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Dorléac, Françoise, actor.
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Stander, Lionel, actor.
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MacGowran, Jack, 1918-1973, actor.
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Franklyn, William, 1926-2006, actor.
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Dorning, Robert, actor.
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Kean, Marie, 1918-1993, actor.
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Houston, Renée, 1902-1980, actor.
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Sumner, Geoffrey, actor.
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Quarrier, Iain, actor.
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Bisset, Jacqueline, 1944- actor.
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Delaney, Trevor, actor.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Compton-Tekli Film Productions.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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ISBN |
9781604654509 |
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1604654503 |
Standard No. |
715515084215 |
Music No. |
CC2032D Criterion Collection |
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