Edition |
DVD special edition. |
Description |
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm). |
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digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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Dolby digital |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
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Motion pictures. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 306
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Criterion collection ; 306.
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System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; 16:9 widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital monaural. |
Cast |
Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Jean-Pierre Posier, Michel Boisrond. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Henri Decae ; editor, Monique Bonnot, Yo Maurette ; music, François de Roubaix. |
Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967. |
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Wide screen (1.85:1). |
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Special features: Interviews from 2005 with Jean-Pierre Melville historians Rui Nogueira and Ginette Vincendeau; collection of excerpts from archival interviews with Melville and actors Alain Delon, Cathy Rosier, Nathalie Delon and François Périer; "Melville-Delon: D'honneur et de nuit" short documentary about the friendship of the director and actor ; theatrical trailer ; booklet with essay by film scholar David Thomson, a tribute by filmmaker John Woo, and an excerpt from Rui Nogueira's book Melville on Melville. |
Summary |
Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nightclub owner, he finds himself confronted by a series of witnesses, who drop his perfect world into the hands of a persistent police investigator and Jef's shadowy employer, both of whom are determined to put an end to the career criminal. |
Language |
In French with optional English subtitles. |
Subject |
Assassins -- Drama.
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Assassins. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Murder -- Investigation -- Drama.
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Murder -- Investigation. |
Genre/Form |
Crime films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973, film director, screenwriter.
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Borderie, R. (Raymond), 1897-1982, presenter.
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Lépicier, Eugène, presenter.
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Delon, Alain, 1935- actor.
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Périer, François, actor.
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Delon, Nathalie, 1941-2021, actor.
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Rosier, Cathy, actor.
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Boisrond, Michel, 1921-2002, actor.
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Decae, Henri, director of photography.
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Bonnot, Monique, editor of moving image work.
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Roubaix, François de, composer (expression)
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Janus Films.
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Société nouvelle Prodis, presenter.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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Note |
Title from English subtitles: Samurai |
ISBN |
9781681433820 |
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1681433826 |
Standard No. |
715515206716 |
Music No. |
CC2833D The Criterion Collection |
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