| Description |
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
American Film Theatre
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| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation. |
| Cast |
Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Joe Masiell, Jacques Brel. |
| Credits |
Music, Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest ; musical director, François Rauber ; photographer, René Verzier ; film editor, Yves Langlois ; choreographer, Moni Yakim. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1975. |
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Based on the stage play written by Eric Blau, Mortimer Shuman and Jacques Brel. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Note |
Features such songs as "Marathon," "Timid Frieda," "Marieke," "Ne Me Quitte Pas," "The Middle Class," "Jackie," "Au Suivant," "Chanson des Vieux Amours" and "Carousel (La Valse a Mille Temps)." |
| Summary |
A plotless four-person musical revue based on the songs of Belgian balladeer Jacques Brel, the show opens on a dark and rainy Parisian night. Three strangers--a cab driver, a soldier, and a meek woman--find themselves in a theater. After watching a puppet show, they venture backstage and then onto a beach, where they sing songs during increasingly surreal events. |
| Note |
Special features: Theatrical trailer; "Jacques Brel and Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris" : an essay by Michael Feingold; The AFT Cinebill for Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris; An interview with Edie Landau; Ely Landau : in front of the camera : AFT promotional reel, 1974; The American Film Theatre trailer gallery; The American Film Theatre scrapbook. |
| Language |
English dialogue. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Theater -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Theater audiences -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Musical films.
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| Added Author |
Héroux, Denis, 1940 July 15-2015
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Marshall, Paul.
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Blau, Eric.
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Brel, Jacques.
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Shuman, Mort.
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Stone, Elly.
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Masiell, Joe, 1939-
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Feingold, Michael.
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Landau, Edie.
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Jouannest, Gérard.
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Ely Landau Organization.
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American Film Theatre.
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Filmel (Firm)
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Standard No. |
738329029524 |
| Music No. |
K295 Kino Video |
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