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Title Playtime / Janus Films ; Les Films de Mon Oncle, Jérôme Deschamps, Macha Makeieff présentent un film de Jacques Tati ; une production Specta, Bernard Maurice ; scénario original de Jacques Tati ; avec la collaboration artistique de Jacques Lagrange ; dialogue anglais de Art Buchwald.

Publication Info. [Irvington, New York] : Criterion Collection, 2006.
1967.

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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD PLAYTIME DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
Edition Special édition.
Description 2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 cm.).
Series Criterion collection ; 112
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 112.
System Details DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital stereo.
Cast Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maïden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle, Valérie Camille, Erika Dentzler, Nicole Ray, Yvette Ducreux, Nathalie Jem, Jacqueline Lecomte, Oliva Poli, Alice Field, Sophie Wennek , Evy Cavallaro, Laure Paillette, Colette Proust, Luce Bonifassy, Ketty France, Eliane Firmin-Didot, Billy Kearns, Tony Andal, Yves Barsacq, André Fouché, Georges Montant, Georges Faye, John Abbey, Reinhart Kolldehoff, Michel Francini, Grégoire Katz, Jack Gauthier, Henri Piccoli, Léon Doyen, François Viaur, Douglas Read, Bob Harley, Jacques Chauvea, Gilbert Reeb, Marc Monjou, Billy Bourbon.
Credits Production manager, Michel Chauvin ; costumes, Jacques Cottin ; sound director, Jacques Maumont ; editor, Camillo Laurenti ; music, Francis Lemarque and James Campbell.
Note Videodisc release of the 1967 French motion picture.
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.
Note Special features : Video introduction by Terry Jones ; Selected scene commentary by film historian Philip Kemp ; Alternate international soundtrack ; Au-delà de "Playtime", a short documentary with behind-the-scenes footage; "Tati story" a short biographical film about Tati ; "Jacques Tati in Monsieur Hulot's work," a 1976 BBC Omnibus program featuring Tati ; "Tati at the San Francisco film festival" audio interview with Tati; Video interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot ; "Cours du soir" a 1967 short film written by and starring Tati.
Language French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
Technology -- 20th century -- Drama.
Hulot, Monsieur (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Genre/Form Comedy films.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Foreign language films.
Motion pictures, French.
Added Author Tati, Jacques. Screenwriter. Director. Actor.
Deschamps, Jérôme. Producer.
Makeieff, Macha. Producer.
Maurice, Bernard. Producer.
Lagrange, Jacques. Screenwriter.
Buchwald, Art. Screenwriter.
Badal, Jean, 1927-2015. Cinematographer.
Winding, Andréas, 1928-1977. Cinematographer.
Dennek, Barbara. Actor.
Maiden, Rita. Actor.
Rumilly, France. Actor.
Delahalle, France. Actor.
Camille, Velerie. Actor.
Dentzler, Erika. Actor.
Field, Alice, 1903-1969. Actor.
Paillette, Laure, 1906-1968. Actor.
Proust, Colette. Actor.
Kearns, Billy. Actor.
Barsacq, Yves. Actor.
Fouché, André. Actor.
Montant, Georges. Actor.
Abbey, John, 1935- Actor.
Kolldehoff, Reinhard, 1914-1995. Actor.
Francini, Michel. Actor.
Viaur, François, 1930-2002. Actor.
Monjou, Marc. Actor.
Lemarque, Francis. Composer.
Campbell-Badiane, James. Composer.
Jones, Terry, 1942-2020. Commentator.
Kemp, Philip. Commentator.
Rosenbaum, Jonathan. Writer of accompanying material.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Added Title Play time
Au-delà de "Playtime."
Tati story.
Jacques Tati in Monsieur Hulot's work.
Cours du soir.
ISBN 1559409983
9781559409988
Standard No. 715515020022
Music No. CC165OD Criterion Collection
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