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Title État de siège = State of siege / Janus Films ; KG Productions ; Valoria-Films présente ; une co-production, Reggane Films, Unidis-Euro International Films, Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion ; film de Costa-Gavras ; écrit par Franco Solinas ; scénario original de Costa-Gavras et Franco Solinas ; producteur exécutif, Jacques Henri Barratier.

Publication Info. [Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
© 2015

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Balcony  AV DVD 848 S797S    Check Shelf
Edition Director-approved DVD special edition.
Description 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
Physical Medium DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda
Description digital optical mono. Dolby Digital 1.0
widescreen (1.66:1) rda
NTSC rda
video file DVD video region 1 rda
Motion pictures lcgft
Series Criterion collection ; 760
Criterion collection ; 760.
System Details DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Cast Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber, Jean-Luc Bideau, Maurice Teynac, Yvette Etievant, Evangeline Peterson, Harald Wolff, Nemesio Antunes, Mario Montilles, Andre Falcon, Jerry Brouer, Roberto Navarette, Douglas Harris, Gilbert Brandini, Eugenio Guzman, Gloria Lass, Jean-François Gobbi, Maurice Jacquemont, Aldo Francia, Eduardo Naveda, Rafael Benavente.
Credits Cinematography, Pierre-William Glenn ; editor, Franç̦oise Bonnot ; music, Mikis Theodorakis ; costume designer, Piet Bolsher ; production designer, Jacques D'Ovidio.
Note Widescreen (1.66:1) aspect ratio.
DVD release of the 1972 motion picture.
Restored in 2014 by KG Productions.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Summary Costa-Gavras puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerrilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media sensation, leading to violence.
Note Special features: Costa-Gavras and Peter Cowie (new conversation between director Costa-Gavras and film scholar Peter Cowie); NBC News broadcasts on Dan A. Mitrione (excerpts from 1970 on the kidnapping of Dan Mitrione, on which the film is based). Insert includes an essay by journalist Mark Danner.
Language In French, with optional subtitles in English.
Subject United States. Agency for International Development -- Officials and employees -- Drama.
Kidnapping -- Uruguay -- Drama.
Counterinsurgency -- Uruguay -- Drama.
Latin America -- Politics and government -- Drama.
Uruguay -- Politics and government -- Drama.
United States. Agency for International Development. (OCoLC)fst00576009
Counterinsurgency. (OCoLC)fst00881325
Employees. (OCoLC)fst00909111
Kidnapping. (OCoLC)fst00987322
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Latin America. (OCoLC)fst01245945
Uruguay. (OCoLC)fst01202667
Genre/Form French language materials.
French language materials.
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Thrillers (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726193
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films -- France.
Feature films -- Germany (West).
Feature films -- Italy.
Foreign language films -- French.
Motion pictures -- France.
Motion pictures -- Germany.
Motion pictures -- Italy.
Added Author Costa-Gavras, 1933- screenwriter, film director.
Solinas, Franco, 1927-1982, screenwriter.
Barratier, Jacques Henri, film producer.
Montand, Yves, 1921-1991, actor.
Salvatori, Renato, actor.
Hasse, Otto Eduard, 1903-1978, actor.
Weber, Jacques, 1949 August 23- actor.
Bideau, Jean-Luc, actor.
Etiévant, Yvette, 1922-2003, actor.
Wolff, Harald, 1909-1977, actor.
Falcon, André, actor.
Francia, Aldo, 1923-1996, actor.
Benavente, Rafael, actor.
Glenn, Pierre-William, director of photography.
Bonnot, Françoise, 1939-2018, editor of moving image work.
Theodorakis, Mikis, composer (expression)
Bolsher, Piet, costume designer.
D'Ovidio, Jacques, production designer.
Cowie, Peter, interviewer (expression)
Danner, Mark, 1958- writer of supplementary textual content.
Janus Films, film distributor.
K.G. Productions (Firm)
Valoria Films, presenter.
Reggane Films, production company.
Unidis-Euro International Films, production company.
Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Note State of siege
Standard No. 715515144612
ISBN 9781604659832
1604659831
Music No. CC2475D The Criterion Collection
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