Edition |
Director approved DVD special edition. |
Description |
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet ([16] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
Series |
Criterion Collection ; 577 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 577.
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System Details |
DVD, region 1; widescreen (1.66:1) enhanced for 16:9 TVS, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono. |
Cast |
Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, William Franklyn, Robert Dorning, Marie Kean, Geoffrey Sumner, Renee Houston, Iain Quarrier, Jackie Bisset, Trevor Delaney. |
Credits |
Music composed and conducted by Komeda ; director of photography, Gilbert Taylor ; editor, Alastair McIntyre. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. |
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A new 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A withdrawn couple's isolated house is infiltrated by a rude, burly American gangster on the run.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': a 2003 making-of documentary; television interview with Polanski from 1967; theatrical trailers; booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Thompson. |
Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Fugitives from justice -- England -- Holy Island (Island) -- Drama.
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Spouses -- England -- Holy Island (Island) -- Drama.
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Added Author |
Polanski, Roman. Screenwriter. Director.
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Klinger, Michael, 1920-1989. Producer.
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Tenser, Tony. Producer.
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Gutowski, Gene. Producer.
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Brach, Gérard. Screenwriter.
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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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Komeda, Krzysztof. Composer.
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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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