Le samouraï [translated: The samurai]
distribution, René Chateau; Prodis; Raymond Borderie et Eugène Lépicier présentent film de Jean-Pierre Melville
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 1967
- Publication:
- [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2005]
- Copyright:
- ©2005
- Related Series:
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- Summary:
- Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nighclub 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.
- Contributors:
- Language Notes:
- French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
- Related Series:
- Alternate Titles:
- Title translation: The samurai
- Subjects:
- System Details:
- DVD, enhanced for 16:9 televisions, 1.85:1 aspect ratio, Dolby digital mono.
- Performers:
- Cast: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Jean-Pierre Posier, Michel Boisrond.
- Production Credits:
- Director of photography, Henri Decaë ; editing, Monique Bennot and Yo Maurette ; music, François de Roubaix ; DVD producer, Abbey Lustgarten.
- General Notes:
- Originally released as a French motion picture in 1967.
Special features: new video interviews 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; theatrical trailer; a new essay by film scholar David Thomson and reprinted tribute by filmmaker John Woo. - Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- SAM 1967 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 0780030184
9780780030183 - Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 037429208526
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: SAM150 - OCLC Numbers:
- 156789629
61398182 [Invalid]
