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Summary:

A nearly wordless comedy about confusion in an age of high technology.

Table of Contents:

• disc 1. Feature film
• disc 2. Supplements.

Contributors:

Tati, Jacques , film director, screenwriter, actor

Maurice, Bernard , film producer

Lagrange, Jacques, 1917-1995 , screenwriter

Buchwald, Art , screenwriter

Dennek, Barbara , actor

Maiden, Rita , actor

Rumilly, France , actor

Camille, Velerie , actor

Dentzler, Erika , actor

Lecomte, Jacqueline , actor

Field, Alice, 1903-1969 , actor

Paillette, Laure, 1906-1968 , actor

Proust, Colette , actor

France, Ketty , 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

Bourbon, Billy , actor

Badal, Jean, 1927-2015 , director of photography

Winding, Andréas, 1928-1977 , director of photography

Roman, Eugène , production designer

Cottin, Jacques , costume designer

Pollicand, Gérard , editor of moving image work

Lemarque, Francis , composer

Stein, Dave , composer

Campbell, James, 1932-2010 , composer

Rauber, François , arranger of music, conductor

Jones, Terry, 1942-2020 , host

Kemp, Philip , commentator

Goudet, Stéphane , commentator, screenwriter, filmmaker

Deschamps, Jérôme , commentator

Hodges, Mike , interviewer

Baudrot, Sylvette, 1928- , interviewee

Specta Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Films de Mon Oncle (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Cady-Films (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Janus Films , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Studio Canal , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Criterion Collection (Firm) , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Languages:

French
English

Language Notes:

French dialogue with optional English subtitles.

Main Work:

Playtime (Motion picture)

Related Series:

Complete Jacques Tati

Criterion collection; [volume] 112

Criterion collection; [volume] 729

Subjects:

Hulot, Monsieur (Fictitious character) — Drama

Paris (France) — Social life and customs — 20th century — Drama

Technology — 20th century — Drama

Hulot, Monsieur (Fictitious character)

1900-1999

Technology

Manners and customs

France — Paris

Genres:

Motion pictures

Comedy films

Fiction films

Feature films

Feature films — France

Foreign language films — French

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

French language films

Foreign language films

Drama

System Details:

DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 3.0 surround.

Performers:

Cast: Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maïden, France Rumilly, 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 Chauveau, Gilbert Reeb, Marc Monjou, Billy Bourbon.

Production Credits:

Cinematography, Jean Badal, Andréas Winding ; production designer, Eugène Roman ; costume designer, Jacques Cottin ; editor, Gérard Pollicand ; original music by Francis Lemarque, theme "Take my hand" by Dave Stein, African themes by James Campbell ; orchestra arrangements and conductor, François Rauber.

General Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration; Introduction by actor and comedian Terry Jones. Disc 2: Selected-scene commentaries (by film historian Philip Kemp, Jacques Tati expert Stéphane Goudet, theater director Jérôme Deschamps); "Tativille" (a 1967 episode of the British television program Tempo international, featuring an interview with Tati from the set of PlayTime by filmmaker Mike Hodges); Beyond "PlayTime" (a short 2002 documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the production, written by Stéphane Goudet); Like home (a 2013 visual essay on PlayTime by Goudet); Sylvette Baudrot (interview from 2006 with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot); Jacques Tati at the San Francisco Film Festival (audio interview with Tati from the U.S. debut of PlayTime at the 1972 San Francisco Film Festival); Alternate English-language soundtrack; New English subtitle translation.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; Dolby Digital 3.0

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

PLA 1967 DVD

ISBNs:

9781604659054 (set)
160465905X (set)
9781604659139
1604659130

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515128414 (set)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2402D (set)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2402D-7 (disc 1)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2402D-8 (disc 2)

OCLC Numbers:

893127980