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Summary:

A supremely amusing satire of mechanized living and consumer society.

Contributors:

Tati, Jacques , film director, screenwriter, actor

Dolivet, Louis , film producer

Lagrange, Jacques, 1917-1995 , screenwriter

L'Hôte, Jean, 1929-1985 , screenwriter

Zola, Jean-Pierre, 1916-1979 , actor

Servantie, Adrienne , actor

Fregis, Lucien , actor

Schneider, Betty , actor

Martial, J. F. (Jean-François), 1891-1977 , actor

Marie, Dominique (Actress) , actor

Arnaud, Yvonne , actor

Danieli, Adélaïde , actor

Bécourt, Alain, 1946- , actor

Bourgoin, Jean, 1913-1991 , director of photography

Romans, Alain , composer

Barcellini, Franck, 1920-2012 , composer

Baron, Suzanne , editor of moving image work

Jones, Terry, 1942-2020 , host

Goudet, Stéphane , film director

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

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

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

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

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

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

Film del Centauro (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

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

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:

Mon oncle (Motion picture)

Related Series:

Complete Jacques Tati

Criterion collection; [volume] 111

Criterion collection; [volume] 729

Subjects:

Hulot, Monsieur (Fictitious character) — Drama

Families — France — Drama

Uncles — France — Drama

Culture conflict — France — Drama

France — Social life and customs — 20th century — Drama

Factories — France — Drama

Automation — Drama

Hulot, Monsieur (Fictitious character)

1900-1999

Uncles

Culture conflict

Manners and customs

Factories

Automation

Families

France

Genres:

Motion pictures

Comedy films

Fiction films

Feature films

Feature films — France

Foreign language films — French

French language films

Foreign language films

Drama

System Details:

DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

Performers:

Cast: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie, Lucien Frégis, Betty Schneider, J.F. Martial, Dominique Marie, Yvonne Arnaud, Adelaide Danieli, Alain Becourt, Regis Fontenay, Claude Badolle, Max Martel, Nicolas Bataille.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Jean Bourgoin ; set decoration, production designer, Henri Schmitt ; music, Alain Romans, Franck Barcellini ; editor, Suzanne Baron ; costume design, Jacques Cottin.

General Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration. Disc 1: Introduction by actor and comedian Terry Jones; Everything's connected (a 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet comparing Mon oncle to the other Monsieur Hulot films); "Le Hasard de Jacques Tati" (a 1977 French television episode featuring an interview with Tati about his dog, Hasard, and the canine stars of Mon oncle). Disc 2: My uncle (director Jacques Tati's 1958 reedited, English-language version of the film); Once upon a time ... "Mon oncle" (an hour-long documentary from 2008 on the making of the film); Everything is beautiful (a three-part program from 2005 on the film's fashion, architecture, and furniture design); New English subtitle translation.
Academy Awards, 1958 : Best foreign-language film.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; Dolby Digital 1.0

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

MON 1958 DVD

ISBNs:

9781604659054 (set)
160465905X (set)
9781604659115
1604659114

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2402D (set)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2402D-5 (disc 1)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2402D-6 (disc 2)

OCLC Numbers:

893127775