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Summary:

In this enchanting debut feature, Jacques Tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair comes to his village. Tati shot this film simultaneously in black and white and in an untested color process that proved impossible to print copies of. In 1964 he re-edited it with added hand-colored footage, and in 1995 the full-color film was able to be released from the original color negatives.

Table of Contents:

• disc 1. 1949 version
• disc 2. 1964 version, 1995 version.

Contributors:

Tati, Jacques , film director, screenwriter, actor

Orain, Fred , film producer

Marquet, Henri , screenwriter

Wheeler, René, 1912-2000 , screenwriter

Decomble, Guy, 1910-1964 , actor

Frankeur, Paul , actor

Relli, Santa , actor

Vallée, Maine , actor

Declassan (Actor) , actor

Rafal, Roger , actor

Beauvais, Jacques , actor

Mercanton, Jacques, 1909-1997 , director of photography

Moulaërt, René , set designer

Moreau, Marcel , editor of moving image work

Cottin, Jacques , costume designer

Yatove, Jean , composer

Sauvageot, Jacques , director of photography

Deschamps, Jérôme , presenter

Makeieff, Macha , presenter

Goudet, Stéphane , film director

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

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

France Ministère de la culture , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Centre national de la cinématographie (France) > Service des archives du film , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Studio Canal+ , 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.

Included Works:

Jour de fête (Motion picture)

Jour de fête (Motion picture : (1964 version))

Jour de fête (Motion picture : (Color version))

Related Series:

Complete Jacques Tati

Criterion collection; [volume] 730

Criterion collection; [volume] 729

Subjects:

Postal service — France — Employees — Drama

Postal service — Employees

Postal service

France

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; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

Performers:

Cast: Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur, Santa Relli, Maine Vallée, Declassan, Roger Rafal, Beauvais.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Jacques Mercanton ; set decoration, René Moulaert ; editor, Marcel Moreau ; costume designer, Jacques Cottin ; music by Jean Yatove. 1964 version: director of photography, Jacques Sauvageot, Jacques Mercanton.

General Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration; Disc 1: À l'américaine (a 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet tracking the evolution of Tati's comedy); Trailer. Disc 2: Two alternate versions of Jour de fête: a partly colorized 1964 version and the full-color 1995 rerelease version; "Jour de fête": in search of the lost color (1988 epidsode of the French television program Cinéma cinémas, documentary on the restoration of the film to Tati's original color version); New English subtitle translation.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 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:

JOU 1949 DVD

ISBNs:

9781604659054 (set)
160465905X (set)
9781604659078
1604659076

Other Standard Numbers:

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

OCLC Numbers:

893127758