Le dernier métro Last metro /
Le dernier métro Last metro / [videorecording] =
Title on container: The last metro a film by François Truffaut Last metro
Janus Films ; MK2 Marin Karmitz ; une production Les Films du Carrosse ; Sedif S.A., T.F. 1, Société française de production ; scénario de François Truffaut et Suzanne Schiffman ; dialogue de François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, Jean-Claude Grumberg ; mise en scène, François Truffaut.
- [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2009.
- 2 videodiscs (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
- The Criterion collection ; 462 .
Disc two the supplements: Deleted scene (5 min.); "Les nouveaux rendez-vous" [featurette] (11 min.); "Passez donc me voir" [featurette] (7 min.); Performing "The Last Metro" [featurette] (15 min.); Visualizing "The Last Metro" [featurette] (10 min.); Working with Truffaut: Nestor Almendros [featurette] (28 min.) "Une histoire d'eau" [featurette] (12 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.); booklet includes the essay "Truffaut's Changing Times" by Armond White. Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1980.
Occupation -- Real theater -- Rules and permits -- Performances -- Visitors -- Accepting everything -- Underground -- Smear campaign -- Suspicions -- Crazy ideas -- Plans -- Casting -- Discoveries -- Close call -- Unseen influences -- Fixing things -- Warnings -- Revelations -- Disastrous evening -- Missing -- Opening night -- Backstage -- Reviews -- New thoughts -- Ways out -- Resistance -- Inspection -- Stage design -- Two women -- Connections -- Curtain call -- Color bars Disc one the movie: (1980) (131 min.); Special features: Commentary [by] Annette Insdorf [optional audio feature]; Commentary [by] Gérard Depardieu and Jean-Pierre Azéma [optional audio feature].
Image [cinematographer], Nestor Almendros ; montage [editor], Martine Barraqué ; musique, Georges Delerue ; décors [production design], Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko ; costumes, Lisele Roos. Image [cinematographer], Nestor Almendros ; montage [editor], Martine Barraqué ; musique, Georges Delerue ; décors [production design], Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko ; costumes, Lisele Roos.
Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Risch, Heinz Bennent.
Paris, 1942. Lucas Steiner is a Jew who feels compelled to leave the country in order to survive the German occupation during WWII. His wife Marion is an actress and a member of the Resistance who goes on to direct the theater for him. She tries to keep the theater alive by rehearsing a new play. She hires Bernard Granger for the leading role. The troupe believes that the show must go on no matter the circumstances. But Lucas never left the country, he is actually hiding in the basement.
MPAA Rating: Rated PG.
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.66:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions; new restored high-definition digital transfer; new and improved English subtitle translation.
In French with optional subtitles in English.
Winner, 1981 César Awards, France: Meilleur son (Best Sound): Michel Laurent; Meilleurs décors (Best Production Design): Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko; Meilleure musique (Best Music Written for a Film): Georges Delerue; Meilleur montage (Best Editing): Martine Barraqué; Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation (Best Writing-Original or Adaptation): François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman; Meilleure photographie (Best Cinematography): Néstor Almendros; Meilleur acteur (Best Actor): Gérard Depardieu; Meilleure actrice (Best Actress): Catherine Deneuve; Meilleur réalisateur (Best Director): François Truffaut; Meilleur film (Best Film): François Truffaut.
1604651202 9781604651201
715515042215
CC1793D Criterion Collection
Actresses--France--Paris--Drama.
Foreign films.
Jewish men--France--Paris--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--France--Paris--Drama.
Motion pictures, French.
Theater--Production and direction--France--Paris--Drama.
Theatrical companies--France--Paris--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Theater and the war--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Drama.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Drama.
Feature films.
Romance films.
War films.
Disc two the supplements: Deleted scene (5 min.); "Les nouveaux rendez-vous" [featurette] (11 min.); "Passez donc me voir" [featurette] (7 min.); Performing "The Last Metro" [featurette] (15 min.); Visualizing "The Last Metro" [featurette] (10 min.); Working with Truffaut: Nestor Almendros [featurette] (28 min.) "Une histoire d'eau" [featurette] (12 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.); booklet includes the essay "Truffaut's Changing Times" by Armond White. Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1980.
Occupation -- Real theater -- Rules and permits -- Performances -- Visitors -- Accepting everything -- Underground -- Smear campaign -- Suspicions -- Crazy ideas -- Plans -- Casting -- Discoveries -- Close call -- Unseen influences -- Fixing things -- Warnings -- Revelations -- Disastrous evening -- Missing -- Opening night -- Backstage -- Reviews -- New thoughts -- Ways out -- Resistance -- Inspection -- Stage design -- Two women -- Connections -- Curtain call -- Color bars Disc one the movie: (1980) (131 min.); Special features: Commentary [by] Annette Insdorf [optional audio feature]; Commentary [by] Gérard Depardieu and Jean-Pierre Azéma [optional audio feature].
Image [cinematographer], Nestor Almendros ; montage [editor], Martine Barraqué ; musique, Georges Delerue ; décors [production design], Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko ; costumes, Lisele Roos. Image [cinematographer], Nestor Almendros ; montage [editor], Martine Barraqué ; musique, Georges Delerue ; décors [production design], Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko ; costumes, Lisele Roos.
Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Risch, Heinz Bennent.
Paris, 1942. Lucas Steiner is a Jew who feels compelled to leave the country in order to survive the German occupation during WWII. His wife Marion is an actress and a member of the Resistance who goes on to direct the theater for him. She tries to keep the theater alive by rehearsing a new play. She hires Bernard Granger for the leading role. The troupe believes that the show must go on no matter the circumstances. But Lucas never left the country, he is actually hiding in the basement.
MPAA Rating: Rated PG.
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.66:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions; new restored high-definition digital transfer; new and improved English subtitle translation.
In French with optional subtitles in English.
Winner, 1981 César Awards, France: Meilleur son (Best Sound): Michel Laurent; Meilleurs décors (Best Production Design): Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko; Meilleure musique (Best Music Written for a Film): Georges Delerue; Meilleur montage (Best Editing): Martine Barraqué; Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation (Best Writing-Original or Adaptation): François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman; Meilleure photographie (Best Cinematography): Néstor Almendros; Meilleur acteur (Best Actor): Gérard Depardieu; Meilleure actrice (Best Actress): Catherine Deneuve; Meilleur réalisateur (Best Director): François Truffaut; Meilleur film (Best Film): François Truffaut.
1604651202 9781604651201
715515042215
CC1793D Criterion Collection
Actresses--France--Paris--Drama.
Foreign films.
Jewish men--France--Paris--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--France--Paris--Drama.
Motion pictures, French.
Theater--Production and direction--France--Paris--Drama.
Theatrical companies--France--Paris--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Theater and the war--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Drama.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Drama.
Feature films.
Romance films.
War films.