Hopscotch [videorecording] / Janus Films ; Studio Canal ; an Avco Embassy film ; Edie and Ely Landau present a Ronald Neame film ; screenplay by Brian Garfield and Bryan Forbes ; produced by Edie and Ely Landau ; directed by Ronald Neame.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: HOP020 | Criterion CollectionSeries: Criterion collectionPublication details: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2002]Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0780026055
- 9780780026056
- Hopscotch (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, Arthur Ibbetson ; editor, Carl Kress ; music adaptation, Ian Fraser ; production designer, William Creber.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | COMEDY Hopscotc | Available | 33111005816521 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Walter Matthau plays a CIA agent who's been confined by office politics to a desk job. The disgruntled Matthau quits the service and heads to Europe, where he links up with former lover (an fellow ex-agent) Glenda Jackson. All goes smoothly until Matthau acts on the advice of yet another retired agent, Russian Herbert Lom, who suggests that Matthau write a tell-all autobiography. Spitefully, Matthau sends out copies of his first chapter to the heads of the CIA agencies throughout the world--and from that point on, he and Jackson don't have a moment's peace. This delights Matthau: now that all of his former colleagues are chasing after him, he has a reason to get up in the morning. As written by Brian Garfield, Hopscotch was a conventionally serious espionage novel. As adapted for the big screen by Garfield and Bryan Forbes, Hopscotch is a lively exercise in cloak-and-dagger comedy, even when the pursuit of Matthau turns deadly towards the end. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
"A joint venture between Janus Films and Home Vision Cinema"--Container.
Based on the novel by Brian Garfield.
Enhanced for widescreen TV's ; aspect ratio, 2.35:1.
Originally issued as a motion picture in 1980.
Special features: New high-definition digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions -- Video introduction featuring interviews with director Ronald Neame and writer Brian Garfield -- Optional broadcast television audio track for family viewing -- Original theatrical trailer and teaser -- Language: English mono -- Subtitles: English (SDH)
Special features: video introduction featuring interviews with director Ronald Neame and writer Brian Garfield; alternate audio track originally made for for family television viewing; original theatrical trailer; teaser.
Director of photography, Arthur Ibbetson ; editor, Carl Kress ; music adaptation, Ian Fraser ; production designer, William Creber.
Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Herbert Lom, Ned Beatty.
One of the CIA's top international operatives is suddenly relegated to a desk job in an agency power play. Unwilling to go quietly, and with the aid of a chic Viennese widow, he puts himself back in the game by writing a memoir exposing the innermost secrets of every major intelligence agency in the world. The CIA now wants him dead, but he refuses to cooperate--because he's having to much fun!
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, Dolby digital mono, new high-definition digital transfer; RSDL dual-layer edition.
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.