Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris /
A plotless four-person musical revue based on the songs of Belgian balladeer Jacques Brel, the show opens on a dark and rainy Parisian night. Three strangers--a cab driver, a soldier, and a meek woman--find themselves in a theater. After watching a puppet show, they venture backstage and then onto a...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Kino on Video,
[2003]
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| Summary: | A plotless four-person musical revue based on the songs of Belgian balladeer Jacques Brel, the show opens on a dark and rainy Parisian night. Three strangers--a cab driver, a soldier, and a meek woman--find themselves in a theater. After watching a puppet show, they venture backstage and then onto a beach, where they sing songs during increasingly surreal events. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the revue of the same title by Jacques Brel. Aspect ratio 1.85:1 (letterboxed); enhanced for 16x9 TVs. Special features: Theatrical trailer -- "Jacques Brel and Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris," an essay by Michael Feingold, Chief Theater Critic, The village voice -- The AFT cinebill for Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris -- An interview with Edie Landau, Executive in Charge, The American Film Theatre -- "Ely Landau : in front of the camera" AFT promotional reel (1974) -- The American Film Theatre trailer gallery (includes a complete list of the AFT Films) -- The American Film Theatre scrapbook. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet ([4] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: PG. |
| Production Credits: | Musical director, François Rauber ; photographer, René Verzier ; film editor, Yves Langlois ; produced for DVD by Brian Shirey. |