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About a weathered repo man in desolate downtown Los Angeles, and the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in reclaiming a mysterious, and other worldly, Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it. Fea...

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Uniform Title:Repo man (Motion picture)
Main Author: McPheeters, Sam (Author)
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures (Firm), Edge City (Firm), Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Cox, Alex, 1954- (Director, author of screenplay,), Nesmith, Michael (Producer), Wacks, Jonathan (Producer), McCarthy, Peter (Producer), Stanton, Harry Dean, 1926-2017 (Actor), Estevez, Emilio, 1962- (Actor), Barash, Olivia (Actor), Walter, Tracey, 1942- (Actor), Richardson, Sy (Actor), Barnes, Susan (Actor), Zamora, Del (Actor), Velez, Eddie (Actor), Harris, Fox, 1936-1988 (Actor), Finnegan, Tom (Actor), Sandoval, Miguel, 1951- (Actor), Balgobin, Jennifer (Actor), Rude, Dick (Actor), Schloss, Zander (Actor), McGee, Vonetta (Actor), Foronjy, Richard, 1937- (Actor), Huffsteter, Steve (composer (expression)), Larriva, Tito (composer (expression)), Pop, Iggy, 1947- (Performer), Müller, Robby, 1940-2018 (Cinematographer)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:English dialogue with optional SDH English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.
Published: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Edition:Director-approved Blu-ray special ed.
Series:Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 654.
Subjects:
Repossession > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
Automobiles > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
Extraterrestrial beings > Drama.
Repossession > United States > Drama.
Automobiles > United States > Drama.
Comedy films.
Science fiction films.
Dystopian films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:About a weathered repo man in desolate downtown Los Angeles, and the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in reclaiming a mysterious, and other worldly, Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it. Featuring the ultimate early-eighties L.A. punk soundtrack, this grungily hilarious odyssey is a politically trenchant take on President Reagan₂s domestic and foreign policy.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984.
Special features: commentary soundtrack with director Alex Cox, executive producer Michael Nesmith, casting director Victoria Thomas, and actors Sy Richardson, Zander Schloss, and Del Zamora; Plate o' shrimp (interviews featuring musician Keith Morris and actors Dick Rude, Olivia Barash, and Miguel Sandoval); Iggy Pop (interview); The missing scenes (director Alex Cox, executive producer Michael Nesmith, neutron bomb inventor Sam Cohen, and character J. Frank Parnell watch and discuss deleted scenes); Trailers; Repossessed (roundtable discussion about the making of Repo Man featuring director Alex Cox, producers Peter McCarthy and Jonathan Wacks, and actors Del Zamora, Sy Richardson, and Dick Rude); Harry Zen Stanton (discussion between actor Stanton and producer Peter McCarthy); The TV version (the director's "cleaned-up" television version of the film). Booklet features an essay by critic Sam McPheeters.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (67 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.)
Format:Blu-ray Disc, widescreen (1.78:1, 16x9) presentation; PCM mono; Region A.
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:Art direction, J. Rae Fox, Lynda Burbank ; editor, Dennis Dolan ; music by Steven Hufsteter, Humberto Larriva ; Repo Man theme, Iggy Pop ; director of photography, Robby Muller.
ISBN:9781604657142
1604657146