Jour de fête /
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.
| Uniform Title: | Jour de fête (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | French dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Published: |
[Irvington, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Two-DVD special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
730. Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 729. |
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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. |
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| Item Description: | 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. |
| Format: | DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| 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. |
| ISBN: | 9781604659054 160465905X 9781604659078 1604659076 |