| Description |
2 videodiscs (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 315.
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| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Note |
A videocassette release of the 1960 motion picture, Tirez sur le pianiste, made in France. |
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From the novel Down there by David Goodis. |
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Cat. number SHO140. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Language |
French with English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Albert Rémy, Claude Mansard. |
| Contents |
Disc one : The film -- Disc two : the supplements. |
| Credits |
Producer, Pierre Braunberger for Les Films de la pléiade ; screenplay, Truffaut, Marcel Moussy ; photography, Raoul Coutard ; editor, Cécile Decugis, Claudine Bouché ; music, Georges Delerue. |
| Summary |
Charlie is a timid café pianist who has given up his former life as a concert pianist, a career which had destroyed his marriage. However, events which he seems powerless to control force his involvement with a gang of crooks who once again cause him to be responsible for the destruction of his life. |
| Subject |
Pianists -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Gangsters -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Motion pictures France.
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Feature films France.
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| Added Author |
Truffaut, François.
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Goodis, David, 1917-1967.
Down there.
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Astor Pictures.
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Films de la Pléiade (Paris, France)
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| Added Title |
Shoot the piano player |
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Tirez sur le pianiste |
| ISBN |
078003063X |
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9780780030633 |
| Standard No. |
037429212721 |
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