Description |
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical monaural rda |
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widescreen 1.66:1 |
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NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture. |
Series |
Criterion collection |
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Criterion collection
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System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, monaural, 1.66:1 aspect ratio. |
Language |
French dialogue; English subtitles. |
Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. |
Cast |
Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber. |
Summary |
Costa-Gavras puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media sensation, leading to violence. |
Subject |
United States. Agency for International Development -- Officials and employees -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Kidnapping -- Uruguay -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Counterinsurgency -- Uruguay -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Genre |
Feature films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Fiction films.
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Foreign films, French.
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Added Author |
Costa-Gavras, 1933- screenwriter, film director.
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Solinas, Franco, 1927-1982, screenwriter.
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Montand, Yves, 1921-1991, actor.
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Salvatori, Renato, actor.
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Hasse, Otto Eduard, 1903-1978, actor.
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Weber, Jacques, 1949- actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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ISBN |
9781604659832 |
Standard No. |
715515144612 |
Music No. |
CC2475DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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