| Description |
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Series |
Criterion Collection ; 577 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 577.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) enhanced for 16:9 TVS, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. |
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Special features: 'Two gangsters and an island': documentary; television interview with Polanski from 1967; theatrical trailers; booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Thompson. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Donald Pleasence, Francoise Dorleac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, William Franklyn, Robert Dorning, Marie Kean, Geoffrey Sumner, Renee Houson, Iain Quarrier, Jackie Bisset, Trevor Delaney. |
| Credits |
Music composed and conducted by Komeda. |
| Summary |
A withdrawn couple's isolated house is infiltrated by a rude, burly American gangster on the run. The three engage in role-playing games of sexual and emotional humiliations. An evocative, claustrophobic, and morbidly funny tale of the modern world in chaos. |
| Subject |
Spouses -- England -- Holy Island (Island) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Fugitives from justice -- England -- Holy Island (Island) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Added Author |
Pleasence, Donald.
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Dorléac, Françoise.
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Stander, Lionel.
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Klinger, Michael, 1920-1989.
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Tenser, Tony.
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Polanski, Roman.
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Brach, Gérard.
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Gutowski, Gene.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Compton-Tekli Film Productions.
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| ISBN |
9781604654509 |
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1604654503 |
| Standard No. |
715515084215 |
| Music No. |
CC2032D Criterion Collection |
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