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[New York] : The Criterion Collection : Janus Films, [2014]
©2014
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3 videodiscs : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet
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Criterion collection #707
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Duration: Movie is 105 min
Special features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; new introduction by filmmaker Alexander Pagne; new interviews with screenwriter Ettore Scola and film scholar Rémi Fournier Lanzoni; interview from 2004 with director Dino Risi, conducted by film critic Jean A. Gili; introduction by actor Jean-Louis Trintignant from a 1983 French television broadcast in the film; A beautiful vacation, a 2006 documentary on Risi featuring interviews with the director and his collaborators and friends; excerpts from a 2012 documentary that returns to Castiglioncello, the location for the film's beach scenes; excerpts from Speaking with Gassman, a 2005 documentary on the relationship between actor Vittorio Gassman and Risi, directed by Risi's son Mario; trailer; new English subtitle translation; one Blu-ray and two DVDs, with all content available in both formats. Booklet contains essays by Phillip Lopate and Antonio Monda, as well as excerpts from Risi's writings, with an introduction by film historian and critic Valerio Caprara
A waggish, free-wheeling bachelor and a bookish law student take a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany. This unpredictable journey careers from slapstick to tragedy
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962
Cinematography, Alfio Contini ; music Riz Ortolani ; editor, Maurizio Lucidi ; production design and costume design by Ugo Pericoli
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Claudio Gora, Luciana Angiolillo
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD and Blu-ray, Region A, NTSC, widescreen (1.85:1), enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby Digital monaural; Blu-ray disc requires Blu-ray player
Italian dialogue; English subtitles