Fiction
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©2014
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2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #112
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"The complete Jacques Tati"
A nearly wordless comedy about confusion in an age of high technology
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967
Special features: New 4K digital restoration; introduction by actor and comedian Terry Jones; Three selected-scene commentaries, by film historian Philip Kemp, theater director Jérôme Deschamps, and Jacques Tati expert Stéphane Goudet; Like home, a 2013 visual essay on Play time by Goudet; "Tativille," a 1967 episode of the British television program Tempo international, featuring an interview with Tati from the set of Play time; Beyond "Play time," a short 2002 documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the production; Interview from 2006 with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot; Audio interview with Tati from the U.S. debut of Play time at the 1972 San Francisco Film Festival; Alternate English-language soundtrack; New English subtitle translation
Cinematography, Jean Badal, Andréas Winding; music, Francis Lemarque, James Campbell; editor, Gérard Pollicand
Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Georges Montant, France Rumilly, Reinhart Kolldehoff
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 3.3 surround
French dialogue; English subtitles