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Day for night = La Nuit americaine / Warner Bros presents une co-production franco-italienne, Films du Carrosse, PECF (Paris), PIC (Rome) ; scenario original, François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman ; directeur de la production, Marcel Berbert ; mise en scène de Franç̜ois Truffaut.
Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
French
Εdition
DVD edition.
Two-DVD special edition.
Published/Created
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
©2015
Description
2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
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Notes
ReCAP - Remote Storage: Video Collection
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Disc 1-disc 2
Details
Subject(s)
Motion pictures
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Production and direction
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Drama
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Motion picture producers and directors
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Drama
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Motion picture industry
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Drama
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Actors
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Drama
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Presenter
Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
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Production company
Films du carrosse (Firm)
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PECF (Firm)
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PIC (Firm)
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Publisher
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Film director
Truffaut, François
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Screenwriter
Truffaut, François
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Richard, Jean-Louis
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Schiffman, Suzanne
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Actor
Truffaut, François
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Bisset, Jacqueline, 1944-
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Cortese, Valentina
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Dani, 1945-2022
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Stewart, Alexandra
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Aumont, Jean Pierre
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Champion, Jean, 1914-2001
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Léaud, Jean-Pierre, 1944-
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Arrighi, Niké, 1946-
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Baye, Nathalie, 1948-
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Séveno, Maurice
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Markham, David, 1913-1983
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Menez, Bernard, 1944-
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Joly, Gaston (Actor)
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Rossi, Zénaïde, 1923-2005
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Saint Macary, Xavier
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Boyle, Marc, 1945-1999
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Bal, Walter, 1939-
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Stévenin, Jean-François
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Zucca, Pierre, 1943-1995
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Interviewee (expression
Truffaut, François
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Bisset, Jacqueline, 1944-
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Dani, 1945-2022
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Aumont, Jean Pierre
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Baye, Nathalie, 1948-
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Menez, Bernard, 1944-
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Glenn, Pierre-William
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Dedet, Yann
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Barraqué, Martine
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Andrew, Dudley, 1945-
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Insdorf, Annette
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Film producer
Berbert, Marcel
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Composer (expression
Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992
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Director of photography
Glenn, Pierre-William
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Production designer
Lanfranchi, Damien
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Costume designer
Dury, Monique
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Editor of moving image work
Dedet, Yann
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Barraqué, Martine
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Writer of supplementary textual content
Cairns, David, 1967-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Comedy films
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Fiction films
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Feature films
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Series
Criterion collection ; 769.
[More in this series]
The Criterion collection ; 769
Medium/Support
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda
Summary note
The leading lady is recovering from a nervous breakdown, another performer is soused on the set, unions threaten to walk, shooting must finish before the insurance lapses and a cat can't hit its mark. Is this any way to make a film?
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
Film rating provided from IMDB.com web page for film and may not be present on container packaging.
Special features: Disc 1: New 2K digital restoration; New English subtitle translation; Trailer. Disc 2: Dreams of cinema (video essay by filmmaker ::kogonada explores the layers of the film); Dudley Andrew (film professor discusses the quarrel between François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard); "Day for night": an appreciation (2003 documentary, film scholar Annette Insdorf discusses the film); Truffaut: a view from the inside (1973 behind-the-scenes documentary from the set of the film); Interviews: François Truffaut, Pierre-William Glenn, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nathalie Baye, Bernard Menez, Dani, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué; Archival footage: Truffaut shoots Day and night, "On Day and night", Truffaut at the National Society of Film Critics. Plus: an essay on container insert "Are movies magic?" by film scholar David Cairns.
Creation/Production credits
Music, Georges Delerue ; cinematography, Pierre-William Glenn ; production designer, Damien Lanfranchi ; costume, Monique Dury ; editing, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué.
Target audience
[MPAA rating: PG].
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Awards
Academy Awards, 1973: Best foreign language film.
Participant(s)/Performer(s)
Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Nike Arrighi, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Seveno, David Markham, Bernard Menez, Gaston Joly, Zénaïde Rossi, Xavier Macary, Marc Boyle, Walter Bal, J.F. Stevenin, Pierre Zucca.
Language note
In French with optional English subtitles.
Contents
disc 1. Feature film
disc 2. Supplements.
Other title(s)
Nuit américaine (Motion picture)
Title on container
Day for night
ISBN
1681430355
9781681430355
Publisher no.
CC2522DDVD
CC2522D
CC2522D-1
CC2522D-2
OCLC
913431835
Universal Product Code
715515154314
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