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Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris / American Film Theatre ; Cinevideo Inc. ; script, Eric Blau ; producer, Paul Marshall ; director, Denis Héroux.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Héroux, Denis, 1940 July 15-2015, director.
Marshall, Paul (Composer), producer.
Blau, Eric, director, screenwriter.
Brel, Jacques, performer.
Shuman, Mort, performer.
Stone, Elly, performer.
Masiell, Joe, 1939-1985, performer.
Feingold, Michael, commentator.
Landau, Edie, interviewee.
American Film Theatre, producer.
Cinevideo, Inc. (Firm), producer.
Kino International Corporation, distributor.
Series:
American Film Theatre. Collection 3.
American Film Theatre. Collection 3
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Brel, Jacques--Film adaptations.
Brel, Jacques.
Landau, Ely.
Landau, Edie--Interviews.
Landau, Edie.
Revues.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Musical films.
Video recordings.
Interviews.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet ([4] pages ; 19 cm).
polychrome
Edition:
Letterboxed.
Other Title:
Title on spine and disc : Jacques Brel's Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Kino Video, [2003]
System Details:
DVD - NTSC.
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
Summary:
A plotless four-person musical revue based on the songs of Belgian balladeer Jacques Brel, the show opens on a dark and rainy Parisian night. Three strangers -- a cab driver, a soldier, and a meek woman -- find themselves in a theater. After watching a puppet show, they venture backstage and then onto a beach, where they sing songs during increasingly surreal events.
Contents:
Features such songs as "Marathon," "Timid Frieda," "Marieke," "Ne Me Quitte Pas," "The Middle Class," "Jackie," "Au Suivant," "Chanson des Vieux Amours" and "Carousel (La Valse a Mille Temps)."
Participant:
Elly Stone (lady with shopping bag), Mort Shuman (taxi driver), Joe Masiell (Marine), Jacques Brel (himself), Judy Lander, Annette Perrone.
Credits:
Photographer, René Verzier ; editor, Yves Langlois.
Notes:
Based on the revue of the same title by Jacques Brel.
Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Special features: theatrical trailer; an essay by Michael Feingold; the AFT Cinebill; an interview with Edie Landau; "Ely Landau: in front of the camera," AFT promotional reel from 1974; the American Film Theatre trailer gallery; the American Film Theatre scrapbook.
Issued in a slipcase with title : The American film theatre, collection three.
OCLC:
53435974
Publisher Number:
738329029623 (set)
738329029524
K295 Kino Video

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