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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.
LIBRA DVD 002 873 disc + pamphlet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- 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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