Shoot the piano player
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
Los Angeles, CA : Showtime Entertainment, [2005].
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Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie
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Green Hills - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 S55937pW
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Main - Upon Request - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 S55937pW
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DVD 791.43 S55937pW
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie | DVD 791.43 S55937pW | On Shelf |
| Green Hills - Adult Movie | DVD 791.43 S55937pW | On Shelf |
| Main - Upon Request - Adult Movie | DVD 791.43 S55937pW | On Shelf |
| Main Library - Adult Movie | DVD 791.43 S55937pW | On Shelf |
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Published
Los Angeles, CA : Showtime Entertainment, [2005].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
fre
UPC
037429212721
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Based on the novel "Down there" by David Goodis.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960.
General Note
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Raoul Coutard; audio commentary by film scholars Annette Insdorf and Peter Brunette; exclusive new video interviews with actors Charles Aznavour and Marie Dubois; video interview with Coutard, conducted in 2003; rare interview with François Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman, from 1986; excerpts from a 1965 episode of the French television program "Cinéastes de notre temps" dedicated to Truffaut; an excerpt from the French television program "Étoiles et toiles" in which Truffaut discusses his adaptation of the David Goodis novel; "The music of Georges Delerue": an illustrated essay; Dubois' screen test; theatrical trailer; a new essay by film critic Kent Jones.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Raoul Coutard ; editing, Claudine Bouché, Cécile Decugis ; music, Georges Delerue.
Participants/Performers
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier.
Description
Charlie Kohler is a piano player in a bar. Lena, a waitress at the bar, is in love with him. One of Charlie's brothers, Chico, a crook, takes refuge in the bar because he is being chased by two gangsters, Momo and Ernest. But Charlie's real name is Edouard Saroyan, who was once a virtuoso who gave up playing after his wife's suicide. Charlie now has to deal wih Chico, Ernest, Momo, Fido (his youngest brother who lives with him), and Lena. Charlie ends up stumbling into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language
French dialogue, with optional English subtitles.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Braunberger, P., Truffaut, F., Moussy, M., Aznavour, C., Dubois, M., Berger, N., Mercier, M., Delerue, G., & Goodis, D. (2005). Shoot the piano player (Special ed.). Showtime Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pierre Braunberger et al.. 2005. Shoot the Piano Player. Showtime Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pierre Braunberger et al.. Shoot the Piano Player Showtime Entertainment, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Braunberger, Pierre, et al. Shoot the Piano Player Special ed., Showtime Entertainment, 2005.
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