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Rialto Pictures
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Featuring: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Claude Mann, Paul Crauchet, Christian Barbier
Jean-Pierre Melville's masterpiece about the French Resistance against the Nazi occupation went unreleased in the United States for thirty-seven years, before its triumphant theatrical debut in 2006. Atmospheric and gripping, Army of Shadows is Melville's most personal film, featuring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and the incomparable Simone Signoret as intrepid underground fighters who must grapple with their own brand of honor in their battle against Hitler's regime.
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Format: DVD
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1 (Anamorphic)
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French 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
, French 2.0 Dolby Digital Surround
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English
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1
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2 Discs |
DVD-9
Supplements
- Audio commentary featuring film historian Ginette Vincendeau
- Interviews with Pierre Lhomme and editor Françoise Bonnot
- On-set footage and excerpts from archival interviews with director Jean-Pierre Melville, cast members, writer Joseph Kessel, and real-life Resistance fighters
- Jean-Pierre Melville et “L’armée des ombres” (2005), a short program on the director and his film
- Le journal de la Résistance (1944), a rare short documentary shot on the front lines during the final days of German-occupied France
- Film restoration demonstration by Pierre Lhomme
- Theatrical trailers
- A booklet featuring new essays by critic Amy Taubin and historian Robert O. Paxton, as well as excerpts from Rui Nogueria’s Melville on Melville
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Producer: Abbey Lustgarten
Artwork: Michael Boland
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