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Surf Film S.r.l.
Directed by: Dino Risi
The ultimate Italian road comedy, Il sorpasso stars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant as, respectively, a waggish, freewheeling bachelor and the straitlaced law student he takes on a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany. An unpredictable journey that careers from slapstick to tragedy, this film, directed by Dino Risi, is a wildly entertaining commentary on the pleasures and consequences of the good life. A holy grail of commedia all’italiana, Il sorpasso is so fresh and exciting that one can easily see why it has long been adored in Italy.
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Format:
Blu-ray
DVD
Discs:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
DVD-9 (2 Discs)
Total: 3 Discs
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
Italian Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Italian PCM Mono 1.0
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Introduction, Interview, Documentary, Documentary Excerpt, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet
- New introduction by filmmaker Alexander Payne
- New interviews with screenwriter Ettore Scola and film scholar Rémi Fournier Lanzoni
- Interview from 2004 with director Dino Risi, conducted by film critic Jean A. Gili
- Introduction by actor Jean-Louis Trintignant from a 1983 French television broadcast of the film
- A Beautiful Vacation, a 2006 documentary on Risi featuring interviews with the director and his collaborators and friends
- Excerpts from a 2012 documentary that returns to Castiglioncello, the location for the film’s beach scenes
- Speaking with Gassman, a 2005 documentary on the relationship between actor Vittorio Gassman and Risi, directed by Risi’s son Marco
- Trailer
- An essay by critic Phillip Lopate, an essay by critic Antonio Monda, as well as excerpts from Dino Risi’s writings, with an introduction by film critic Valerio Caprara
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