La bataille d'Alger [videorecording] = The battle of Algiers / un film de Gillo Pontecorvo ; scénario de Franco Solinas ; production Casbah Films, Igor Film ; produit par Yacef Saadi.
2004
PN1997 .B373 2004
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La bataille d'Alger [videorecording] = The battle of Algiers / un film de Gillo Pontecorvo ; scénario de Franco Solinas ; production Casbah Films, Igor Film ; produit par Yacef Saadi.
Edition
Special ed.
ISBN
0780028872
9780780028876
9780780028876
Publication Details
Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, c2004.
Language
French
Language Note
French and Arabic dialogue, optional English subtitles.
Description
3 videodiscs (121 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 p. ; 19 cm.)
Item Number
037429195628
Call Number
PN1997 .B373 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/72
Distributor No.
BAT120 Criterion Collection
Summary
Dramatizes the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately lose the war as the Algerian people demonstrate that they will no longer be suppressed.
Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Special features: Disc 1: theatrical and re-release trailers; production gallery. Disc 2: "Gillo Pontecorvo: the dictatorship of truth," a 37 min. documentary made in 1992 about Pontecorvo; The making of The battle of Algiers (51 min.); Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone discuss the film (17 min.). Disc 3: "Remembering history," a 69 min. documentary about the Algerian Revolution; "États d'armes," 28 min. of excerpts from Patrick Rotman's 3-part documentary, L'Ennemi Intime, which focuses on the horror of the Revolution; "The battle of Algiers, a case study" a 25 min. conversation about the contemporary relevance of The battle of Algiers between former National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism Richard A. Clarke, former State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Michael A. Sheehan, and Chief of Investigative Projects for ABC News, Christopher E. Isham; "Gillo Pontecorvo's Return to Algiers" (1992) (58 min.).
Special features: Disc 1: theatrical and re-release trailers; production gallery. Disc 2: "Gillo Pontecorvo: the dictatorship of truth," a 37 min. documentary made in 1992 about Pontecorvo; The making of The battle of Algiers (51 min.); Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone discuss the film (17 min.). Disc 3: "Remembering history," a 69 min. documentary about the Algerian Revolution; "États d'armes," 28 min. of excerpts from Patrick Rotman's 3-part documentary, L'Ennemi Intime, which focuses on the horror of the Revolution; "The battle of Algiers, a case study" a 25 min. conversation about the contemporary relevance of The battle of Algiers between former National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism Richard A. Clarke, former State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Michael A. Sheehan, and Chief of Investigative Projects for ABC News, Christopher E. Isham; "Gillo Pontecorvo's Return to Algiers" (1992) (58 min.).
Credits
Director of photography, Marcello Gatti ; editors, Mario Serandrei & Mario Morra ; music, Ennio Morricone & Gillo Pontecorvo ; production designer, Sergio Canevari.
Performer
Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader.
Cast
Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader.
System Details Note
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono.
Added Author
Pontecorvo, Gillo, 1919-2006.
Solinas, Franco, 1927-1982.
Haggiag, Brahim.
Martin, Jean.
Saadi, Yacef, 1928-
Kerbash, Samia.
Paletti, Ugo.
Gatti, M. (Marcello)
Morricone, Ennio.
Solinas, Franco, 1927-1982.
Haggiag, Brahim.
Martin, Jean.
Saadi, Yacef, 1928-
Kerbash, Samia.
Paletti, Ugo.
Gatti, M. (Marcello)
Morricone, Ennio.
Added Corporate Author
Casbah Films.
Igor Film.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Igor Film.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 249.
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