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Cul-de-sac / Compton-Tekli Film Productions Ltd. ; Michael Klinger and Tony Tenser present ; original screenplay, Roman Polanski and Gérard Brach ; produced by Gene Gutowski ; directed by Roman Polanski.

Pleasence, Donald. (Actor). Dorléac, Françoise. (Actor). Stander, Lionel. (Actor). Polanski, Roman. (Screenwriter, Director). Klinger, Michael, 1920-1989 (Producer). Tenser, Tony. (Producer). Gutowski, Gene. (Producer). Brach, Gérard. (Screenwriter). Komeda, Krzysztof. (Composer). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Compton-Tekli Film Productions. (Added Author). Donald Pleasence, Francoise Dorleac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, William Franklyn, Robert Dorning, Marie Kean, Geoffrey Sumner, Renee Houson, Iain Quarrier, Jackie Bisset, Trevor Delaney. (Cast).

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at SC LENDS. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Beaufort County Library System.

Current holds

0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Beaufort - Hilton Head Branch FIC CUL (Text) 0530009489150 Adult DVD Available -

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781604654509
  • ISBN: 1604654503
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
  • Edition: Widescreen, Director approved special edition.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Criterion Collection, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Specifal features: 'Two gangsters and an island': documentary; television interview with Polanski from 1967; theatrical trailers; booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Thompson.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Music composed and conducted by Komeda ; director of photography, Gilbert Taylor ;
Participant or Performer Note:
Donald Pleasence, Francoise Dorleac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, William Franklyn, Robert Dorning, Marie Kean, Geoffrey Sumner, Renee Houson, Iain Quarrier, Jackie Bisset, Trevor Delaney.
Summary, etc.:
A withdrawn couple's isolated house is infiltrated by a rude, burly American gangster on the run. The three engage in role-playing games of sexual and emotional humiliations. An evocative, claustrophobic, and morbidly funny tale of the modern world in chaos.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) enhanced for 16:9 TVS, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.
Language Note:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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