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Mon oncle d'amérique /

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: EDV 1264 | mk2 éditionsLanguage: French Subtitle language: English Publication details: France : Mk2 éditions, 2003.Edition: Coffret collector Alain ResnaisDescription: 1 videodisc (DVD) (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:

PN1997 M65 2003

Production credits:

Directed by, Alain Resnais; written by, Jean Gruault, based on the works of, Henri Laborit; cinematography, Sacha Vierny; sound, Jacques Maumont and Jean-Pierre Ruh; production design, Jacques Saulnier; edited by, Albert Jurgenson; produced by, Philippe Dussart.

Awards:

Special Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival, 1980) and Best Foreign Film (New York Film Critics Awards, 1980)

Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud, Pierre Arditi, Gérard Darrieu, Henri Laborit.Summary: A case study of three characters pursuing their careers. This is intercut with segments of a lecture from Prof. Henri Laborit, a behavioral scientist speaking in pure documentary fashion, contributing his theories on memory; also intercut with footage from other movies.Summary: Jean, René, Janine: two men and a woman from different generations and different backgrounds, whose paths meet at a crisis point in mid-life, faced with disappointment and frustration, all three muse about a legendary "uncle in America", a guardian angel who gives them their hearts' desires and tells them exactly what they want to hear.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 1509 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050126798

Videorecording of a motion picture made in 1980.

Special features: interviews with members of the cast and crew.

Based on the works of Professor Henri Laborit.

Includes scene selections, filmographies of Director Alain Renais & screenwriter Jean Gruault.

Not rated.

DVD 9 ; PAL; Region 2 encoding; Aspect ratio 1.66:1; V.O. francaise mono.

In French with English subtitles.

Special Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival, 1980) and Best Foreign Film (New York Film Critics Awards, 1980)

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