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Der Amerikanische Freund = the American friend /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2573D | The Criterion Collection | (container)CC2573D-1 | The Criterion Collection | (disc 1)CC2573D-2 | The Criterion Collection | (disc 2)Language: English, French, German Original language: English, French, German Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 793.Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]Edition: Director approved two-DVD special editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1681430983
  • 9781681430980
Other title:
  • English title from container and disc label: American friend
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995. Ripley's game
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .A47 2016
Contents:
Disc 1. The American friend -- Disc 2. Special features.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Robby Müller ; editor, Peter Przygodda ; music, Jürgen Knieper ; art directors, Heidi and Toni Lüdi ; costume designer, Isolde Nist.
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, Peter Lilienthal, Daniel Schmid, Sandy Whitelaw, Jean Eustache, Lou Castel.Summary: A young picture framer thinks that he has a terminal disease and is set up to become a hired assassin in West Germany because of the lure of quick money.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02893 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050277176

Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's game.

Widescreen (1.66:1) aspect ratio.

DVD release of the 1977 motion picture; restored in 2014.

Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (from 2002 featuring Wim Wenders and Dennis Hopper). Disc 2: Wim Wenders (interview with the director 37 min.); Bruno Ganz (interview with the actor 27 min.); Deleted scenes (35 min. of scenes with audio commentary by Wim Wenders); Trailer. Insert includes an essay by Francine Prose, Little lies and big disasters.

Disc 1. The American friend -- Disc 2. Special features.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.

In English, French and German, with optional English subtitles; optional English SDH captioning.

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