La Bataille d'Alger = The Battle of Algiers /
Material type: FilmPublisher number: BAT120 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: French, Arabic Original language: French, Arabic Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 249.Publication details: Irvington, N.Y. : Criterion Collection, ©2004.Edition: Special edDescription: 3 videodiscs (121 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 pages ; 19 cm)Content type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0780028872
- 9780780028876
- 9781604657722
- 1604657723
- 0780028872
- 0780028872
- Battle of Algiers
- Battaglia di Algeri (Motion picture)
- Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī -- Drama
- Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī
- Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī -- Drama
- Battaglia di Algeri (Motion picture)
- Battaglia di Algeri (Motion picture)
- Battaglia di Algeri (Motion picture)
- 1954-1962
- Torture -- Algeria -- Drama
- Terrorism -- Algeria -- Drama
- Autonomy -- Drama
- Political violence -- Algeria -- Drama
- Algerians -- Drama
- French language -- Films for English speakers
- Arabic language -- Films for Englihs speakers
- Motion Pictures as Topic
- Political violence
- French territories and possessions
- French language
- French colonies
- Arabic language
- Algerians
- Autonomy
- Terrorism
- Torture
- Algerienkrieg
- Historical -- Feature
- Torture -- Algeria -- Drama
- Terrorism -- Algeria -- Drama
- Autonomy and independence movements -- Drama
- Historical drama
- Film
- Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Drama
- Kasbah (Algiers, Algeria) -- Drama
- France -- Colonies -- Africa -- Drama
- France -- Territories and possessions -- Drama
- Africa
- Algeria
- Algeria -- Algiers -- Kasbah
- Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Drama
- Kasbah (Algiers, Algeria) -- Drama
- Algeria -- History -- Drama
- Foreign films.
- French Language Films.
- Arabic Language Films.
- War films -- Algeria.
- War films -- Italy.
- Historical films -- Algeria.
- Historical films -- Italy.
- Feature films -- Algeria.
- Feature films -- Italy.
- Foreign films.
- Foreign language films -- French.
- Foreign language films -- Algerian.
- Films -- for English speakers.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Historical films.
- History.
- War films.
- Historical films.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Historical films.
- War films.
- Italian language films.
- French language films.
- Historical -- Feature.
- War -- Feature.
- Films de fiction.
- Films historiques.
- DVD-Video.
- 791.43/72 22
- PN1997 .B347 2004
- PN1997 .B38 2004
- PN 1997
- 24.32
- IV 3286
- Producers, Sandi Yacef, and Antonio Musu ; director, Gilla Pontecorvo ; writers, Franco Solinas and Gillo Pontecorvo ; director of photography, Marcello Gatti ; editors, Mario Serandrei & Mario Morra ; music, Ennio Morricone & Gillo Pontecorvo ; production designer, Sergio Canevari.
- Venice Film Festive, Golden Lion, 1966; International Film Critics Award, 1966; City of Venice Award, 1966.
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Video Recording | Carleton University, AVRC | SP456 - Collections Room | DVD-02274 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 16050184488 | |
Booklet | Carleton University, AVRC | SP456 - Collections Room | DVD-02273 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 1605018447X |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Based on: Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger / Saadi Yacef.
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.).
Accompanying booklet includes an essay by film scholar Peter Matthews; a reprinted interview with writer Franco Solinas; and brief biographies on the key figures in the French-Algerian War.
disc. 1. The battle of Algiers (121 min.) -- disc. 2. Pontecorvo and the film -- disc. 3. The film and history.
DVD format, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
French and Arabic dialogue, optional English subtitles.
Venice Film Festive, Golden Lion, 1966; International Film Critics Award, 1966; City of Venice Award, 1966.
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