French cancan : une comédie musicale

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Nineteenth-century Paris comes alive in Jean Renoir's tale of the opening of the Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women: an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl-turned-cancan star. Includes a cameo by E...

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Corporate Authors: Criterion Collection (Firm), Franco London Film
Other Authors: Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979 (Director, Screenwriter), Antoine, André-Paul, Wipf, Louis (Producer), Gabin, Jean, 1904-1976 (Actor), Arnoul, Françoise (Actor), Félix, María, 1914-2002 (Actor), Esposito, Giani (Actor), Pastorino, Franco (Actor), Piaf, Edith, 1915-1963 (Actor), Patachou (Actor)
Format: DVD
Language:French
English
Published: [New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, ©2004.
Series:Criterion collection ; 243.
Subjects:
Moulin-Rouge (Night club : Paris, France) > Drama.
Moulin-Rouge (Night club : Paris, France)
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) > France > Paris > Drama.
Cancans > Drama.
Cancans.
Manners and customs.
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
France > Social life and customs > Drama.
France.
France > Paris.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Comedies.
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Summary:Nineteenth-century Paris comes alive in Jean Renoir's tale of the opening of the Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women: an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl-turned-cancan star. Includes a cameo by Edith Piaf.
Item Description:Film first produced in France in 1955.
Special features: video introduction by Peter Bogdanovich ; interviews with Renoir and set designer Max Douy ; stills gallery ; Jean Renoir parle de son art (pt. 2 of an interview with Jean Renoir) ; essay by Andrew Sarris in accompanying booklet.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([8] pages ; 19 cm).
Format:DVD, region 1, NTSC; RSDL dual-layer ed.; container says 1.33:1 aspect ratio actually 16:9 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Michel Kelber ; editor, Borys Lewin ; music, Georges Van Parys.
ISBN:0780028724
9780780028722

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