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The Resource La nuit americaine, Warner Bros presents une co-production franco-italienne, Films du Carrosse, PECF (Paris), PIC (Rome) ; scenario original, François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman ; directeur de la production, Marcel Berbert ; mise en scène de Fraņ̨cois Truffaut, (videorecording)

La nuit americaine, Warner Bros presents une co-production franco-italienne, Films du Carrosse, PECF (Paris), PIC (Rome) ; scenario original, François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman ; directeur de la production, Marcel Berbert ; mise en scène de Fraņ̨cois Truffaut, (videorecording)

Label
La nuit americaine
Title
La nuit americaine
Statement of responsibility
Warner Bros presents une co-production franco-italienne, Films du Carrosse, PECF (Paris), PIC (Rome) ; scenario original, François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman ; directeur de la production, Marcel Berbert ; mise en scène de Fraņ̨cois Truffaut
Title variation
Day for night
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Costume designer
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film producer
Production company
Production designer
Publisher
Screenwriter
Writer of supplementary textual content
Subject
Genre
Language
  • fre
  • eng
  • fre
  • fre
Summary
The leading lady is recovering from a nervous breakdown, another performer is soused on the set, unions threaten to walk, shooting must finish before the insurance lapses and a cat can't hit its mark. Is this any way to make a film?
Member of
Awards note
Academy Awards, 1973: Best foreign language film.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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Nuit américaine (Motion picture)
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Credits note
Music, Georges Delerue ; cinematography, Pierre-William Glenn ; production designer, Damien Lanfranchi ; costume, Monique Dury ; editing, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué
Dewey number
791.43/72
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Language note
In French with optional English subtitles
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.D39 2010
PerformerNote
Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Nike Arrighi, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Seveno, David Markham, Bernard Menez, Gaston Joly, Zénaïde Rossi, Xavier Macary, Marc Boyle, Walter Bal, J.F. Stevenin, Pierre Zucca
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  • Truffaut, François
  • Richard, Jean-Louis
  • Schiffman, Suzanne
  • Berbert, Marcel
  • Bisset, Jacqueline
  • Cortese, Valentina
  • Dani
  • Stewart, Alexandra
  • Aumont, Jean Pierre
  • Champion, Jean
  • Léaud, Jean-Pierre
  • Arrighi, Niké
  • Baye, Nathalie
  • Séveno, Maurice
  • Markham, David
  • Menez, Bernard
  • Saint Macary, Xavier
  • Boyle, Marc
  • Bal, Walter
  • Stévenin, Jean-François
  • Zucca, Pierre
  • Delerue, Georges
  • Glenn, Pierre-William
  • Lanfranchi, Damien
  • Dury, Monique
  • Dedet, Yann
  • Barraqué, Martine
  • Andrew, Dudley
  • Insdorf, Annette
  • Cairns, David
  • Films du carrosse (Firm)
  • PECF (Firm)
  • PIC (Firm)
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
116
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
769
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  • Motion pictures
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  • Actors
Technique
live action
Label
La nuit americaine, Warner Bros presents une co-production franco-italienne, Films du Carrosse, PECF (Paris), PIC (Rome) ; scenario original, François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman ; directeur de la production, Marcel Berbert ; mise en scène de Fraņ̨cois Truffaut, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1973
  • Widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio)
  • Special features: New 2K digital restoration; new English subtitle translation; Trailer; Dreams of cinema (video essay by filmmaker ::kogonada explores the layers of the film); Dudley Andrew (film professor discusses the quarrel between François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard); "Day for night": an appreciation (2003 documentary, film scholar Annette Insdorf discusses the film); Truffaut: a view from the inside (1973 behind-the-scenes documentary from the set of the film); Interviews: François Truffaut, Pierre-William Glenn, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nathalie Baye, Bernard Menez, Dani, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué; Archival footage: Truffaut shoots Day and night, "On Day and night", Truffaut at the National Society of Film Critics. Plus: an essay on container insert "Are movies magic?" by film scholar David Cairns
Accompanying material
1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages).
Bar code
  • 31223134322867
  • 31223134322875
  • 31223134322859
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (116 min.)
Isbn
9781681430348
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515154215
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
CC2521BD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)915397791
System details
Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc
Label
La nuit americaine, Warner Bros presents une co-production franco-italienne, Films du Carrosse, PECF (Paris), PIC (Rome) ; scenario original, François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman ; directeur de la production, Marcel Berbert ; mise en scène de Fraņ̨cois Truffaut, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1973
  • Widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio)
  • Special features: New 2K digital restoration; new English subtitle translation; Trailer; Dreams of cinema (video essay by filmmaker ::kogonada explores the layers of the film); Dudley Andrew (film professor discusses the quarrel between François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard); "Day for night": an appreciation (2003 documentary, film scholar Annette Insdorf discusses the film); Truffaut: a view from the inside (1973 behind-the-scenes documentary from the set of the film); Interviews: François Truffaut, Pierre-William Glenn, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nathalie Baye, Bernard Menez, Dani, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué; Archival footage: Truffaut shoots Day and night, "On Day and night", Truffaut at the National Society of Film Critics. Plus: an essay on container insert "Are movies magic?" by film scholar David Cairns
Accompanying material
1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages).
Bar code
  • 31223134322867
  • 31223134322875
  • 31223134322859
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (116 min.)
Isbn
9781681430348
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515154215
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
CC2521BD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)915397791
System details
Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc

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