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DVD

Cul-de-sac

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Director approved DVD special ed.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Donald Pleasence, Francoise Dorleac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, William Franklyn, Robert Dorning, Marie Kean, Geoffrey Sumner, Renee Houston, Iain Quarrier, Jackie Bisset, Trevor Delaney.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2011]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A withdrawn couple's isolated house is infiltrated by a rude, burly American gangster on the run. The three engage in role-playing games of sexual and emotional humiliation.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.

Special features: "Two gangsters and an island," a 2003 documentary about the making of Cul-de-sac ; television interview with Polanski from 1967 ; theatrical trailers.

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