DVD
Wages of fear = Le salaire de la peur
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Full screen version ; Special ed.
Languages
French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, William Tubbs, Véra Clouzot, Folco Lulli.
Publication Information
[S.l.] : Criterion Collection, c2005.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (147 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
"In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves"--Container.
Notes
Based on the novel by Georges Arnaud.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
Disc one contains the feature film with a new, restored high-definition digital transfer and new and improved English subtitle translation. Disc two contains special features, including new video interviews with assistant director Michel Romanoff and Henri-Georges Clouzot biographer Marc Godin ; archival interview with Yves Montand, on working with Clouzot (1988) ; documentary, "Henri-Georges Clouzot : the enlightened tyrant" (2004) ; "Censored," an analysis of cuts made to the film for the 1955 U.S. release. Accompanying booklet (23 p. : ill.) features a new essay by novelist Dennis Lehane and a compilation of interviews with the cast and crew.