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DVD

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State of siege = État de siège

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Director-approved DVD special edition.

Languages

In French, with English subtitles.

Performers

Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2015]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (121 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country, abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media sensation, leading to violence.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1972.

Special features: New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Costa-Gavras ; new conversation between director Costa-Gavras and film scholar Peter Cowie ; NBC News excerpts from 1970 on the kidnapping of Dan A. Mitrione, on which the film is based ; new English subtitle translation.

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