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Le.Doulos.1962.Criterion.NTSC-DVDR

THEATRE DATE....: 12/13/1962
RELEASE DATE....: 10/8/2008
STORE DATE......: 10/7/2008
GENRE...........: Crime/Thriller
RATiNG..........: 7.9/10 (1,161 Votes)

RUNTiME.........: 109 Minutes
ViDEO BiTRATE...: 4155 kBit/sec 6-pass CCE
AUDiO BiTRATE...: DD 1.0 @ 192, FR
ASPECT RATiO....: 16:9
ARCHiVES .......: dvdr-le.doulos.rar *95x50MB*
DVD SiZE........: *4.374 GB* *4,479 MB* *4,586,898 KB*
SUBTiTLES.......: EN

Confusion and wrong assumptions are the cause of tragedy in this stylish gangster noir by
director Jean-Pierre Melville. Maurice (Serge Reggiani) and Silien (Jean-Paul Belmondo)
are friends going way back, and both have had a shady past. Silien wants to leave his
illegal activities behind him - but would he actually be in league with the police, as an
informer? That is what Maurice suspects after he kills a fence who is responsible for the
murder of one of his friends and then takes some jewels as an extra bonus. Doubts assail
Maurice as well as others until it is finally decided that something has to be done about
Silien.

Director ...........  Jean-Pierre Melville

Jean-Paul Belmondo .  Silien
Serge Reggiani .....  Maurice Faugel
Jean Desailly ......  The Superintendant Clain
Rene Lefevre .......  Gilbert Varnove
Marcel Cuvelier ....  A police inspector
Fabienne Dali ......  Fabienne

I decided I couldn't keep everything. Removed were the THEATRICAL TRAILER, and the
ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE, consisting of excerpts from 3 television programs of the time. Kept
were:

* SELECTED SCENE AUDIO COMMENTARY by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau, author of
Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris (3 scenes totalling 31:04@1870)
* INTERVIEW: with Director Volker Schlondorff (13:19@2600)
* INTERVIEW: with Assistant Director Bertrand Tavernier (15:30@1870)

IMDB: http://former.imdb.com/title/tt0054821/
RETAIL DVD: http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1417930

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