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The 400 blows / scénario de François Truffaut ; adaptation de M. Moussy et F. Truffaut ; dialogues de Marcel Moussy ; mise in scène de François Truffaut ; une co-production S.E.D.I.F., Les Films du carrosse.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionWidescreen presentation (2.35:1).
Publication InfoIrvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [©2006]
Description1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet.
Supplemental Content Connect to reviews of this title online
Subject(s)
DVD-Video discs.
Doinel, Antoine (Fictitious character)--Drama.
Teenage boys--France --20th century --Drama.
Parent and child--Drama.
Teacher-student relationships--Drama.
Criminal behavior--Drama.
France--20th century --Social life and customs --Drama.
Other author/creatorTruffaut, François screenwriter, director.
Other author/creatorMoussy, Marcel, 1924-1995 screenwriter.
Other author/creatorGivray, Claude de screenwriter.
Other author/creatorRevon, Bernard, 1931-1997 screenwriter.
Other author/creatorLéaud, Jean-Pierre, 1944- actor.
Other author/creatorMaurier, Claire actor.
Other author/creatorRémy, Albert, 1911-1967 actor.
Other author/creatorDecomble, Guy, 1910-1964 actor.
Other author/creatorFlamant, Georges, 1903-1990 actor.
Other author/creatorAuffay, Patrick actor.
Other author/creatorDecae, Henri.
Other author/creatorYoyotte, Marie-Josèphe.
Other author/creatorDecugis, Cécile.
Other author/creatorConstantin, Jean composer.
Other author/creatorS.E.D.I.F.
Other author/creatorFilms du carrosse (Firm)
Other author/creatorJanus Films.
Other author/creatorCriterion Collection (Firm)
Uniform titleQuatre cents coups (Motion picture)
Variant title Title on container: François Truffaut's The 400 blows
Variant title Title on disc label: 400 blows
Variant title Four hundred blows
Variant title 400 coups
Series The Criterion collection ; 5
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 5. ^A506835
Abstract Thirteen-year-old Antoine Doinet lives in a cramped apartment with his mother and stepfather, neglected by them and unlucky at school. Living an intensely imaginative life of his own he gets into trouble and is finally committed to reform school from which he escapes and runs towards the sea, which he has never seen.
General noteOriginally released as a motion picture in 1959.
General note"Enhanced for widescreen tvs"--Container.
General noteContainer insert includes an essay "Close to home" by film scholar Annette Insdorf.
General noteSpecial features: optional audio commentary by cinema professor Brian Stonehill; optional audio commentary by Robert Lachenay; "Auditions" featuring screen tests of Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, and Richard Kanayan (7 min.); "Cannes 1959" newsreel interview footage of Jean-Pierre Léaud at Cannes (6 min.); "Cinéastes de notre temps" television program excerpt featuring interviews with Truffaut and friends (23 min.); "Cinépanorama" television excerpt interview of Truffaut (7 min.); theatrical trailer (4 min.).
General note"Janus Films"--Container.
CreditsDirector of photography, Henri Decaë ; editors, Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte, Cécile Decugis, Michèle de Possel ; music, Jean Constantin ; producer, Georges Charlot.
Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay.
Audience Not rated.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageIn French with optional English subtitles.
Awards noteCannes Film Festival, 1959: OCIC Award; Best director.
ISBN1559409738
ISBN9781559409735
UPC 715515017527
Publisher numberCC1625D The Criterion Collection
Stock numberMZ00805914 BWI

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