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Shoot the piano player [videorecording] = Tirez sur le pianiste / Les Films de la Pléiade ; adaptation by F. Truffaut, Marcel Moussey ; directed by François Truffaut.

Contributor Truffaut, François.

Edition Statement:Special ed., widescreen.

Imprint:New York, NY : Criterion Collection, 2005.

Description2 videodiscs (81 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 28 p. booklet.

Note:Based on the novel Down there by David Goodis.

Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.

Note:Features: audio commentary, theatrical trailer ; (disc 2) video interviews with Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, and the director of photography, interview with the François Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman, documentary excerpts featuring Truffaut on the film and the source novel, The music of Georges Delerue featurette, Dubois' screen test, booklet with essay and interview (28 p.).

Target AudienceMPAA rating: Not rated.

Note:A former concert pianist now playing in a run-down cafe must cope with his girlfriend's notion of restoring his former fame and his brothers' involvement with gangsters.

Note : PerformerCharles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger.

System Details NotesDVDs, Dolby digital mono.

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Contributor
Truffaut, François.
Moussey, Marce.
Aznavour, Charles.
Dubois, Marie, 1937-2014.
Berger, Nicole, 1934-1967.
Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992.
Lapointe, Boby, 1922-1972.
Leclerc, Félix.
Goodis, David, 1917-1967. Down there.
Films de la Pléiade (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Title:
Tirez sur le pianiste [videorecording]
Series Statement
Buhl Library Video Collection
Series Added Entry
Criterion collection ; 315
Subject:
Goodis, David, 1917-1967 -- Film and video adaptations.
Subject:
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Brothers -- Drama.
Gangsters -- Drama.
Pianists -- Drama.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Gangster films.
Black and white films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.