Shoot The Piano Player
Fox Lorber (1960)
Crime, Drama, Foreign, Thriller
In Collection
#11636
0*
Seen ItYes
037429212721
IMDB   7.7
1 hr 32 mins France / French
DVD  Region 1   NR
Charles Aznavour Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
Marie Dubois Léna
Nicole Berger Thérèse Saroyan
Michele Mercier Clarisse
Serge Davri Plyne
Claude Mansard Momo
Richard Kanayan Fido Saroyan
Albert Rémy Chico Saroyan
Jean-Jacques Aslanian Richard Saroyan
Daniel Boulanger Ernest
Claude Heymann Lars Schmeel
Alex Joffé Passerby
Boby Lapointe Le chanteur
Catherine Lutz Mammy
Laure Paillette La mère
Director
François Truffaut
Producer Pierre Braunberger
Writer David Goodis
François Truffaut
Cinematography Raoul Coutard
Musician Georges Delerue


Charlie Kohler is a piano player in a bar. The waitress Lena is in love with him. One of Charlie's brother, Chico, a crook, takes refuge in the bar because he is chased by two gangsters, Momo and Ernest. We will discover that Charlie's real name is Edouard Saroyan, once a virtuose who gives up after his wife's suicide. Charlie now has to deal wih Chico, Ernest, Momo, Fido (his youngest brother who lives with him), and Lena...
Edition Details
Edition Criterion
Distributor Criterion Collection
Release Date 12/6/2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed)
Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Widescreen (16:9)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
SUB [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 Audio Commentary by film scholars Peter Brunette and Annette Insdorf Theatrical Trailer Interviews Rare Interview with François Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman Two documentary excerpts featuring Truffaut on the film and the source novel The Music of Georges Delerue, an illustrated audio essay Dubois' screen test 28-page booklet