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Director:
François Truffaut
Starring: Jeanne Moreau Oskar Werner Henri Serre
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Product Summary
Format: DVD
Manufacturer: Home Vision/Public Media
Buy.com Sku: 40706440
UPC: 037429184226
UPC 14: 00037429184226
Category Keywords: Character Study Classic Essential Cinema Friends Love Triangle New Wave (Film) Recommended Romance Theatrical Release
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| Tells the stiry of a friendship between two artists, one austrian, the other french, and their mutual love for the same woman, catherine. |
"One of the most beautifully lyrical works in the history of the French Cinema. Find-A-Video
"An undeniable masterpiece. James Monaco, The New Wave
"...A film of rare beauty and charm. Leonard Maltin's Movie & Vieo Guide
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Editor's Note
JULES AND JIM is François Truffaut's intense, beautiful, enigmatic film about the lifelong friendship between two writers--French novelist Jim (Henri Serre) and Austrian children's author Jules (Oskar Werner)--and their mutual love for the eccentric Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). With artful black-and-white imagery, the story begins in 1920s Paris when Jules and Jim first meet and become friends. As young single men, they gallavant about Paris, chasing women or studying ancient art, always animated, curious, and charming. When they meet the equally energetic Catherine, whose impulses range from dressing up as a man to taking midnight plunges into the Seine, their circle is complete. But when World War II erupts, with Jules and Jim fighting on opposite sides, everything changes. Jules marries Catherine before going off to battle. After the war, they settle into a quiet existence in the French countryside. But Catherine is restless and unfaithful. Jim reunites with his oldest and closest friends, and Catherine makes room for him in their house, asking him to move in and become her lover. Jim complies, as he wants nothing more than to please his friend Jules, who agrees to the plan. From there, the film's sweeping photography and wonderfully philosophical scripting tightens as the tale becomes even more complicated. Even its darkest moments, JULES AND JIM is movingly alluring as the friendship between the two men paints a meaningful portrait of human understanding and compassion. Like the similarly themed TWO ENGLISH GIRLS, Truffaut's film is based on a novel by Henri-Pierre Roché.
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DVD, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Mono Audio, Black & White |
Technical Info
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Studio: Home Vision/Public Media |
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Release Date: 5/31/2005 |
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Running Time: 104 minutes |
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Original Release Date: 1962 |
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Catalog ID: 080 |
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UPC: 00037429184226 |
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Number of Discs: 1 |
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Original Language: French |
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Available Audio Tracks: French |
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Available Subtitles: English |
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Video: B&W |
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Widescreen 2.35:1 |
Cast & Crew
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Anny Nelsen |
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Boris Bassiak |
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Henri Serre |
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Jeanne Moreau |
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Marie Dubois |
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Oskar Werner |
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Vanna Urbino |
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Francois Truffaut - Adaptation/Dialogue By |
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Francois Truffaut - Director |
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Georges Delerue - Musical Score |
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Henri-Pierre Roche - Based on Novel By |
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Jean Gruault - Adaptation/Dialogue By |
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Raoul Coutard - Director of Photography |
Plot Summary
Director François Truffaut's JULES AND JIM features two men in love with a capricious, implusive woman. An atmospheric and energetic meditation on the nature of love and monogamy, the tale is breathtakingly told in classic New Wave cinema language.
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