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Tirez sur le pianiste

Title
Tirez sur le pianiste [videorecording] / a Janus Films presentation ; Films de la Pléiade ; produced by Pierre Braunberger ; directed by François Truffaut.
Publication
Chicago, IL : Home Vision, 1992, c1988.

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Additional Authors
  • Aznavour, Charles
  • Dubois, Marie, 1937-
  • Berger, Nicole, 1934-1967.
  • Mercier, Michèle
  • Truffaut, François
  • Braunberger, Pierre, 1905-
  • Goodis, David, 1917-1967.
  • Films de la Pléiade, Paris
Description
1 videocassette (84 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
Summary
Charlie, a dance bar piano player haunted by his past, lives quietly with his younger brother and prostitute girlfriend. One day his other brother appears, on the lam from gangsters, needing his help. Reluctantly, Charlie is drawn into a web of betrayal and murder, and a bittersweet love affair with a waitress who knows his secret. When his younger brother is kidnapped, Charlie must commit himself to action, even if it means violence and heartbreak.
Alternative Title
Shoot the piano player
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Note
  • VHS.
  • Issued also as Fox Lorber Home Video: FLV1471.
  • In French with English subtitles.
  • Fully restored with new translation and subtitles.
  • Title on container and cassette label: Shoot the piano player.
  • Based on the novel, Down there, by David Goodis.
  • Original production: c1960.
Credits (note)
  • Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; production design, Serge Komor ; music, Georges Delerue ; adaptation by F. Truffaut, Marcel Moussy ; screenplay, François Truffaut.
Performer (note)
  • Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Albert Rémy, Daniel Boulanger, Claude Mansard, and others.
ISBN
1572524480
Title
Tirez sur le pianiste [videorecording] / a Janus Films presentation ; Films de la Pléiade ; produced by Pierre Braunberger ; directed by François Truffaut.
Imprint
Chicago, IL : Home Vision, 1992, c1988.
Credits
Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; production design, Serge Komor ; music, Georges Delerue ; adaptation by F. Truffaut, Marcel Moussy ; screenplay, François Truffaut.
Cast
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Albert Rémy, Daniel Boulanger, Claude Mansard, and others.
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Added Author
Aznavour, Charles.
Dubois, Marie, 1937-
Berger, Nicole, 1934-1967.
Mercier, Michèle.
Truffaut, François.
Braunberger, Pierre, 1905-
Goodis, David, 1917-1967. Down there.
Films de la Pléiade, Paris.
Added Title
Shoot the piano player [videorecording]
Publisher No.
SHO 100 Home Vision
FLV1471 Fox Lorber Home Video
Branch Call Number
Fre VC 792.9 T
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