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The battle of Algiers : [La bataille d'Alger]

By: Contributor(s): Language: French, Arabic Original language: French, Arabic Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 249.Publication details: Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, ©2004.Edition: Special edDescription: 3 DVD (123 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 pages ; 19 cm)ISBN:
  • 0780028872
  • 9780780028876
  • 9781604657722
  • 1604657723
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .B347 2004
Contents:
Disc. 1. The battle of Algiers (121 min.) -- disc. 2. Pontecorvo and the film -- disc. 3. The film and history.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Marcello Gatti ; editors, Mario Morra, Mario Serandrei ; original music, Ennio Morricone ; production designer, Sergio Canevari.
Awards:
  • Venice Film Festive, Golden Lion, 1966; International Film Critics Award, 1966; City of Venice Award, 1966.
Cast: Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader.Summary: Dramatizes the harrowing events of the tumultuous Algerian uprising of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence ... The French win the battle, but ultimately lose the war as the Algerian people demonstrate that they will no longer be suppressed.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Visual Material Visual Material Whitecliffe Library Audio Visual General DVD 322 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Disc 1: The battle of Algiers Available Region 1, NTSC 0013065
Visual Material Visual Material Whitecliffe Library Audio Visual General DVD 323 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Disc 2: Pontecorvo and the film Available Region 1, NTSC 0013081
Visual Material Visual Material Whitecliffe Library Audio Visual General DVD 324 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Disc 3: The film and history Available Region 1, NTSC 0013082

Originally released as a motion picture in 1966 by Casbah Films; French and Arabic dialogue, optional English subtitles.

Disc 1: theatrical and re-release trailers; production gallery -- Disc 2: "Gillo Pontecorvo: the dictatorship of truth," a 37 min. documentary made in 1992 about Pontecorvo -- The making of The battle of Algiers (51 min.) -- Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone discuss the film (17 min.) -- Disc 3: "Remembering history," a 69 min. documentary about the Algerian Revolution -- "etats d'armes," 28 min. of excerpts from Patrick Rotman's 3-part documentary, L'Ennemi Intime, which focuses on the horror of the Revolution -- "The battle of Algiers, a case study": a 25 min. conversation about the contemporary relevance of the battle of Algiers between former National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism Richard A. Clarke, former State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Michael A. Sheehan, and Chief of Investigative Projects for ABC News, Christopher E. Isham -- "Gillo Pontecorvo's Return to Algiers" (1992) (58 min.).

Disc. 1. The battle of Algiers (121 min.) -- disc. 2. Pontecorvo and the film -- disc. 3. The film and history.

Director of photography, Marcello Gatti ; editors, Mario Morra, Mario Serandrei ; original music, Ennio Morricone ; production designer, Sergio Canevari.

Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader.

Dramatizes the harrowing events of the tumultuous Algerian uprising of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence ... The French win the battle, but ultimately lose the war as the Algerian people demonstrate that they will no longer be suppressed.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono.

French and Arabic dialogue, English subtitles.

Venice Film Festive, Golden Lion, 1966; International Film Critics Award, 1966; City of Venice Award, 1966.

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