Shoot the Piano Player - Tirez sur le pianiste (1960)

By François Truffaut, this adaptation fo a book by David Goodis, with Charles Aznavour. W YT

Shoot the piano player [DVD] = Tirez sur le pianiste
Truffaut, François.

Title:

Shoot the piano player [DVD] = Tirez sur le pianiste / Janus Films ; MK2 diffusion ; Pierre Braunberger présente ; adaptation de F. Truffaut et Marcel Moussy ; dialogue et mise en scène de François Truffaut ; Les Films de la Pléiade.

Publication info:

Los Angeles, CA : Showtime Entertainment, [2005]

Physical descrip:

2 videodiscs (ca. 92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Series:

(The Criterion collection ; 315)

Credits:

Cinematography, Raoul Coutard ; editing, Claudine Bouché, Cécile Decugis ; music, Georges Delerue.

Cast:

Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier.

Summary:

Charlie Kohler is a piano player in a bar. Lena, a waitress at the bar, is in love with him. One of Charlie's brother, Chico, a crook, takes refuge in the bar because he is being chased by two gangsters, Momo and Ernest. But Charlie's real name is Edouard Saroyan, who was once a virtuoso who gave up playing after his wife's suicide. Charlie now has to deal with Chico, Ernest, Momo, Fido (his youngest brother who lives with him), and Lena. Charlie ends up stumbling into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair.

Audience:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Technical details:

DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

Language:

French dialogue, with optional English subtitles.

Held by:

SYLVAN BAINBRIDGE

Personal subject:

Goodis, David, 1917-1967--Film adaptations.