Hopscotch
By: Studio Canal ; an Avco Embassy film ; Edie and Ely Landau present a Ronald Neame film ; screenplay by Brian Garfield and Bryan Forbes ; produced by Edie and Ely Landau ; directed by Ronald Neame
Contributors: Matthau, Walter; Jackson, Glenda; Waterston, Sam; Lom, Herbert; Beatty, Ned; Ibbetson, Arthur; Kress, Carl; Fraser, Ian, 1933-2014; Studio Canal+; Avco Embassy Pictures; Home Vision (Firm); Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series: The criterion collection -- 163; The classic collection; Criterion collection -- 163.; Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Criterion Collection
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Irvington, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 105
ISBN-13: 9781681433486
Subjects: United States; Official secrets; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Drama; Undercover operations; Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Work titles: Hopscotch (Motion picture)
Description: One of the CIA's top international operatives is suddenly relegated to a desk job in an agency power play. Unwilling to go quietly, and with the aid of a chic Viennese widow, he puts himself back in the game by writing a memoir exposing the innermost secrets of every major intelligence agency in the world. The CIA now wants him dead, but he refuses to cooperate--because he's having too much fun!
Notes: Originally issued as a motion picture in 1980.

Based on the novel by Brian Garfield.

Enhanced for widescreen TV's ; aspect ratio, 2.35:1.

"A joint venture between Janus Films and Home Vision Cinema"--Container.

Special features: video introduction featuring interviews with director Ronald Neame and writer Brian Garfield; alternate audio track originally made for family television viewing; original theatrical trailer; teaser.

Director of photography, Arthur Ibbetson ; editor, Carl Kress ; music adaptation, Ian Fraser ; production designer, William Creber.

Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Herbert Lom, Ned Beatty.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, NTSC, Dolby digital mono., new high-definition digital transfer; RSDL dual-layer edition.

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Table of contents: title: Special features: New high-definition digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions; title: Video introduction featuring interviews with director Ronald Neame and writer Brian Garfield; title: Optional broadcast television audio track for family viewing; title: Original theatrical trailer and teaser; title: Language: English mono.; title: Subtitles: English (SDH).