Cul-de-sac
By: Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Compton-Tekli Film Productions Limited ; original screenplay by Roman Polanski and Gérard Brach ; executive producer, Sam Waynberg ; produced by Gene Gutowski ; directed by Roman Polanski
Contributors: Klinger, Michael, 1920-1989, film producer, producer; Tenser, Tony, film producer, producer; Taylor, Gilbert, director of photography, cinematographer; McIntyre, Alastair, editor of moving image work, film editor; Komeda, Krzysztof, composer (expression), composer; Sellers, Bridget, costume designer; Lack, George, art director, artistic director; Voytek, designer; Pleasence, Donald, actor; Dorléac, Françoise, actor; Stander, Lionel, actor; MacGowran, Jack, 1918-1973, actor; Franklyn, William, 1926- actor; Dorning, Robert, actor; Kean, Marie, 1918-1993, actor; Houston, Renée, 1902-1980, actor; Sumner, Geoffrey, actor; Quarrier, Iain, actor; Bisset, Jacqueline, 1944- actor; Delaney, Trevor, actor; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Compton-Tekli Film Productions; Criterion Collection (Firm)
Edition: Director-approved DVD special edition.
Series: Criterion collection -- 577; Criterion collection -- 577.
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781604654509
Subjects: Drama; Award Winners; Spouses; Fugitives from justice; Comedy
Description: A withdrawn couple's isolated house is infiltrated by a rude, burly American gangster on the run. The three engage in role-playing games of sexual and emotional humiliations. An evocative, claustrophobic, and morbidly funny tale of the modern world in chaos.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.

Restored high-definition digital transfer.

Special features: 'Two gangsters and an island' making-of documentary (2003); "The nomad" television interview with Polanski (1967); Theatrical trailers. Booklet: "High tides" essay by film critic David Thompson.

Booklet inserted inside container.

Producers, Michael Klinger, Tony Tenser ; director of photography, Gilbert Taylor ; editor, Alastair McIntyre ; music by Komeda ; wardrobe, Bridget Sellers ; art director, George Lack ; production designer, Voytek.

Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, William Franklyn, Robert Dorning, Marie Kean, Renee Houston, Geoffrey Sumner, Iain Quarrier, Jackie Bisset, Trevor Delaney.

DVD format; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) enhanced for 16:9 TVs; Dolby Digital mono.

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.