Cul-de-Sac [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Roman Polanski Roman Polanski

Overview

The fact that there isn't a single likeable character in Cul de Sac does not diminish its artistic value in the least. Ageing, furtively kinky Donald Pleasence is married to sexy young Francoise Dorleac. The couple's hermitlike tranquility is shattered when wounded gangsters Jack MacGowan and Lionel Stander invade their home and hold them hostage. As Dorleac urges her tremulous husband to do something, the two criminals begin behaving in a fashion that can only inadequately be described as eccentric. Drawing upon two of Polanski's favorite themes-isolation and latent insanity--Cul de Sac actually improves upon each viewing, assuming that the viewer has the intestinal fortitude to sit through it once.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/16/2011
UPC:	0715515084116
Original Release:	1966
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:52:00
Sales rank:	13,390

Special Features

Two Gangsters and an island, a 2003 documentary about the making of Cul-de-sac, featuring interviews with Polanski, producer Gene Gutowski, and cinematographer, Gilbert Taylor; Television interveiw with Polanski from 1967; Theatrical trailers; A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Thompson

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Lionel Stander	Richard
Donald Pleasence	George
Françoise Dorléac	Teresa
Jack MacGowran	Albert
Iain Quarrier	Christopher
Geoffrey Sumner	His Father
Renee Houston	His Mother
William Franklyn	Cecil
Trevor Delaney	Nicholas
Marie Kean	Mrs. Fairweather
Robert Dorning	Mr. Fairweather
Jacqueline Bisset	Jacqueline
Francoise Dorleac	Actor
Krzysztof Komeda	Composer

Technical Credits

Gérard Brach

Roman Pola¿ski

Gene Gutowski	Producer
Sam Wayneberg	Executive Producer
Gérard Brach	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Sam Waynberg	Executive Producer
Tony Tenser	Producer
David Campling	Sound Effects
Stephen Dalby	Sound Effects
Gerry Humphreys	Sound Effects
George Stephenson	Sound Effects
Robin O'Donoghue	Sound Effects
Roman Polanski	Director
Maude Spector	Casting
Roman Pola¿ski	Screenwriter