The Butcher

Director: Claude Chabrol, Chad Archibald Claude Chabrol

Overview

This DVD edition of Claude Chabrol's thriller The Butcher offers a commentary tack recorded by the film's screenwriters, Howard Rodman and Terry Curtis. The film itself is presented in a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. French, English, and Spanish soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials also include biographies, a still photo gallery, and a trailer.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/20/2003
UPC:	0825307906295
Original Release:	1970
Rating:	NR
Source:	Pathfinder Home Ent.
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:27:00
Sales rank:	19,844

Special Features

Letterboxed; 16 x 9 enhanced video; Scene access; Audio commentary by Howard Rodman (screenwriter) and Terry Curtis Fox (screenwriter); Biographies; Trailer; Still gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jean Yanne	Popaul/Paul Thomas
Stéphane Audran	Hélène
Antonio Passalia	Angelo
Pasquale Ferone	Pere Cahrpy,Père Cahrpy/Uncle Cahrpy
Roger Rudel	Police Inspector Grumbach
Mario Beccara	Léon Hamel
Aidan Devine	Actor
Ava Preston	Actor
Jess Salgueiro	Actor
Brandon McKnight	Actor
Michael Reventar	Actor
Ari Millen	Actor
Raffaele Brereton	Actor
Adam Christie	Actor
Pastel Supernova	Actor
Mario Beccaria	Léon Hamel
William Guérault	Charles
Pierre Jansen	Composer

Technical Credits

Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol	Director,Screenwriter
Andre Genoves	Producer
Chad Archibald	Director
André Génovès	Producer
Guy Chichignoud	Sound Effects
Gérard Dacquay	Sound Effects
Louis Devaivre	Sound Effects
Alex Pront	Sound Effects
André Genovès	Producer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Chapter 1 [9:21]
2. Chapter 2 [3:45]
3. Chapter 3 [5:11]
4. Chapter 4 [6:58]
5. Chapter 5 [7:03]
6. Chapter 6 [2:43]
7. Chapter 7 [5:54]
8. Chapter 8 [2:04]
9. Chapter 9 [10:42]
10. Chapter 10 [6:00]
11. Chapter 11 [5:06]
12. Chapter 12 [3:44]
13. Chapter 13 [3:28]
14. Chapter 14 [3:08]
15. Chapter 15 [1:48]
16. Chapter 16 [2:54]
17. Chapter 17 [7:34]
18. Chapter 18 [1:10]

Menu

Side #1 --
   Play Movie
   Chapter Selections
   Special Features
      Trailer
      Biographies
         Director Claude Chabrol
         Stephane Audran
         Jean Yanne
      Still Gallery
   Production Credits
   Audio/Subtitles Setup
      Audio
         French
         English
         Spanish
      Commentary by screenwriters Howard Rodman & Terry Curtis Fox
         Commentary: On
         Commentary: Off
      Subtiltes
         English Subtitles: On
         English Subtiltes: Off

Editorial Reviews

One of the fundamental influences of the French New Wave filmmakers -- most were also critics for the legendary Cahiers du Cinéma -- was to re-introduce the world to films that had been dismissed as "mere entertainment." Among their favorite subjects were the westerns of John Ford, the garish melodramas of Samuel Fuller and the comedies and genre films of Howard Hawks. Claude Chabrol, one of the leading voices of the movement, was an early champion of Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers. It's fitting then, that Chabrol has persistently paid homage to Hitchcock in his films. While not as fixated on the psychological-thriller genre as Hitchcock, Chabrol frequently revisits the sort of detached, murky morality and violence that characterized the best of Hitchcock. Perhaps his best film, Le Boucher has few twists in its plot, but relies on a very Hitchcockian blend of suspense and character. Stéphane Audran (Chabrol's wife and frequent collaborator) and Jean Yanne (who starred in another quality Chabrol effort, This Man Must Die, from the same year) both perform admirably in the difficult roles the director has devised for them.

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