Rent Day for Night (1973)

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Synopsis:
At the Victorine Studios in Nice, a French movie-maker, Ferrand (Francois Truffaut) starts shooting his latest film: "Meet Pamela". As ever, this proves eventful from the outset: ups and downs on the shoot, actors whims, complicated love-lives and the producer putting on the pressure...Ferrand wonders whether his film will ever get made. In 'Day for Night', Truffaut provides the answer to the question asked by all film lovers "what goes on behind the cameras?". He films the shoot as it really is, straightforwardly, without artefacts, with honesty and accuracy, making it seem like a documentary.
Often funny, sometimes tragic, 'Day for Night' is one of Truffaut's most autobiographical films and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1973.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Marcel Bebert
Voiced By:
Georges Delerue
Writers:
François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman
Others:
Cloris Leachman, Suzanne Schiffman, Valentine Cortese, François Truffaut
Aka:
La nuit américaine
Studio:
Warner
Genres:
Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Collections:
10 Films to Watch if You Like: Day For Night, A History of Films about Film: Part 2, A History of Films about Film: Part 1, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, Cinema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 1, Films to Watch If You Like..., Oscar's Two-Time Club, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Federico Fellini, The Instant Expert's Guide to François Truffaut
Awards:

1974 BAFTA Best Direction

1974 BAFTA Best Supporting Actress

1974 BAFTA Best Film

1974 Oscar Best Foreign Film

BBFC:
Release Date:
Unknown
Run Time:
112 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0, French Dolby Digital 2.0, French LPCM Mono, German Dolby Digital 1.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles:
Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.66:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Serge Toubiana presents the film
  • Commentary by Nathalie Daye
BBFC:
Release Date:
24/10/2016
Run Time:
116 minutes
Languages:
French LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
English
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.66:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • New visual essay by filmmaker: Kogonada
  • New interviews with Glenn and assistant editor Martine Barraque
  • New interview with film scholar Dudley Andrew
  • Documentary on the film from 2003, featuring film scholar Annette Insdorf
  • Archival interviews with director Francois Truffaut, editor Yann Dedet, and actors Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nathalie Baye, Jacqueline Bisset, Dani, and Bernard Menez
  • Archival television footage about the film, including footage of Truffaut on the set
  • Trailer
  • An essay by critic David Cairns

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