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Les Films de Mon Oncle
Directed by: Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.
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Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37:1
Audio Options:
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
French PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Feature Film, Introduction, Video Essay, Interview
- Original 1953 version of the film
- Introduction by actor and comedian Terry Jones
- Clear Skies, Light Breeze, a 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet about the debut of Monsieur Hulot
- Interview with Jacques Tati from a 1978 episode of the French television program Ciné regards
- New interview with film composer and critic Michel Chion on Tati
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Release Credits
Producer: Kate Elmore
Artwork: David Merveille
Release Notes on Restoration
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Monsieur Hulot's Holidat (1978 version) is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. This digital transfer was created in 2K resolution on a Spirit 4K film scanner from an interpositive made from the original nitrate negative at Technicolor in Burbank, California, where the film was also restored. The 2009 restoration was undertaken by Les Films de Mon Oncle with the support of the Foundation Groupama Gan, the Technicolor Foundation, and the Cinémathèque française.
The original monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit at L.E. Diapason in Épinay-sur-Seine, France, from the optical tracks of the two fine-grain nitrate prints used in the restoration.
The original monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit at L.E. Diapason in Épinay-sur-Seine, France, from the optical tracks of the two fine-grain nitrate prints used in the restoration.