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Army of Shadows AKA L'armée des ombres AKA The Shadow Army (1969)
France, 1942, during the occupation. Philippe Gerbier, a civil engineer, is one of the French Resistance's chiefs. Given away by a traitor, he is interned in a camp.Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
OVERALL: R1-
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau
Trailers
- French Theatrical trailer (3:02)
- US 2006 Premiere trailer (1:50)
DISC TWO
"Jean-Pierre Melville, Filmmaker" segment from a 1968 episode of the French television series Chronicles de France (4:22)
"Pierre Lhomme"
- "Revisiting a Masterpiece: Pierre Lhomme and Army of Shadows" 2006 interview (14:07)
- "Restoration Demonstration by Pierre Lhomme" featurette (7:13)
- Production Color Tests photo gallery (13 images)
"Françoise Bonnot: Editing with Melville" 2006 interview (10:56)
Excerpts from a 1969 episode of the French television series L'invité du dimanche (30:19)
"Jean-Pierre Melville et L'armée des ombres" 2005 documentary (27:33)
"The Resistance"
- "Le journal de la Résistance" 1944 documentary narrated by Noël Coward (34:12)
- Excerpts from the 1984 French television program Libération, libération: Le cinéma de l'ombre featuring actress Simone Signoret & Resistance member Lucie Aubrac (5:25)
- Excerpts from a 1973 episode of the French television series Ouvrez les guillemets (23:22) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
French Dolby Digital 1.0 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Audio commentary & Françoise Bonnot interview are in English with no subtitles.
"Restoration Demonstration" & US Trailer have English on-screen text.
"Le journal de la Résistance" documentary is in English & French, with optional English subtitles for French portions.
All other extras are in French, with optional English subtitles.
Includes a 48-page booklet featuring essays by critic Amy Taubin and historian Robert Paxton and excerpts from 'Melville on Melville' by Rui Nogueira. -
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Extras:"Jean-Pierre Melville et L'armée des ombres" 2005 documentary (27:31)
Filmographies
- Jean-Pierre Melville (director)
- Lino Ventura
- Simone Signoret
- Jean-Pierre Cassel
- Paul Crauchet
- Christian Barbier
- Claude Mann
- Paul Meurisse
Poster and Photo gallery
French Theatrical trailer (3:00) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
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Case type:Digipak
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Extras:Stills Gallery
Theatrical trailer -
Subtitles:Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish (Castilian), Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau
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Extras:"Jean-Pierre Melville, Filmmaker" segment from a 1968 episode of the French television series Chronicles de France (4 min)
"Le journal de la Résistance" 1944 documentary narrated by Noël Coward (33 min)
French Theatrical trailer -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Audio commentary is in English, with optional English subtitles.
"Le journal de la Résistance" documentary is in English & French, with English subtitles for French portions.
All other extras are in French, with English subtitles.
Includes a booklet featuring essay by Jean-Michel Frodon and a review of the film on its original release by Jean-Louis Comolli. -
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (145:17 NTSC).
- R2 France- Studio Canal - No cuts (138:23 PAL).
- R2 Spain- Studio Canal - No cuts.
- R2 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (138:50 PAL).
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Comparison added by Goran_Andersson on 02/06/05
Comparison last updated by Vincent_Prendergast on 31/05/20UPDATE LOG:
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30/05/20: Updated title, added Caps-a-holic link, updated extras/notes on US & UK releases.
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