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“It is inconceivable to think of world cinema without Kurosawa.”

—Stephen Prince

Ak 100: 25 FiLMS by AkiRA kURoSAwASRP $399 • PREbook 11/10/09 • STREET 12/8/09 • 12" x 7" x 6"

CAT. no. CC1858D • iSbn 978-1-60465-226-0 • UPC 7-15515-05201-6Summary and design © 2009 the Criterion Collection. www.criterion.com

ThE CREAToR oF SUCh TiMELESS MASTERPiECES as Rashomon, Ikiru,

Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and High and Low, akira Kurosawa is one of the most

influential and beloved filmmakers who ever lived—and for many the greatest

artist the medium has known. now, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth,

the Criterion Collection is proud to present this deluxe box set celebrating his

astonishing career. featuring twenty-five of the films he made over the course

of his fifty years in movies—from samurai epics to postwar noirs to Shakespeare

adaptations—AK 100 is the most complete set of his works ever released in this

country, and includes four rare films that have never been available on DVD.

PaCKaging art not final

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“His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled.”

—george lucas

restored digital transfers of:

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)Dodes’ka-den (1970)Drunken Angel (1948)

The Hidden Fortress (1958)High and Low (1963)I Live in Fear (1955)

The Idiot (1951)Ikiru (1952)

Kagemusha (1980)The Lower Depths (1957)

Madadayo (1993)The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1945)*

The Most Beautiful (1944)*No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)One Wonderful Sunday (1947)

Rashomon (1951)Red Beard (1965)

Sanjuro (1962)Sanshiro Sugata (1943)*

Sanshiro Sugata, Part II (1944)*Scandal (1950)

Seven Samurai (1954)Stray Dog (1949)

Throne of Blood (1957)Yojimbo (1961)

*FiRST TiME on DVD!

PLUS: a book featuring an introduction and notes on each of the films by Stephen Prince (The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa)

and a remembrance by Donald richie (Films of Akira Kurosawa)

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“At last, a great contemporary holiday movie that’s strictly for

grown-ups.”—Michael Sragow, The Baltimore Sun

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A christmAs tAlein Arnaud Desplechin’s beguiling A Christmas Tale (Un conte de

Noël), Catherine Deneuve brings her legendary poise to the role of

Junon, matriarch of the troubled Vuillard family, who come together at

Christmas after she learns she needs a bone marrow transplant from a

blood relative. that simple family-reunion setup, however, can’t begin

to describe the unpredictable, emotionally volatile experience of this

film, an inventive, magical drama that’s equal parts merriment and

melancholy. Unrequited childhood loves and blinding grudges, brutal

outbursts and sudden slapstick, music, movies, and poetry—A Christmas

Tale ties it all together in a marvelously messy package.

director-APProved Blu-rAy sPeciAl edition FeAtures• new, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and

approved by director Arnaud Desplechin, with DtS-HD Master Audio soundtrack

• L’aimée, Desplechin’s 2007 documentary about the selling of his family home

• Arnaud’s Tale, a new documentary featuring interviews with Desplechin and actors Mathieu Amalric and Catherine Deneuve

• original theatrical trailers

• new and improved English subtitle translation

• PlUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip lopate

Film inFo• Directed by Arnaud desplechin (My Sex Life, Esther Kahn, Kings and Queen)

• Starring catherine deneuve (Repulsion, Belle de jour, The Last Metro)

• Starring mathieu Amalric (Kings and Queen, Munich, Quantum of Solace)

• Starring melvil Poupaud (A Summer’s Tale, Time to Leave, Broken English)

• Cinematography by eric gautier (The Motorcycle Diaries, Into the Wild, Summer Hours)

2008 • 152 minutes • Color • Surround • In French with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

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giMMe shelterCalled the greatest rock film ever made, this landmark

documentary follows the rolling Stones on their notorious

1969 U.S. tour. When three hundred thousand members

of the love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells

Angels at San francisco’s Altamont Speedway, Direct

Cinema pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte

Zwerin were there to immortalize on film the bloody slash

that transformed a decade’s dreams into disillusionment.

blU-ray sPecial edition featUres• new high-definition digital transfer of the uncensored thirtieth-

anniversary version, remastered and restored from the camera original, with DtS-HD Master Audio soundtrack

• Exclusive Dolby Digital and DtS 5.1 surround-sound mixes

• Audio commentary featuring directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin and collaborator Stanley Goldstein

• Performances by the rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1969, including “little Queenie,” “oh Carol,” and “Prodigal Son,” plus backstage outtakes

• Excerpts from KSAn radio’s Altamont wrap-up, recorded December 7, 1969, with introductions by then DJ Stefan Ponek

• Altamont stills gallery, featuring the work of renowned photographers Bill owens and Beth Sunflower

• original and rerelease theatrical trailers

• PlUS: A booklet with essays by Mick Jagger’s former assistant Georgia Bergman, music writers Michael lydon and Stanley Booth, and film critics Amy taubin and Godfrey Cheshire

filM info• Directed by the Maysles brothers (Grey Gardens,

Salesman) and charlotte Zwerin (Salesman, Meet Marlon Brando)

• Starring Mick Jagger (Performance, Sympathy for the Devil, Burden of Dreams)

1970 • 91 minutes • color • stereo • 1.33:1 aspect ratio

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