Carlos

Assayas, Olivier. (Added Author). Leconte, Daniel. (Added Author). Franck, Dan (Added Author). Ramírez, Édgar, 1977- (Added Author). Abi Samra, Fadi. (Added Author). Kaabour, Ahmad. (Added Author). Bach, Christoph, 1975- (Added Author). Von Waldstätten, Nora. (Added Author). Al Haddad, Rodney. (Added Author). Hummer, Julia. (Added Author). Scheer, Alexander, 1976- (Added Author). El-Jurdi, Talal. (Added Author). Acosta, Juanita, 1976- (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Sundance Selects (Firm) (Added Author). Doc en Stock (Firm) (Added Author). Egoli Tossell Film AG. (Added Author). Édgar Ramírez, Fadi Abi Samra, Ahmad Kaabour, Christoph Bach, Nora Von Waldstätten, Rodney El-Haddad, Julia Hummer, Alexander Scheer, Talal El-Jurdi. (Cast).

Summary: An epic, intensely detailed account of the life of the infamous international terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez - also known as Carlos the Jackal. One of the twentieth century's most wanted fugitives, Carlos was committed to violent left-wing activism throughout the seventies and eighties, orchestrating bombings, kidnappings, and hijackings in Europe and the Middle East.

Item details

ISBN: 9781604654844
ISBN: 1604654848
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
4 videodiscs (339 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 p. ; 19 cm.)
Edition: DVD special ed.
Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2011.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Container indicates subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, but item is only closed captioned. Based on an original idea by Daniel Leconte. Accompanying booklet contains "essays by critics Colin MacCabe and Greil Marcus, as well as a timeline of Carlos's life and biographies of selected figures portrayed in the film, written by Carlos's historical advisor, Stephen Smith. Special features: new video interviews with director Olivier Assayas, actor Édgar Ramírez, and Lenoir; selected-scene commentary featurig Lenoir; Carlos: terrorist without borders, and hour-long documentary; archival interview with Carlos associate Hans-Joachim Klein; Maison de France, a feature-length documentary on a Carlos bombing not included in the film; twenty-minute making-of documentary on the film's OPEC raid scene; original theatrical trailer;.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Cinematography, Yorick Le Saux, Denis Lenoir ; editing, Luc Barnier, Marion Monnier.
Participant or Performer Note:	Édgar Ramírez, Fadi Abi Samra, Ahmad Kaabour, Christoph Bach, Nora Von Waldstätten, Rodney El-Haddad, Julia Hummer, Alexander Scheer, Talal El-Jurdi.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally broadcast as a mini-series by Canal+ in 2010.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital surround 5.1.
Language Note:	French with dialogue in English Arabic, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish with optional English subtitles. Booklet in English.