Z (Criterion Collection) PG
He is alive!
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours, 7 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 27, 2009
- Originally Released: 1969
- Label: Criterion
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Yves Montand & Irene Papas | |
Performer: | Jean-Louis Trintignant | |
Directed by | Costa-Gavras |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1969 -
Best Film Editing: Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1969 -
Best Foreign Language Film: Not Applicable
Cannes 1969 -
Best Actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant
Entertainment Reviews:
It's hard to overstate the impact that this Oscar-winning procedural thriller had in 1969, on a world roiling in political activism, repression, and discord.
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Film.com
Rating: 3.5/4 --
In its slick cinematic urgency and its outrage, Z still has the power to shake you up.
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Boston Globe
A political film that is sincere and, above all, explicit, without any tedious symbolism or irrational messages. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
Z is a pulse-pounding procedural that pieces together the murder of a left-wing youth leader....This is an amazing film... -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Four decades later, this glimpse into the machinations of political violence, intolerance, willful ignorance, and systemic oppression has lost none of its urgent relevance.
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Boston Phoenix
...The movie exhilarates with its blistering pace and extraordinarily corrupt villains...
USA Today
Z, whose title is a stand-in for the Greek word zei ('he lives'), takes us back to where that fascination all began for Costa-Gavras and shows us that, for the rest of us, it hasn't ever really ended.
Washington Post
Product Description:
Based on a true incident, the Deputy Z is struck down by a speeding truck while hundreds watch. Despite the report of accidental death, a journalist's questioning of the facts leads to an investigation.
Product Description:
A pulse-pounding political thriller, Greek expatriate director Costa-Gavras' Z was one of the cinematic sensations of the late sixties, and remains among the most vital dispatches from that hallowed era of filmmaking. This Academy Award winner--loosely based on the 1963 assassination of Greek left-wing activist Gregoris Lambrakis--stars Yves Montand as a prominent politician and doctor whose public murder amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and goverment officials; Jean-Louis Trintignant is the tenacious magistrate who's determined not to let them get away with it. Featuring kinetic, rhythmic editing, Raoul Coutard's expressive verite photography, and Mikis Theodorakis' unforgettable, propulsive score, Z is a technically audacious and emotionally gripping masterpiece.
Keywords:
Classic
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Mystery
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Politics
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Suspense
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Thriller
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True Story
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Recommended
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Reporters
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Theatrical Release
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Essential Cinema
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