Wages of fear

Wages of fear

DVD - 2005

In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves.

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Subjects
Petroleum workers > South America > Fiction.
Oil wells > Central America > Fiction.
Truck drivers > South America > Fiction.
Nitroglycerin > Fiction.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Film adaptations
Fiction films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection ©2005.
Language
French
English
Corporate Authors
Filmsonor (Firm), C.I.C.C. Films
Corporate Authors
Filmsonor (Firm) (production company), C.I.C.C. Films
Other Authors
H.-G. (Henri-Georges) Clouzot (film director), Jérome Geronimi (screenwriter), Yves Montand, 1921-1991 (actor), Charles Vanel, 1892-1989 (-), Peter van Eyck, 1911-1969, William Tubbs, 1909-1953, Vera Clouzot, 1913-1960, Folco Lulli, 1912-1970, Georges Arnaud, 1917-1987
Edition
Special edition double-disc set
Item Description
Based on the novel by Georges Arnaud.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
Disc 1. contains the feature film with a new, restored high-definition digital transfer and new and improved English subtitle translation. Disc 2. contains special features, including new video interviews with assistant director Michel Romanoff and Henri-Georges Clouzot biographer Marc Godin ; archival interview with Yves Montand, on working with Clouzot (1988) ; documentary, "Henri-Georges Clouzot : the enlightened tyrant" (2004) ; "Censored," an analysis of cuts made to the film for the 1955 U.S. release.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 147 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono ; high-definition transfer.
Audience
PG.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Armand Thirard ; editors, Henri Rust, Madeleine Gug ; music, Georges Auric.
ISBN
9780780029651
  • Disc 1. [Feature film]
  • Disc 2. [Special features].
Review by Library Journal Review

Four ragtag expatriates holed up in colonial Latin America accept a dangerous assignment: drive a pair of nitroglycerine-laden trucks over rugged terrain to extinguish an oil well fire. Despite a slow start that keeps the set-up dragging in low gear, Henri-Georges Clouzot (Diabolique) cranks up the suspense once his hard-bitten quartet hit the road. Featuring a load of supplemental extras and a digital spit shine, this uncut version of the grim classic is recommended for most collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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