-
Playtime AKA Play Time (Blu-ray) (1967)
Monsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris.Director: Jacques Tati
Year of Copyright: 1967
Year of Production: 1964-67
OVERALL: Draw-
-
Commentaries:Selected scene audio commentary by film historian Philip Kemp (46:44)
-
Extras:"Introduction by Terry Jones" featurette (6:17)
"Au-delà de 'Playtime'" featurette (6:30)
"Tati Story" featurette (20:38)
"Jacques Tati in Monsieur Hulot's Work" interview with director Jacques Tati (49:28)
"Tati at the San Francisco Film Festival" audio interview (16:52)
Interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot (12:10)
"Cours du soir" short written by and starring Tati (27:41) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
-
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
-
Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
-
Soundtrack(s):French LPCM 2.0 Stereo
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
-
Notes:Comes with a 8-page foldout booklet containing an essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Opening credits are windowboxed.
Transferred from 35 mm film.
All extras in HD, partially upscaled from SD.
The short and interview with Sylvette Baudrot are in French with optional English subtitles and all other extras are in English. -
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
-
-
Extras:DISC ONE: Jour de fête
DISC TWO: Mr. Hulot’s Holiday
DISC THREE: Mon Oncle
DISC FOUR "Playtime"
* The Film
Terry Jones Intro (6:17)
Selected-scene audio commentaries by:
- Philip Kemp (Critic - 46:44)
- Stéphane Goudet (Tati scholar - 13:04)
- Jérôme Deschamps (Theater director - 13:14)
"Tativille" on-set documentary (26:10)
"Beyond PlayTime" 2002 documentary featuring on-set footage (6:30)
"Like Home" visual essays by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet (18:55)
2006 Interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot (12:10)
Jacques Tati at the 1972 San Francisco Film Festival Audio Excerpts (16:44)
"About the International Sountrack" notes
DISC FIVE: Trafic
DISC SIX: Parade
DISC SEVEN: Bonus Disc
Tati Short Films:
- "On demande une brute" (1934; 25:01)
- "Gai dimanche" (1935; 21:30)
- "Soigne ton gauche" (1936; 13:23)
- "L’école des facteurs" (1946; 16:05)
- "Cours du soir" (1967; 28:36)
- "Dégustation maison" (1978; 13:58)
- "Forza Bastia" (1978; 27:37)
"Professor Goudet's Lessons" documentary (31:27)
"Tati Story" short (20:38) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
-
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
-
Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
-
Soundtrack(s):French DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0
English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo -
Case type:Digipak
-
Notes:New 4K digital restoration from 65 mm film.
Comes with a 68-page booklet featuring essays by critics James Quandt, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Kristin Ross and David Cairns.
Comes in seven slim digi-pack cases housed in a cardboard slipcase.
The audio commentaries with Stéphane Goudet and Jérôme Deschamps, "Like Home" visual essay and interview with Sylvette Baudrot are in French with optional English subtitles and all other extras are in English.
All disc seven extras are in French with optional English subtitles. -
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
-
-
Extras:DISC ONE "Jour De Fête" (Blu-ray)
DISC TWO "Les vacances de M. Hulot" (Blu-ray)
DISC THREE "Mon oncle" (Blu-ray)
DISC FOUR "Play Time" (Blu-ray)
* The Film
Selected Scenes Commentary by Stephane Goudet (12:42)
Selected Scenes Commentary by Jerome Deschamps (12:50)
"ABC Tempo: Tativille" featurette (25:04)
"Like Home: The Laws of Hospitality" visual analysis by Stephane Goudet (18:34)
DISC FIVE "Trafic" (Blu-ray)
DISC SIX "Parade" (Blu-ray)
DISC SEVEN (Blu-ray)
Tati Short Films:
- "On demande une brute" (1934; 24:57)
- "Gai dimanche" (1935; 21:30)
- "Soigne ton gauche" (1936; 13:23)
- "L’école des facteurs" (1946; 16:05)
- "Cours du soir" (1967; 28:35)
- "Dégustation maison" (1978; 13:58)
- "Forza Bastia" (1978; 27:37)
DISC EIGHT (DVD)
"The Magnificent Tati" documentary (59:43)
Interview with Director Michael House (11:13)
Interview with the crew from Tati's last film "Parade" (11:41)
Madman Trailers:
- Visual Acoustics (2:24)
- Manufactured Landscapes (2:07)
- Herb and Dorothy (2:21)
- In the Shadow of the Moon (2:28) -
Subtitles:English, French (optional)
-
Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
-
Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
-
Soundtrack(s):French DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0
French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono -
Case type:Keep Case
-
Notes:New 4K digital restoration.
All extras in French with optional English subtitles.
Includes a full color booklet. -
Special thanks to Rewind user Bluray Scrapbook (Facebook group) for providing these specifications.
-
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
-
-
Commentaries:Selected Scenes Commentary by Stephane Goudet (12:42)
Selected Scenes Commentary by Jerome Deschamps (12:50) -
Extras:"ABC Tempo: Tativille" featurette (25:04)
"Like Home: The Laws of Hospitality" visual analysis by Stephane Goudet (18:34) -
Subtitles:English, French (optional)
-
Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
-
Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
-
Soundtrack(s):French DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0
French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono -
Case type:Digipak
-
Notes:New 4K digital restoration.
All extras in French with optional English subtitles. -
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
Buy this disc from
Amazon France
-
-
Extras:DISC ONE "Jour De Fête" (Blu-ray)
DISC TWO "Les vacances de M. Hulot" (Blu-ray)
DISC THREE "Mon oncle" (Blu-ray)
DISC FOUR "Play Time" (Blu-ray)
* The Film
Selected Scenes Commentary by Stephane Goudet (12:42)
Selected Scenes Commentary by Jerome Deschamps (12:50)
"ABC Tempo: Tativille" featurette (25:04)
"Like Home: The Laws of Hospitality" visual analysis by Stephane Goudet (18:34)
DISC FIVE "Trafic" (Blu-ray)
DISC SIX "Parade" (Blu-ray)
DISC SEVEN (Blu-ray)
Tati Short Films:
- "On demande une brute" (1934; 24:57)
- "Gai dimanche" (1935; 21:30)
- "Soigne ton gauche" (1936; 13:23)
- "L’école des facteurs" (1946; 16:05)
- "Cours du soir" (1967; 28:35)
- "Dégustation maison" (1978; 13:58)
- "Forza Bastia" (1978; 27:37) -
Subtitles:English, French (optional)
-
Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
-
Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
-
Soundtrack(s):French DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0
French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono -
Case type:Special Case
-
Notes:New 4K digital restoration.
All extras in French with optional English subtitles.
Includes a full color booklet.
Packaged in digipack cases in a box. -
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
Buy this disc from
Amazon France
-
-
Extras:DISC ONE "Jour de fête"
DISC TWO "Les Vacances De M. Hulot"
DISC THREE "Mon oncle"
DISC FOUR
* The Film
Selected scenes commentary by Stéphane Goudet (13:04)
Selected scenes commentary by Jérôme Deschamps (13:13)
"ABC Tempo: Tativille" featurette (25:06)
"Like Home: Les lois de l’hospitalité" visual analysis by Stéphane Goudet (18:57)
DISC FIVE "Trafic"
DISC SIX "Parade"
DISC SEVEN
Tati short films (1934–1978)
- On demande une brute (24:58)
- Gai dimanche (21:31)
- Soigne ton gauche (13:24)
- L’école des facteurs (16:06)
- Cours du soir (28:37)
- Dégustation maison (13:59)
- Forza Bastia (27:36)
"Les Leçons du Professeur Goudet" documentary (31:28) -
Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish (optional)
-
Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
-
Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
-
Soundtrack(s):French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Special Case
-
Notes:Extras are in French, with optional Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles.
Includes a 44-page bilingual full-colour booklet.
7-disc digipak case in a cardboard box. -
Special thanks to Rewind user Markus_Lang for providing these specifications.
-
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
-
-
Commentaries:Selected Scenes Commentary by Stephane Goudet (12:42)
Selected Scenes Commentary by Jerome Deschamps (12:50) -
Extras:"ABC Tempo: Tativille" featurette (25:04)
"Like Home: The Laws of Hospitality" visual analysis by Stephane Goudet (18:34) -
Subtitles:English, French (optional)
-
Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
-
Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
-
Soundtrack(s):French DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0
French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono -
Case type:Keep Case
-
Notes:New 4K digital restoration.
All extras in French with optional English subtitles. -
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
-
-
Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
Audio Commentary by film historian Philip Kemp (2010)
"Tati at the NFT" 1968 audio interview (23:52)
DISC TWO (DVD)
* The Film
Audio Commentary by film historian Philip Kemp (2010)
"Au-dela de Playtime" 2010 featurette (6:13)
"Sylvette Baundrot on Tati and"Tati Story" 2010 featurette (20:39)
Theatrical Trailer
Tati Trailers:
- "Mr. Hulot's Holiday"
- "Mon Oncle" -
Subtitles:English (optional)
-
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
-
Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
-
Soundtrack(s):French LPCM 2.0 Stereo
English LPCM 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
-
Notes:From the booklet: "Playtime was originally photographed in 70mm. The master used for this release was transferred and restored in High Definition from the 35mm reduction internegative which was made from the restored 65mm interpositive."
Comes with an extensive booklet with contextualising essays on the film and its director.
The film is preceded by restoration logos and credits and starts at 1:00. The image ends at 123:30 and plays out with score over black screen until 124:13. -
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
-
-
Extras:DISC ONE "Jour De Fête" (Blu-ray)
DISC TWO "Les vacances de M. Hulot" (Blu-ray)
DISC THREE "Mon oncle" (Blu-ray)
DISC FOUR "Play Time" (Blu-ray)
* The Film
Selected Scenes Commentary by Stephane Goudet (12:42)
Selected Scenes Commentary by Jerome Deschamps (12:50)
"ABC Tempo: Tativille" featurette (25:04)
"Like Home: The Laws of Hospitality" visual analysis by Stephane Goudet (18:34)
DISC FIVE "Trafic" (Blu-ray)
DISC SIX "Parade" (Blu-ray)
DISC SEVEN (Blu-ray)
Tati Short Films:
- "On demande une brute" (1934; 24:57)
- "Gai dimanche" (1935; 21:30)
- "Soigne ton gauche" (1936; 13:23)
- "L’école des facteurs" (1946; 16:05)
- "Cours du soir" (1967; 28:35)
- "Dégustation maison" (1978; 13:58)
- "Forza Bastia" (1978; 27:37) -
Subtitles:English, French (optional)
-
Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
-
Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
-
Soundtrack(s):French DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0
French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono -
Case type:Keep Case
-
Notes:New 4K digital restoration.
All extras in French with optional English subtitles.
Includes a full color booklet.
Packaged in thin keep cases in a box. -
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
-
OVERALL: Draw
- The Criterion edition for the 4K transfer of the 65mm negative, 3.0 surround track, has the best extras with many extras on the disc of the movie, Tati shorts as well as other extras on the seventh disc.
- The Australian Studio Canal release for the 4K transfer of the 65mm negative, 3.0 surround track, and has all the extras from the identical UK and French releases and adds an exclusive bonus disc of extras.
- The UK BFI release has a full length commentary (which the Criterion only has excerpts of), but it is an older transfer and only has a mono track.
Note the following extras found on the standalone Criterion disc:
- "Jacques Tati in Monsieur Hulot's Work",
- "Cours du soir",
are available respectively on the "Trafic" and "Bonus" discs of the boxset. -
CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - 2001 restored version (124:34).
- Blu-ray A The Complete Jacques Tati America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (124:06).
- Blu-ray B Jacques Tati Restored Collection Australia- Studio Canal - No cuts (123:36).
- Blu-ray B France- Studio Canal - No cuts (123:36).
- Blu-ray B Intégrale Jacques Tati France- Studio Canal - No cuts (123:36).
- Blu-ray B Jacques Tati: The Ultimate Complete Collection Scandinavia- Future Film / Studio S - No cuts (123:37).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Studio Canal - No cuts (123:36).
- Blu-ray B Dual Format United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (124:13)
- Blu-ray B Essential Jacques Tati United Kingdom- Studio Canal - No cuts (123:36).
-
Do you own a release not listed? Then please visit our forums and let us know!
-
Comparison added by Vincent_Bouche on 19/11/09
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 21/04/24UPDATE LOG:
10/10/14: Added UK edition.
Please ensure you read our disclaimer.
14/10/14: Added Criterion boxed set.
15/10/14: Added Studiocanal edition.
24/01/15: Updated the overall (and slightly updated Criterion specifications: running times of the audio commentaries mostly).
23/10/16: Additions of Australia, France x2, UK SC box.
16/10/18: Added Scandinavia.
21/04/24: Dates.
-