Actors: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, Tom Chadbon, Lesley Dunlop, Arielle Dombasle Director: Roman Polanski Language: ENGLISH: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Subtitles: English
Region: Region A
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1 Number of Discs: 3 (BD / 2 DVD)
Rating: PG Orig. Release Date: 1979 Studio: Criterion Release Date: 2/25/2014 Run Time: 171 Min.
- Trailer - original trailer for Tess. Music only. (2 min, 1080p).
- Cine regards - this 1979 episode of the French television program Cine regards, producedby Pierre Andre Boutang, contains raw footage from the shooting of Tess
in the French countryside. Also included are clips from an archival
interview with Roman Polanski. The same episode/featurette is included
on Pathe's Blu-ray release of Tess. In French and English, with optional English subtitles where necessary. (49 min, 1080p).
- Once Upon a Time... "Tess" - documentary film on the making of Tess
by Serge July and Daniel Ablin. The film features numerous interviews
with director Roman Polanski, producer Claude Berri, co-producer Timothy
Burrill, composer Philippe Sarde, and Nastassja Kinski, amongst others.
Produced by Arte France, Folamour Productions, TCM. 2006. The
documentary also appears on Pathe's Blu-ray release. In English and
French, with optional English subtitles where necessary. (53, 1080i).
- On the Making of Tess - three short documentaries directed by Laurent Bouzereau in 2004.
- 1. From Novel to Screen - this featurette also appears on Pathe's Blu-ray release of Tess. In it director Roman Polanski recalls how Tess came to exist. Also included is information about Thomas Hardy and his novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles,
as well as clips from archival interviews with Professor Michael Irvin,
specialist in the work of Thomas Hardy, writer and researcher Claire
Seymour, co-producer Timothy Burrill, producer and director Claude Berri
(Jean de Florette, Manon des sources),
screenwriter John Brownjohn, Nastassja Kinski, casting director Mary
Selway, and actor Leigh Lawson (Alec d'Urberville), amongst others. In
English and French, with optional English subtitles where necessary. (29
min, 1080i).
- 2. Filming Tess - this featurette also appears on the Pathe
release. In it director Roman Polanski recalls shooting process.
Included here are clips from archival interviews with co-producer
Timothy Burrill, executive producer Pierre Grunstein, actor Leigh
Lawson, hairdresser Marc Ludovic Paris, chief electrician Jean-Claude
Lebras, and costume designer Anthony Powell, amongst others. In English
and French, with optional English subtitles where necessary. (27 min,
1080i).
- 3. Tess: The Experience - this featurette also appears on the
Pathe release. Director Roman Polanski recalls the experience of
shooting Tess. Also included are interviews with makeup artist Didier
Lavergne, costume designer Anthony Powell, and actor Leigh Lawson,
amongst others. In English and French, with optional English subtitles
where necessary. (20 min, 1080i).
- The South Bank Show - in this 1979 episode of the British television show, Melvyn Bragg interviews director Roman Polanski about Tess
and his career. Also included are archival clips from the shooting of
the film, actual clips from different films directed by Roman Polanski,
stills, and personal photographs. In English, not subtitled. (51 min,
1080i).
- Booklet - an illustrated booklet featuring an essay by critic Colin MacCabe.
Tess Durbeyfield, a strong-willed peasant girl, is sent by her father to
the estate of local aristocrats, the d'Urbervilles, to capitalize on a
flawed rumor their families are from the same line. Unfortunately, her
ideals cannot prevent her from sliding further and further into despair
and misfortune after she becomes pregnant by Alec d'Urberville, the
passionate and unethical son of a wealthy merchant.
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