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Jour De Fete [1949] [DVD]

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Product details

  • Format: Full Screen, Colour
  • Language: French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Bfi
  • DVD Release Date: 29 Nov 2004
  • Run Time: 87 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0006687T4
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 13,742 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Product Description

One of Jacques Tati's most famous comedies, and his directorial debut. After observing the high-speed efficiency of the American postal serivice, the postman (Tati) of a sleepy French town is inspired to add a little zip into his own delivery route. This coincides with the arrival of the summer fair, and chaos ensues.

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61 of 62 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless, gentle and very funny 20 Feb 2005
Format:DVD
Tati's first feature has been overshadowed by the marvellous films that followed it, (particularly "M. Hulot's holiday") but this little masterpiece deserves to be seen. The pace is slow and the action mostly lugubrious but it is worth giving yourself time for the little details to work their magic. The droll story links a series of priceless set pieces that had me crying with laughter. How can a drunken postman making his way home on a bicycle be so funny? This is visual humour that is both refined and brilliantly funny and there is something wonderfully uplifting and humane in the tone of the film. As so often with Tati, the children seem much more socially adroit than the adults but all the characters are vivid and convincing. Tati beautifully captures a rural French postwar past that was fast disappearing even as he made the film. Hilarious, but much more than just funny.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Beware, genius at work 1 July 2001
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
A precursor of Monsieur Hulot, with the same gentle humour and from a time when most of Britain and America thought that Abbot and Costello films were comic masterpieces. The postman has appeared several times but, after more than fifty years is still funny and even broad farce (riding off a bridge)has an extra something thanks to Tati. There is, of course, the recurring problem with things mechanical, in this case a bicycle and, again, Tati inhabits his own little world where he moves at a different pace, oblivious to the chaos he causes but, you are never left in any doubt as to which is better world. This is not a film solely for those who like France. It is, instead, an introduction to the art of a timeless genius.
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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of his best... 14 Feb 2005
By Yovra
Format:DVD
Compared to the brilliant Les Vacances de M. Hulot this film is somewhat uneven; the film occasionally slows down to almost a complete stop. The story is told in a few lines: fuelled by a spectacular movie about mail-distribution in America he's seen on a travelling fair, the postman (Tati) decides to modernize his way of delivering his cards and letters.
The gags are classic slapstick (think Chaplin and Keaton). The colour-version only heightens the rural, easy-going atmosphere.
If you want to go on holiday to the French provence for just about 90 minutes; this is the way!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars jour de fete
as afan of tati ,his humour needs no words,just watch,several times,allways you see something new.the innocence of his character,always comes to the fore
Published 1 day ago by martin
5.0 out of 5 stars How to run a mail service
This is a Jacques Tati masterpiece. Yes it is getting elderly but its portrayal of human frailties is till relevant today.
Published 4 months ago by R. J. Hedley
5.0 out of 5 stars Poor Disc
Very good story. But I got a poor disc. It only played once Then wouldn't start. I need a replacement.
Published 8 months ago by zebra
5.0 out of 5 stars An old friend revisited
This DVD represented a welcome reunion with an old friend, Jacque Tati, and one his best creations. His sense of humour, self-irony and general good-humour, as displayed in this... Read more
Published 16 months ago by peterpan
5.0 out of 5 stars Tati revisited
For anyone who has recently seen the animated film "The Illusionist" and who is interested to see more of the genius who thought up this film, although he never completed it, I... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Dave D
5.0 out of 5 stars A simply great film!!!
It is a classic with memorable characters, images and those innocent days of early 50's. The village is in France but could have been anywhere in the world. Read more
Published 20 months ago by SageM
5.0 out of 5 stars Jour De Fete (Jacques Tati)
After trying to get this DVD for quite a while I have succeded! My Jacques Tati collection is complete (altho` I`d like to get "Traffic" on DVD). Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2011 by alan jefferies
5.0 out of 5 stars A must, must, must see !
This is an absolute JOY !! You must see it and sit back and enjoy with no preconceptions, whatsoever. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2010 by goldie84
5.0 out of 5 stars Jour De Fete (1949) DVD
This DVD quite simply brought back memories of when I first saw it, and it was just as hilarious this time around. Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2010 by Ken Lewis
5.0 out of 5 stars French Postal Services are fun
Who cannot fall for the postman version of Monsieur Houlot? French village life is captured and the addition of Jacques Tati and the locals mean that the result is hilarious.
Published on 29 Aug 2010 by Pat Smith
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