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Les Vacances de M. Hulot [DVD] [1953]

DVD ~ Jacques Tati

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Actors: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Valentine Camax, Louis Perrault
Directors: Jacques Tati
Writers: Jacques Tati, Henri Marquet, Jacques Lagrange, Pierre Aubert
Producers: Jacques Tati, Fred Orain
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, PAL
Language English, French
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: U
Studio: Bfi Video
DVD Release Date: 29 Nov 2004
Run Time: 84 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)

ASIN: B0006687TE
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,659 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Forefather of Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean, Jacques Tati's Monsieur Hulot--a recurring character in several of his movies--is a blithely clumsy troublemaker, an insouciant twit who leaves uproar in his wake without being aware of it. Trying to describe this 1953 comedy is next to impossible except to say it is a series of vignettes at a vacation resort, with the distracted Hulot providing a lot of laughs. Tati directs, and in a way what that really means is that he composes this movie with a perfect eye and ear for the comic possibilities in everything: composition, lighting, minimal marble-mouth dialogue, certain sounds (a duck call, a door repeatedly opening and shutting). This is a superior work that ranks among all-time classic comedies. --Tom Keogh

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Jacques Tati, master of his own idiosyncratic genre of cinematic slapstick, followed up his acclaimed debut JOUR DE F-TE with the equally ingenious MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY. Five years in the making, the film marks the debut of Tati's altar ego, Mr. Hulot, a gangly and awkward Frenchman, perpetually the center and possible cause of a whirlwind of disasters, pratfalls, and mishaps. Tati's scrupulous attention to detail and almost arabesque sense of humor colors the entire film, from the departure of a gaggle of tourists from a malfunctioning train station to the minutiae of resort life. In place of a plot, a series of disastrous coincidences, surreal sight gags and irascible indignations erupt around Mr. Hulot as he gallantly and obliviously strolls through his seaside vacation. While he tries to impress a lovely ingenue, Hulot inadvertently barges in on a funeral, ignites a fireworks stand with his pipe, and topples a Ming vase, rarely realizing the extent of the damage he causes. Tati expertly crafts the visual bombast of traditional slapstick into a beautiful and intricate sequence of incidents, accompanied by an equally elegant and intriguing seaside soundtrack of lapping waves, laughing children and transistor radios, all merging into an absurd symphony of cinematic delight.

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless gentle humour - a classic, 4 Oct 2001

By	M. I. R. Clarke "ian clarke" (northern ireland) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Les Vacances De M.Hulot - Mr Hulot's Holiday [1953][VHS] (VHS Tape)

Mr Hulot's Holiday is simply one of the funniest films you'll ever see. In a series of hilarious episodes the blundering Hulot unwittingly causes havoc in a seaside resort. Tati's genius for mime is breathtaking at times - the perfect slapstick timing of Laurel & Hardy without the melodramatics. There is shrewd social observation and a host of real characters with endearing quirks and habits. There are so many visually comic ideas that you only become aware of them after many viewings. A film which holds you in a spell and generates timeless comedy at no-one's expense.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mon sieur Hulot's Holiday, 1 Dec 2002

By	Ron Kirkman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Les Vacances De M.Hulot - Mr Hulot's Holiday [1953][VHS] (VHS Tape)

The one drawback in this film, as currently available, is that the superb original 1953 soundtrack, with its totally appropriate background by Aim� Barelli and his orchestra, a dreamy slow-foxtrot, is replaced in the 1960s remake by a quite inappropriate, jumpety, higgledy music which is completely at odds with the 1953 original.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Comedy at it's best, 28 May 2003

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This review is from: Les Vacances De M.Hulot - Mr Hulot's Holiday [1953][VHS] (VHS Tape)

The innocence of a single french man on holiday is what this film is all about. Tati is (or was) without doubt the greatest minimalist comic of all time. Only he can make painting a boat an absolute riot, only he can make a very sombre funeral into a timeless classic of comedy history. This man is one of the unsung heroes of comedy and if he was not the inspiration behind Mr Bean then 'je suis un oncle des singe' (bad french I know).
The absolute tragedy is that all of Tati's films are so difficult (closer to impossible) to get on DVD, Laurel and Hardy = no problem, Charlie Chaplin = no problem, Jacques Tati = BIG PROBLEM, This is a great film, this is a classic (as are all his films. Let's get em out on DVD. Even my Dutch girlfriend, who claims that she is not a fan of comedy films, laughs at this film, let's get it on DVD....

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious Hulot(Tati himself).The guy must have bean(sic)a genius.
He must have known exactly what he wanted,both directing and acting.
I saw this twice in one week when I was about 12,in the `60`s. Read more

Published 4 months ago by S. C. Dawson

5.0 out of 5 stars jacquea tati
Jacques Tati Les Vacances- I believe the finest work he has ever done. the do good'er, over polite gent on holiday, and getting into all sorts of scrapes - very funny!

Published 4 months ago by Miska1717

5.0 out of 5 stars Good clean fun
This is a very funny film, made in 1953, it is just simple good clean fun, It a French film but language is not an issue (there are subtitles) as there is very little talking. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Mr. Nicholas M. Taylor

5.0 out of 5 stars Required viewing
Our favourite Jaques Tati film Have actually stayed in this hotel, although we didn't realise it at the time, although we thought it looked familiar! Read more

Published 9 months ago by V. Bailey

1.0 out of 5 stars Les Vacances de M.Hulot (1953)
It's a little difficult to review this DVD as it was returned to you as a faulty item. We were unable to view as the item refused to play! Read more

Published 9 months ago by Mrs. C. A. Banks

5.0 out of 5 stars Be careful which version you get
Jacques Tati is one of the great comedian/directors, but he was an impossible perfectionist in his movie-making, and died bankrupt as a result. Read more

Published 9 months ago by Peter Scott-presland

5.0 out of 5 stars Near comic masterpiece by Tati
If not Tati's best film (that honor would probably go to Mon Oncle), this 1953 effort is certainly his funniest, as Mr. Read more

Published 15 months ago by Andres C. Salama

3.0 out of 5 stars An aquired taste
Having never seen a Tati film in my 40 something years, I was probably expecting too much from this 1950's French comedy. It certainly has its merits. Read more

Published 18 months ago by S J Buck

5.0 out of 5 stars A little gem!
Some say that for humour to be good, it has to be well observed and gentle. Modern comedy could learn a lot from this film. It is quite simply the best that Jacques Tati did. Read more

Published 21 months ago by Big John

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank goodness-it's the original!
The best thing-this is the original FRENCH print. Not a bad idea, because many Gallic nuances went out the window when the background radio prigrammes were dubbed into an Ersatz... Read more

Published 22 months ago by The BlackFerret

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