Acclaimed filmmaker René Clément (Forbidden Games, The Day and the Hour, Rider on the Rain) brings you the expIosive, courage-filled story of the AIIied Resistance and the Paris Liberation of 1944. As the Nazi jackboot marches through Europe, the freedom fighters of Paris mount a brave resistance. An insane and desperate Hitler sends a top general to determine if the Nazis can hold the city. lf not, Paris wilI be burned. With a powerful script by Gore Vidal (SuddenIy, Last Summer) and Francis Ford Coppola (The Conversation); and a rousing score by legendary composer Maurice Jarre (Doctor Zhivago), this epic film boasts an internationaI cast of screen legends, including Jean-Paul BeImondo, CharIes Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel, George Chakris, AIain Delon, Kirk DougIas, Glenn Ford, Gert Fröbe, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins, Michel PiccoIi, Simone Signoret, Robert Stack, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Orson Welles. Is Paris Burning? is a staggering portrait of heroism and brotherhood, and one of the most riveting stories to come out of World War Il.
Special Features:
• DigitaIIy Restored from a 4K scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative by Paramount Pictures in Association with American Zoetrope and Francis Ford Coppola
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians DanieI Kremer and Howard S. Berger
• 5.1 Surround/LossIess 2.0 Stereo EngIish Audio and LossIess 2.0 Mono French Audio
• OptionaI EngIish Subtitles |