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| Jacques Tati | ... | Monsieur Hulot | |
| Barbara Dennek | ... | Young Tourist | |
| Rita Maiden | ... | Mr. Schultz's Companion (as Rita Maïden) | |
| France Rumilly | ... | Woman Selling Eyeglasses | |
| France Delahalle | ... | Shopper in Department Store | |
| Valérie Camille | ... | Mr. Lacs's Secretary | |
| Erika Dentzler | ... | Mme. Giffard | |
| Nicole Ray | ... | Singer | |
| Yvette Ducreux | ... | Hat Check Girl | |
| Nathalie Jem | |||
| Jacqueline Lecomte | ... | Young Tourist's Friend | |
| Oliva Poli | |||
| Alice Field | |||
| Sophie Wennek | |||
| Evy Cavallaro | |||
| Laure Paillette | ... | 1st Woman at the Lamp | |
| Colette Proust | ... | 2nd Woman at the Lamp | |
| Luce Bonifassy | |||
| Ketty France | |||
| Eliane Firmin-Dick | |||
| Billy Kearns | ... | Mr. Schultz | |
| Tony Andal | ... | Page Boy | |
| Yves Barsacq | ... | Hulot's Friend | |
| André Fouché | ... | Restaurant Manager | |
| Georges Montant | ... | Mr. Giffard | |
| Georges Faye | ... | Architect | |
| John Abbey | ... | Mr. Lacs | |
| Reinhard Kolldehoff | ... | German Businessman | |
| Michel Francini | ... | 1st Maitre D' | |
| Grégoire Katz | ... | German Salesman | |
| Jack Gauthier | ... | The Guide | |
| Henri Piccoli | ... | An Important Gentleman | |
| Léon Doyen | ... | Doorman | |
| François Viaur | ... | Bit Part | |
| Douglas Read | |||
| Bob Harley | |||
| Jacques Chauveau | |||
| Gilbert Reeb | |||
| Marc Monjou | ... | False Hulot | |
| Billy Bourbon | |||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Madeleine Bouchez | ... | Bit Part (uncredited) | |
| James Campbell | ... | Bit Part (uncredited) | |
| Marie-Pierre Casey | ... | (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Jacques Tati | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Art Buchwald | additional English dialogue | |
| Jacques Lagrange | writer | |
| Jacques Tati | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Bernard Maurice | .... | producer | |
| René Silvera | .... | associate producer (as René Silvéra) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Francis Lemarque | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Jean Badal | (director of photography) | ||
| Andréas Winding | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Gérard Pollicand | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Eugène Roman | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Jacques Cottin | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Serge Groffe | .... | makeup artist | |
| Igor Keldich | .... | makeup artist | |
| Janou Pottier | .... | hair stylist | |
Production Management | |||
| Michel Chauvin | .... | production manager | |
| Pierre Da Silva | .... | executive in charge of production (restored version) | |
| Dominique Welinski | .... | executive in charge of production (restored version) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Akira Endo | .... | assistant director | |
| Jean Lefebvre | .... | assistant director | |
| Henri Marquet | .... | assistant director | |
| Nicolas Ribowski | .... | assistant director (as Nicolas Ribowsky) | |
| Marie-France Siegler | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Henri Berger | .... | props | |
| Jacques Brizzio | .... | assistant decorator | |
| Jacques D'Ovidio | .... | assistant decorator (as Jacques d'Ovidio) | |
| Henri Ganser | .... | prop buyer (as Henri Gansser) | |
| Georges Houssaye | .... | prop buyer | |
| Guy Maugin | .... | prop buyer | |
| Théobald Meurisse | .... | assistant decorator (as Théo Meurisse) | |
| Robert Moussard | .... | prop buyer | |
| Jacques Paris | .... | assistant decorator | |
| André Pierdel | .... | props | |
| Jacques Preisach | .... | props | |
| Maurice Sergent | .... | assistant decorator | |
Sound Department | |||
| Danièle James | .... | assistant post-synchronization | |
| Maurice Laumain | .... | sound editor | |
| Camille Laurenti-Ede | .... | sound editor (restored version) (as Camille Laurenti) | |
| Jean-Paul Loublier | .... | sound mixer (restored version) | |
| Anne Louis | .... | sound restoration (restored version) | |
| Jacques Maumont | .... | sound director | |
| Gérard Menager | .... | sound restoration (restored version) | |
| Gilbert Pereira | .... | sound recordist (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Gilles Gaillard | .... | digital grading supervisor (restored version) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Jean-François Gallaud | .... | assistant editor (as J.F. Gallaud) | |
| Denise Giton | .... | assistant editor | |
| Claude Plouganou | .... | synchronization | |
| Sophie Tatischeff | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| James Campbell | .... | composer: African themes | |
| François Rauber | .... | conductor | |
| François Rauber | .... | music arranger | |
| Dave Stein | .... | composer: song "Take My Hand" | |
Other crew | |||
| Sylvette Baudrot | .... | script girl | |
| Marie-Thérèse Cabon | .... | script girl | |
| Lucile Costa | .... | script girl | |
| Jérôme Deschamps | .... | presenter (restored version) | |
| François Ede | .... | restoration director (restored version) | |
| Jean-René Failliot | .... | restoration supervisor: photochemical (restored version) | |
| Véronique Failliot | .... | laboratory: 70 mm film (restored version) | |
| Marc Goldstaub | .... | location manager | |
| Pascal Laurent | .... | digital restoration supervisor (restored version) | |
| Macha Makeïeff | .... | presenter (restored version) (as Macha Makeieff) | |
| Noel Mouton | .... | location manager (as Noëlle Mouton) | |
| Jacques Serres | .... | location manager | |
| Bernard Grenet | .... | production assistant (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Florence Abiven | .... | special thanks: SIS (restored version) | |
| Jean Badal | .... | special thanks (restored version) | |
| Stéphane Barlier | .... | special thanks: SIS (restored version) | |
| Sabine Bauchart | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Thierry Beaumel | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| Tarik Belardi | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| Hervé Bénard | .... | special thanks: SIS (restored version) (as Hervé Benard) | |
| Xavier Brachet | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| Pascal Buron | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| Fernando Caetano | .... | special thanks: Deschamps (restored version) | |
| Jean-Babtiste Carcopino | .... | special thanks: Deschamps et Deschamps (restored version) | |
| Valérie Coudin | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Yvon Crenn | .... | special thanks (restored version) | |
| Juliette Deschamps | .... | special thanks: Deschamps et Deschamps (restored version) | |
| Louise Deschamps | .... | special thanks: Deschamps et Deschamps (restored version) | |
| Fabrice Faivre | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| Jean Gaillard | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| Stefan Gaillot | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| Claude Gomis | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Élise Graux | .... | special thanks: SIS (restored version) (as Elise Graux) | |
| Frédéric Groetschel | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| Isabelle Hermann | .... | special thanks: Deschamps et Deschamps (restored version) | |
| Jérôme Javelle | .... | special thanks: Deschamps et Deschamps (restored version) | |
| Isabelle Julien | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Philippe Le Forestier | .... | special thanks: Deschamps et Deschamps (restored version) | |
| Christophe Lelone | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Solen Lembrez | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Samantha Leroy | .... | special thanks: Deschamps et Deschamps (restored version) | |
| Alexis Leverve | .... | special thanks: SIS (restored version) | |
| Valérie Lévy | .... | special thanks: Deschamps et Deschamps (restored version) | |
| Sophie Lustière | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Sébastien Massot | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Sabrina Mathoux | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| Pascal Medieu | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Pierre Michel | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| Stéphanie Pacart | .... | special thanks: Deschamps et Deschamps (restored version) | |
| Daniel Pereira | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Stéphane Pivron | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| Annette Poelhman | .... | special thanks (restored version) | |
| Guillaume Pondard | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| Luc Pourrinet | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Maurice Prost | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| César Roulin | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Laurent Rusz | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Christine Szymkowiak | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
| Sophie Tatischeff | .... | special thanks (restored version) | |
| Stéphane Texier | .... | special thanks: Arane Gulliver (restored version) | |
| Caroline Vanhove | .... | special thanks: Mikros (restored version) | |
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I comment 2 years after seeing "Playtime" at the Art Institute of Chicago, an event in which the film was presented in its original 70mm format for the first time since its debut. Over the years it had been cropped and recropped for standard prints and video leaving little of the original magic, which is the sheer SCOPE of this visual marvel.
Absolutely amazing sells "Play" short. The picture was so clear and the sequences so thrilling that I dare say this is Tati's Masterpiece. Apparently, he created an entire 1/5th scale city outside Paris and shot over the course of three years to get this honey in the can, and man-o-man, does it show.
This is the kind of film that reminds a viewer just how standardized modern cinematic narrative has become. Tati exists in an alternate plane of recorded consciousness; I walked out of "Play" as if hallucinating, having fully entered his perspective and adopted his suggestions as my own.
This is a film in balance with the nature of cinema itself; if Frank Lloyd Wright was a director, Tati would be his disciple: Tati's cinematic interpretations are in natural proportion to the distinctive elements of film. Visual dominance, sound hyperbarically in support of the image rhythm, help me I'm hallucinating again-thanks Jaques...
Don't miss this one, but don't see it in any other format than a special 70mm screening. Somebody put a screening together!!!