The Jacques Tati Collection

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by KRW1

Anyone got a link to the specs for the UK set? Obviously I'd like to compare to the Criterion to see which one is definitive. Will the UK get the alternative cuts to Mr Hulot's Holiday and the like? I'd assume so, as my old blu did, but I'd still like to know for sure.

the spec for Mr Hulot's Holiday AND Mon Oncle state alternate versions are included on the Criterion edition:

MONSIEUR HULOT’S HOLIDAY
Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom. We are presenting Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday in the 1978 rerelease version, reedited by Tati himself, along with the original 1953 theatrical version.

1953 • 88 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In French with English subtitles • 1.37:1 aspect ratio

MON ONCLE
Slapstick prevails again when Jacques Tati’s eccentric, old-fashioned hero, Monsieur Hulot, is set loose in Villa Arpel, the geometric, oppressively ultramodern home of his brother-in-law, and in the antiseptic plastic hose factory where he gets a job. The second Hulot movie and Tati’s first color film, Mon oncle is a supremely amusing satire of mechanized living and consumer society that earned the director the Academy Award for best foreign-language film. This edition features both the original French release and My Uncle, the version Tati created for English-speaking audiences.

1958 • 116 minutes • Color • Monaural• In French with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio

~~

I can't find a single thing regarding to the specs of the UK box set which comes out next week - anyone, anyone??