Cul-de-sac
Roman Polanski orchestrates a mental ménage à trois in this slyly absurd tale of paranoia from the director’s golden 1960s period. Donald Pleasence and Françoise Dorléac star as a withdrawn couple whose isolated house is invaded by a rude, burly American gangster on the run, played by Lionel Stander. The three engage in role-playing games of sexual and emotional humiliation. Cul-de-sac is an evocative, claustrophobic, and morbidly funny tale of the modern world in chaos.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Roman Polanski, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Two Gangsters and an Island, a 2003 documentary about the making of Cul-de-sac, featuring interviews with Polanski, producer Gene Gutowski, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor
- Television interview with Polanski from 1967
- Theatrical trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic David Thompson
New cover by Eric Skillman
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Roman Polanski, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Two Gangsters and an Island, a 2003 documentary about the making of Cul-de-sac, featuring interviews with Polanski, producer Gene Gutowski, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor
- Television interview with Polanski from 1967
- Theatrical trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic David Thompson
New cover by Eric Skillman
Cast
- Donald Pleasence
- George
- Françoise Dorléac
- Teresa
- Lionel Stander
- Richard
- Jack MacGowran
- Albie
- Iain Quarrier
- Christopher
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Christopher’s father
- Renee Houston
- Christopher’s mother
- Robert Dorning
- Philip Fairweather
- Marie Kean
- Marie
- William Franklyn
- Cecil
- Jacqueline Bisset
- Jacqueline
- Trevor Delaney
- Horace
Credits
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Producer
- Gene Gutowski
- Original screenplay
- Roman Polanski
- Original screenplay
- Gérard Brach
- Executive producer
- Sam Waynberg
- Music
- Krzysztof Komeda
- Cinematography
- Gilbert Taylor
- Production design
- Voytek
- Editing
- Alastair McIntyre
- Production supervisor
- Robert Sterne
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