PlayTime (1967)
PlayTime (1967)
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Where to Watch.
Currently PlayTime is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, Kanopy
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Cast & Crew.
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot / Director / Screenplay
Barbara Dennek
Young Tourist
Rita Maiden
Mr. Schultz's Companion
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
Laure Paillette
Lamp Woman #1
Colette Proust
Lamp Woman #2
Billy Kearns
Mr. Schulz, the American businessman
Tony Andal
Tony, Restaurant's Doorman
Yves Barsacq
Hulot's Friend
André Fouché
Restaurant Manager
Georges Montant
Mr. Giffard
Georges Faye
Architect
John Abbey
Mr. Lacs
Reinhard Kolldehoff
German Businessman (as Reinhart Kolldehoff)
Michel Francini
1st Maitre D'
Grégoire Katz
German Salesman
Jack Gauthier
The Guide
Henri Piccoli
An Important Gentleman
Léon Doyen
Old Doorman
Marc Monjou
False Hulot with beard
Bernard Maurice
Producer
Art Buchwald
Screenplay
Jacques Lagrange
Screenplay
Jean Badal
Director of Photography
Andréas Winding
Director of Photography
Francis Lemarque
Original Music Composer
Gérard Pollicand
Editor
Maurice Laumain
Sound Designer
Eugène Roman
Production Design
Jacques Cottin
Costume Design
Bob Harley
Billy Bourbon
Gilbert Reeb
François Viaur
Evy Cavallaro
Sophie Wennek
Olivia Poli
Alice Field
Luce Bonifassy
Ketty France
Jacques Chauveau
Douglas Read
Eliane Firmin-Didot
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Playtime (stylized as PlayTime and also written as Play Time) is a 1967 satirical comedy film directed and co-written by Jacques Tati. Tati also stars in the film, reprising the role of Monsieur Hulot from his earlier films Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953) and Mon Oncle (1958). However, Tati grew ambivalent towards playing Hulot as a recurring central role during production, and he appears intermittently in Playtime, alternating between central and supporting roles.
Shot on 70 mm film, the work is notable for its enormous set, which Tati had built specially for the film, as well as Tati's trademark use of subtle yet complex visual comedy supported by creative sound effects. The film's dialogue, variously in French, English, and German, is frequently reduced to the level of background noise.
While it was a commercial failure on its original release, Playtime is retrospectively considered Tati's masterpiece, his most daring work, and one of the greatest films of all time. In 2022, Playtime was voted 23rd on the British Film Institute's critics' list and 41st in their directors' list of "Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time".