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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1963 DVD Release: 12/10/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 1 hrs 44 mins Studio: Criterion Members Wishing: 23 Genres: Drama, Satire, Psychological Drama, Marriage Drama, Showbiz Drama See Also: Le Contempt [Deluxe Edition] [Blu-ray], Contempt [Blu-ray], Contempt [Blu-ray]

Contempt is the story of the end of a marriage. Camille (Brigitte Bardot) falls out of love with her husband Paul (Michel Piccoli) while he is rewriting the screenplay Odyssey by American producer Jeremiah Prokosch (Jack Palance). Just as the director of Prokosch's film, Fritz Lang, says that The Odyssey is the story of individuals confronting their situations in a real world, Le Mépris itself is an examination of the position of the filmmaker in the commercial cinema. Godard himself was facing this situation in the production of Le Mépris. Italian producer Carlo Ponti had given him the biggest budget of his career, and he found himself working with a star of Bardot's magnitude for the first time. ~ Louis Schwartz, All Movie Guide

Brigitte Bardot - Camille Javal
Michel Piccoli - Paul Javal
Jack Palance - Jeremy Prokosch
Fritz Lang - Himself
Giorgia Moll - Francesca Vanini

Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt comes to DVD with this superb two-disc set from Criterion. The film is presented in a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by film expert Robert Stam, three featurettes, an interview with cinematographer Raoul Coutard, the original theatrical trailer, and a print interview with Godard. This is another in a great series of titles from Criterion. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide