Three Reasons: Cul-de-sac
- United Kingdom
- 1966
- 112 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.66:1
- English
- Spine #577
SYNOPSIS: 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 Donald Pleasence and Françoise Dorléac star as a withdrawn couple whose isolated house is invaded by a rude, burly American gangster on the run, played by Lionel Stander.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.
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Cast
| George | Donald Pleasence |
| Teresa | Françoise Dorléac |
| Richard | Lionel Stander |
| Albie | Jack MacGowran |
| Christopher | Iain Quarrier |
| Christopher’s father | Geoffrey Sumner |
| Christopher’s mother | Renee Houston |
| Philip Fairweather | Robert Dorning |
| Marie | Marie Kean |
| Cecil | William Franklyn |
| Jacqueline | Jacqueline Bisset |
| Horace | Trevor Delaney |
Credits
| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Producer | Gene Gutowski |
| Original screenplay | Roman Polanski and Gérard Brach |
| Executive producer | Sam Waynberg |
| Music | Krzysztof T. Komeda |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
| Production design | Voytek |
| Editing | Alastair McIntyre |
| Production supervisor | Robert Sterne |
Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Roman Polanski (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
- 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
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Thompson
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Press Notes: Cul-de-sac
August 29, 2011
“Roman Polanski’s status as a world-class filmmaker of deep, epic regard is entrenched, but what’s revelatory about revisiting Cul-de-sac is just how strange it is,” writes Mike Restaino at DVD File Read more »
