The Magnificent Tati (2009)
This documentary traces Jacques Tati's rise from the Parisian Music-Hall stage to his Oscar winning films of the 1950s, the documentary then explains how Tati bet all he had on his fourth film 'PlayTime' and how this mammoth film ended prematurely the career of a genius while also giving the world one of the most beautiful films ever made.
- Date of release
- 2009-07-17
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Michael House
Casting
- Jacques Tati — Self (archive footage)
- David Bellos — Self - author of 'Jacques Tati: His Life and Art'
- Stéphane Goudet — Self
- Frank Black — Self
- Corinne Soum — Self
- Steve Wasson — Self
- Michael Kowalski — Self
- Marie-France Siegler — Self
- Martine Beugnet — Self
- Mike Mills — Self
- Sylvain Chomet — Self
- Macha Makeïeff — Self
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