Film Movement: 4K Restoration of The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob Detailed for Blu-ray
HomeFilm Movement: 4K Restoration of The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted July 16, 2019 04:30 PM by Webmaster
Film Movement will release on Blu-ray Gérard Oury's classic comedy The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973), starring Louis de Funès, Suzy Delair, Claude Giraud, Miou-Miou, and Marcel Dalio. The release will be available for purchase on September 10.
Synopsis: In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assassins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Synopsis: In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assassins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- interview with co-screenwriter Danièle Thompson
- Booklet wit new essay written by author Phoebe Maltz Bovy
