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Clean Slate

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Clean Slate (1981)

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Reviews Counted: 6

Fresh: 5

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 7.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: It is 1938 in the French West Africa village of Bourkassa and the one-man police force is tired of being a doormat. In this dark comic adaptation of Jim Thompson's "POP. 1280," the hapless officer decides to take the law into his own hands and... It is 1938 in the French West Africa village of Bourkassa and the one-man police force is tired of being a doormat. In this dark comic adaptation of Jim Thompson's "POP. 1280," the hapless officer decides to take the law into his own hands and rid the town of its human waste. [More]

Starring: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Guy Marchand

Starring: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Guy Marchand, Eddy Mitchell

Director: Bertrand Tavernier

Director: Bertrand Tavernier

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Mar 13, 2001

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.66
  • Single Side - Dual Layer
  • RSDL

Audio:

  • Mono - French
  • Subtitles - English - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Production Interview - 1. Bertrand Tavernier - Director
  • Alternate Ending
  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

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08/30/04
Janet Maslin
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Clean Slate is a compelling offbeat morality play.

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It’s often hilarious. It’s just that that humor is so mordant that it’s sometimes hard to accept.

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a study in amorality disguised as a sometimes shocking black comedy

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