New on Home Video: “OSS 117” Blu-ray Box Set

Music Box Films Home Entertainment has announced the home video release of the OSS 117 films. For the very first time, 2006’s “OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies” and 2009’s “OSS 117: Lost in Rio” are being released on Blu-ray in a terrific new box set. The two French comedies are from the collaborating duo of director Michel Hazanavicius and star Jean Dujardin (both Academy Award winners for “The Artist”). These two hilarious spy movie spoofs are must-sees for comedy lovers and what better way than with this new stylish new box set.

The new Blu-ray box set featuring “OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies” and “OSS 117: Lost in Rio” releases on December 12th. See below for a full synopsis and release information.

About the Films:

Year: 2006, 2009

Total Runtime: 200 Minutes

Director: Michel Hazanavicius

Screenwriters: Jean-François Halin, Michel Hazanavicius

Cast: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Béjo, Al Tarouk Aure Atika, Philippe Lefèbvre, Louise Monot, Alex Lutz, Rudiger Vogler, Ken Samuels, Constantin Alexandrov, Reem Kherici, Pierre Bellemare, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Capelluto, Moon Dailly

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies” – A box-office sensation in France, comic star Jean Dujardin stars as secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117 who in the tradition of Maxwell Smart and Inspector Clouseau somehow succeeds in spite of his ineptitude. After a fellow agent and close friend is murdered, Hubert is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo. This is to be his cover while he investigates Jack’s death, monitors the Suez Canal, checks up on the Brits and Soviets, burnishes France’s reputation, quells a fundamentalist rebellion and brokers peace in the Middle East. A blithe and witty send-up not only of spy films of that era and the suave secret agent figure but also neo-colonialism, ethnocentrism and the very idea of Western covert action in the Middle East.

OSS 117 Lost in Rio” – The pride of French intelligence, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath – code named OSS 117 – has a new mission that takes him to the Bossa Nova Brazil of the 1960’s. Teaming up with a sexy Mossad agent he has to capture a Nazi blackmailer with an embarrassingly long list of World War II French collaborators.

Special Features:

Cairo, Nest of Spies:
– Feature Commentary by Jean Dujardin and director Michel Hazanavicius
– Making Of Featurette
– Deleted and Alternate Scenes
– Blooper Reel
– Photo Gallery
– Theatrical Trailers

Lost in Rio:
– Feature Commentary by Jean Dujardin and director Michel Hazanavicius
– Cavalcade in Rio: Making Of Documentary
– Deleted Scenes
– Blooper Reel
– The Jean Show: Jean Dujardin on Set
– France Never Responds: Cast Appearances in Cinemas
– Photo Gallery
– Teasers and Theatrical Trailers

2 thoughts on “New on Home Video: “OSS 117” Blu-ray Box Set

  1. I’ve been wanting to see these films for years just to see what they can do with the spoof plus I do like Jean Dujardin as he is entertaining as his performance in The Wolf of Wall Street always stood out including that unspoken dialogue scene with him and Leo. “I understand perfectly you American shit!”

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