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Directed by Edward Dmytryk
France /
Italy / West Germany 1972
Boasting a parade of stunning international actresses in a state of undress (including Raquel Welch as a promiscuous nun) and a kinky screenplay courtesy of the writers of Salon Kitty, Bluebeard is a flesh-filled macabre comedy that takes the best giallo ingredients (sex, gory violence, beautiful women being murdered in eccentric ways and a seductive score by Ennio Morricone) and serves up the ultimate Midnite Movie experience. In this sexed-up 1970s cult classic, legendary thesp Richard Burton is slyly in on the joke playing flying ace and crypto-Nazi Baron Von Sepper. Unfortunately, the impotent and mother-fixated Baron has had a string of failed marriages - and rather than divorce he prefers to end his relationships by more violent means. His fist seven wives are respectively decapitated, impaled, shot, suffocated, drowned and attacked by a trained hunting falcon! Enter his eighth wife (Hollywood 'It girl' Joey Heatherton) who discovers that hubby is keeping his exes bodies on ice in a walk-in refrigerator! How is she going to outwit the ultimate lady-killer? *** Baron von Sepper is an Austrian aristocrat noted for his blue-toned beard, and his appetite for beautiful wives. His latest spouse, an American beauty named Anne, discovers a vault in his castle that's filled with the frozen bodies of several beautiful women. |
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Theatrical Release: August 18th, 1972
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Runtime | 2:04:19.368 | |
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Audio English 1911 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1911 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
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Release Information: Studio: Umbrella
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Edition Details: Audio Commentary by Author and Film Historian David Del Valle and Daniel Marino NEW! "Burton & Taylor - Exploitation Stars!" - A Discussion with Author and Film Historian Kim Newman (9:41) Richard Burton Exploitation Trailer Reel (18:39) Stills Gallery (3:58) Easter Egg - Behind the Scenes - Serta Mattress commercial (8:21) TV Spot (0:27) Trailer (1:44)
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On their
Blu-ray,
Umbrella use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel track (24-bit) in the
original English language. Bluebeard
has lesser-seen aggression although post-gore is shown briefly. The
murders are fairly passive, outdoor rifle shot, a guillotine, fire etc.
but the audio is mostly notable for the score by
Ennio Morricone (The
Cold Eyes of Fear, Grand
Slam,
Revolver, The
Great Silence,
Who
Saw Her Die?,
The
Black Belly of the Tarantula,
The
Fifth Cord, Luna,
Danger Diabolik,
Two Mules For Sister Sara,
A
Bullet for the General,
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!,
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion,
The French Conspiracy,
U Turn,
Stay As You Are etc. etc.)
and, uncredited, Maria Pia Fusco
(Emmanuelle
in America, Tinto Brass' "Salon
Kitty") sounding clean with reasonably consistent dialogue
in the lossless transfer. Umbrella offer optional English (SDH)
subtitles on their Region FREE
Blu-ray.
The Umbrella
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Edward Dmytryk's Bluebeard
has Richard Burton and a bevy of beautiful actresses including 70's sex
symbols Joey Heatherton + Raquel Welch (One
Million Years BC,) Italian beauty Virna Lisi (How
to Murder Your Wife), French actress + model Nathalie Delon (5
year wife of Alain Delon), Italian fashion model Marilω Tolo, German
Karin Schubert (a pornographic actress in the 1980s), giallo and
Spanish-Italian horror film actress Agostina Belli (Scream
of the Demon Lover), and, Austrian-born, softcore, genre,
'B'-actress Sybil Danning (The
Red Queen Kills Seven Times,
Reform School Girls.) There are exploitation aspects - there is
a lot of nudity (every gal except Welch and Delon) and a fun mix of
sexual deviations (lesbianism, S+M, impotence etc.), black comedy,
horror and social commentary. It's a little scattered but a bona-fide
70's artifact. I agree with the commentary that 'bedroom eyes' Joey
Heatherton didn't get enough credit for her fine performance in
Bluebeard
but, unfortunately, this wouldn't be her vehicle to super-stardom. She's
still with us at 79-years old. Plenty of titillation and always great to
see Burton get intense. I would have been fine with just 'Raquel Welch
as a promiscuous Nun'. The Umbrella Blu-ray
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