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Straight on Till Morning [Blu-ray]
(Peter Collinson, 1972)
NOTE: After comparing the Studio Canal UK and DE Blu-rays of Fear in the Night HERE. They are determined to be, essentially, the exact same discs. Same running time to the 1/1000th a second, same bitrate, same image, same audio (with the of a inclusion of a German DUB and optional German subtitles) and same extras - minus the second disc DVD but the 7-Blu-ray Hammer Film Edition has all the other films (The Horror of Frankenstein, Scars of Dracula, Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, Demons of the Mind, Straight on Till Morning, Fear in the Night, and Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde).
Review by Gary Tooze
Production: Theatrical: Hammer Studios Video: Studio Canal (DE) / Shout! Factory Disc: Region: 'B' / 'A' (as verified by the Oppo Blu-ray player) Runtime: 1:36:12.808 / 1.66:1 - 1:36:13.809/ 1.85:1 - 1:36:15.186 Disc Size: 31,405,728,560 bytes / 47,768,140,603 bytes Feature Size: 26,715,442,752 bytes 1.66:1 - 19,080,124,416 bytes / 1.85:1 - 22,566,838,272 bytes Video Bitrate: 31.99 Mbps / 24.99 Mbps / 27.79 Mbps Chapters: 12 / 12 Case: Slim Blu-ray case / Standard Blu-ray caseRelease date: January 29th, 2018 / November 23rd, 2017 / September 17th, 2019
Video (both): Aspect ratio: 1.66:1 / 1.66:1 + 1.85:1Resolution: 1080p / 23.976 fps Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio English 1430 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1380 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit) DUB: DTS-HD Master Audio German 1432 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1694 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit)
1.66:1 Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB 1.85:1
DTS-HD Master Audio English 1592 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1592
kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB Subtitles: English (SDH), German, none / English, none
Extras: • New Featurette - Dream Lover: Inside Straight on Till Morning (16:02)• Trailer for Straight on Till Morning (3:14) • Trailer for Jigsaw (2:20)
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Presented In Two Aspect Ratios – 1.66:1 And 1.85:1
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Description: British thriller directed by Peter Collinson. Brenda (Rita Tushingham) is a lonely young woman who occupies her time writing children's stories. Feeling that her native Liverpool is holding her back, she moves to London and tries to join the scene there. After finding work at a trendy boutique, Brenda spots handsome stranger Peter (Shane Briant) and kidnaps his dog as an excuse to go and meet him. The pair get on well and Brenda moves in, but it's not long before she finds herself in danger as a number of Peter's dark secrets are revealed. The cast also includes James Bolam, Katya Wyeth and Annie Ross.
The Film: Rita Tushingham is wonderful as Brenda, the awkward northern teenager who lies to her mother that she's pregnant so she can run off to London and hunt for a man who will give her the baby she longs for. Unfortunately, though we're only just out of the Swinging Sixties, the men she smiles at hopefully at bus stops and on park benches just don't seem interested in dating her, or even in having casual sex. It's true that she's not pretty, and that her taste in clothes is awful, and that she's socially clueless and quickly surrounded by much more glamorous, sophisticated people, but still her plight is a sorry one. Surely there must be somebody out there who will love her for who she is..? Of course there is. And meeting him is the worst move she'll ever make. Excerpt from EyeForeFilm located HEREThe film opens like some slice-of-life piece of social-realism — all back-street terraced housing and working class decor as we meet Brenda (Rita Tushingham — The Wee Man), a plain Northern lass who fills her time writing children’s fairy tales which are clearly an escape from the dreariness of her own life rather than the product of an ambition to be an author. To the distress of her mother, Brenda is moving down to London to find a man to be a father to her unborn child. Only her pregnancy is another fairy tale, a shocking excuse to leave home without hurting her mother’s feelings. That might not make much sense to you, but we must assume her mother asked any questions she might have had about the baby’s father before the film began and that those questions weren’t too searching, because she asks none on the eve of her daughter’s departure. Excerpt from 2020-movie-reviewss located HERETushingham (best known for her award-winning role in A Taste of Honey) is very effective in this role, displaying a wide variety of emotions throughout and so painfully shy and awkward that she wears her hair in her face the majority of the movie. Sure she can be very frustrating and just as perplexing, but that's precisely what this role requires. Briant, with his golden blonde hair, is also very good as the troubled psycho with an angelic, almost androgynous look that fits the part perfectly. Which comes back to all of the Peter Pan references; the title itself, Peter, Wendy and Tinker, etc, alluding back to a man who's essentially still an emotionally stunted little boy. Excerpt from TheBloodyPitofHorror located HERE
Image : NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. Straight on Till Morning - one their string of later Hammer films - gets another impressive transfer to Blu-ray from Studio Canal. It's in dual-layered territory and has a high bitrate for the 1.5 hour feature. It is very textured, with rich, tight colors. The 1080P supports solid detail in the film's many close-ups and is in the original 1.66:1 frame. It's very clean and there are really no weaknesses with the image. It's very consistent. This Blu-ray offers a wonderful video presentation.
Shout! Factory have limited the space on the dual-layered disc again by including both 1.66:1 and 1.85:1 aspect ratio version, in separate transfers. It's a small amount lost on top and bottom for the 1.85:1. The image quality is on par for all three despite the technical differences.
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Audio :The Blu-ray of Straight on Till Morning offers a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel at 1380 kbps (24-bit.). There is an optional German DUB and optional English (see sample) or German subtitles and my Oppo has identified it as being a region 'B'-locked.
Again, the differences are imperceptible to my ears as Shout! Factory use a DTS-HD Master 2./0 channel mono (24-bit) in the original English language on their 1.85:1 transfer. The 1.66:1 has a loss Dolby track. There are minor effects and Tushingham's terrifyingly piercing screams. The score is by Roland Shaw (The Secret of My Success) that supports the film well adding atmosphere plus Annie Ross singing the 'theme' Straight On Till Morning. There are optional English subtitles on Shout! Factory's region 'A'-locked Blu-ray.
Extras : Studio Canal add a 16-minute featurette; Dream Lover: Inside Straight on Till Morning that has Jonathan Rigby (author of English Gothic), Kevin Lyons (Documentation Editor at the BFI) etc. talking about the film's production history and other details. There is also a trailer for Straight on Till Morning.
Shout! Factory include the same 16-minute 'Dream Lover' piece that was in the Studio Canal. They add an audio commentary (circa 2002?) with actress Rita Tushingham and Jonathan Sothcott (author of Cult Films of Christopher Lee). Tushingham (about Tom Bell; "he's got a very good bum, doesn't he?") is very interesting and Sothcott does an excellent job of moderating and asking questions. I really enjoyed it. There is also a 20-minute interview With Author/Film Historian Kim Newman entitled The Morning After. Lastly is a theatrical trailer - no stills gallery this time.
Studio Canal - Region 'B' - Blu-ray
Shout! Factory - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
BOTTOM LINE:
I'm less impressed by the dual-ratios than the commentary. I'm still not keen on the film's depiction of mental illness. This Shout! Factory Blu-ray extends beyond the 2017 Studio Canal. It's a complete release. Gary Tooze December 1st, 2017 September 10th, 2019
NOTE: After comparing the Studio Canal UK and DE Blu-rays of Fear in the Night HERE. They are determined to be, essentially, the exact same discs. Same running time to the 1/1000th a second, same bitrate, same image, same audio (with the of a inclusion of a German DUB and optional German subtitles) and same extras - minus the second disc DVD but the 7-Blu-ray Hammer Film Edition has all the other films (The Horror of Frankenstein, Scars of Dracula, Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, Demons of the Mind, Straight on Till Morning, Fear in the Night, and Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde).
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