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Directed by Peter Hall
UK 1970

 

Lord Nicholas “Nick” Dorset (David Warner, Morgan!, Time After Time) and his beautiful wife Lady Britt Dorset (Ursula Andress, Dr. No, The 10th Victim) are a glamorous couple who live completely beyond their means. Their bank manager, Mr. Graham (Stanley Baker, Robbery, The Criminal), who envies his customers’ wealth, has devised a foolproof plan to rob his own bank of £200,000, and Nick and Britt’s desperate financial situation makes them ideal accomplices. To complicate things even further, Mr. Graham becomes involved with and falls in love with the gorgeous Lady Dorset! Peter Hall (The Homecoming) wonderfully directs this crime-comedy beautifully shot by Alan Hume (Runaway Train, Return of the Jedi) and co-starring T.P. McKenna (Straw Dogs).

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Stuffy bank manager Graham (Stanley Baker) knows he's gone as far as he can professionally, but aspires to something more; specifically, robbing the very bank to which he's given his life. To this end, he enlists the help of a broke aristocrat (David Warner) and his materialistic wife, Lady Britt (Ursula Andress). Graham's sells them on his plan, and sleeps with Lady Britt in the bargain, beginning a series of manipulations and double-crosses that continues right up to the heist.

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Theatrical Release: September 6th, 1970

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Distribution Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
Runtime 1:34:39.507        
Video

1.66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 31,254,374,418 bytes

Feature: 29,658,863,616 bytes

Video Bitrate: 37.91 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate Blu-ray:

Audio

DTS-HD Master Audio French 1554 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1554 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Commentary:

Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Subtitles English, None
Features Release Information:
Studio: Kino

 

1.66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 31,254,374,418 bytes

Feature: 29,658,863,616 bytes

Video Bitrate: 37.91 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

 

Edition Details:

• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Critic Peter Tonguette
 • Trailers


 Blu-ray Release Date: February 25th, 2020
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Chapters 9

 

 

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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (February 2020): Kino have transferred Peter Hall's Perfect Friday to Blu-ray. It looks quite modest - which I understand the UK 1080P also looks dull-ish. This is on a dual-layered disc with a max'ed out bitrate. The image is consistent and has film textures - it just has some weak contrast. I was deterred by my HD viewing but its doesn't reach the heights of the format.

On their Blu-ray, Kino use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel(16-bit) in the original English language. It has mostly passive effects and pleasing score by John Dankworth (Accident, 10 Rillington Place, Sands of the Kalahari, The Last Grenade, The Magus, Losey's The Criminal and The Servant among his credits)  sounding a bit deeper with more consistent dialogue. Kino offer optional English subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Kino Blu-ray has some trailers (none for thye film) and a new audio commentary by film historian and Peter Tonguette who makes a good case for the film being better than it's critical indifference. I've always appreciated Tonguette's analysis and comparisons to other, related, films. Nice addition by Kino!

Although a totally different movie, Perfect Friday did remind me of The Silent Partner. With the plot involving a bank employee trying his slight-of-hand at a large heist payout. There are many things to like about Perfect Friday - there is some style to it, Baker is great in a different role, Ursula is beautiful and frequently naked, there is light amusement, surprising suspense and other enjoyable attributes. The Blu-ray offers, likely, the best a/v... and a commentary. Kino continue to produce many strong packages. There is value here. 

Gary Tooze

 

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