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Directed by Don Siegel
USA 1971
From Don Siegel, the legendary director of Madigan, Coogan’s Bluff, Two Mules for Sister Sara, Charley Varrick, The Black Windmill and The Shootist, comes this tense psychological drama of love and betrayal starring screen legend Clint Eastwood (For a Few Dollars More, Play Misty for Me) with Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful), Elizabeth Hartman (The Group), Jo Ann Harris (Act of Vengeance), Pamelyn Ferdin (The Mephisto Waltz) and Melody Thomas Scott (The Young and the Restless). During the Civil War, a wounded Union soldier is sheltered by the headmistress and students of a girls’ academy in the South. As his health returns, his desire increases—but can he trust these enemy women not to turn him in? He takes his chances but soon realizes that his benefactress can’t be trusted... with his love or with his life! His lustful ambition turns quickly against him and the story follows him through a series of nerve-shattering events, including realistic scenes that are among the boldest, most shocking ever witnessed on film. *** Combining the conventions of both Western and Grand Guignol chiller, and often directed as if it were an art movie, this is one of Siegel and Eastwood's strangest - and most beguiling - collaborations. Eastwood is the Yankee soldier, who after being wounded during the Civil War, takes refuge in an isolated Southern seminary for young women. Shut away from the world, the women project their romantic fantasies on to him, and he responds with callous, male manipulation. But jealousy and resentment raise their heads, and he finds himself in a world of brutal revenge. Beautifully shot by Bruce Surtees, carefully paced, it's a haunting, elegant work that seems to have influenced the troubled sexuality of Eastwood's own Play Misty for Me and Tightrope. Excerpt from Timeout located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: January 23rd, 1971
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Runtime | 1:45:18.020 | |
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1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 40,394,557,226 bytesFeature: 33,002,268,672 bytes Video Bitrate: 37.92 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1556 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1556 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 40,394,557,226 bytesFeature: 33,002,268,672 bytes Video Bitrate: 37.92 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Kat Ellinger• Interview with Melody Thomas Scott (17:54) • The Beguiled, Misty, Don and Clint – Featurette (6:13) • TRAILERS FROM HELL with John Landis (2:52) • Theatrical Trailer (2:43) • Reversible Art • Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
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On their
Blu-ray,
Kino use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel track (16-bit) in the
original English language. It exports the film's audio effectively. The score
is by
Argentinean Lalo Schifrin (famous as the guy behind the original
Mission: Impossible theme as well as
Joe Kidd,
Rollercoaster,
Charley Varrick,
The Nude Bomb,
Day of the Animals,
Hit!,
Man on a Swing,
The Manitou,
Tango and many other films) suitably
supporting the film. Kino offer optional English (SDH)
subtitles on their Region 'A'
Blu-ray.
The Kino
Blu-ray
Don Siegel's The Beguiled
has become a significant part of the cinema conversation in the years since its
initial release... for it's sexual repression undercurrent and Clint in
a less-typical role... in a less typical Siegel film. It has an
unusually dark side as well and, as a whole, being a fascinating film
experience. Here we get the riveting
Kat Ellinger commentary, interviews and a
stellar a/v presentation. These new Kino Eastwood
Blu-rays
(Play
Misty For Me,
Joe Kidd,
Two Mules for Sister Sara,
High Plains Drifter,
The
Eiger Sanction) have all been top-shelf so far. This is a keeper.
Strongly recommended! |
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