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Directed by Jack Smight
USA 1968
From Jack Smight, the acclaimed director of Harper, Kaleidoscope, No Way to Treat a Lady and The Traveling Executioner, comes this wacky comedy starring screen legend Paul Newman (The Hustler, The Sting). The Secret War of Harry Frigg tells the story of a good-for-nothing goldbrick whose only talent is escaping from the Army stockade. Sent behind enemy lines to free five Allied generals held prisoner in an Italian villa, Harry Frigg (Newman), hardly the dedicated type, becomes sidetracked from his zany mission by a sexy Italian Contessa (Sylva Koscina, Deadlier Than the Male, Lisa and the Devil). He finally uses his talent to escape, and his new rank of Major General to create havoc in this wild and brilliantly satirical tale of World War II. Beautifully shot in CinemaScope by the great Russell Metty (Spartacus) and featuring a hilarious supporting cast that includes Tom Bosley (Love with the Proper Stranger), Norman Fell (Charley Varrick) and Buck Henry (The Man Who Fell to Earth). *** When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess... |
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Theatrical Release: January 28th, 1968
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Distribution | Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 1:50:08.602 | |
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Audio English 1555 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1555 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
2.35 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 36,297,995,045 bytesFeature: 34,533,697,536 bytes Video Bitrate: 37.92 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer and Film Historian/Biographer Nat Segaloff• Theatrical Trailer (01:10)
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NOTE: We have added 28 more large resolution Blu-ray captures (in lossless PNG format) for DVDBeaver Patrons HERE Kino Lorber's Blu-ray features a 16-bit 2.0 DTS-HD Master audio track. This is a pretty clean sounding track, lacking any distracting audio degradations, which helps to make the dialogue more intelligible. The tense final act of the picture especially relies on the score from Carlo Rustichelli (Night Ripper, The Long Hair of Death, The Whip and the Body, Seduced and Abandoned, Divorce - Italian Style, 1974's Ten Little Indians). There are optional English SDH subtitles on this Region 'A' Blu-ray from Kino Lorber.
Kino Lorber's Blu-ray
of Jack Smight's "The Secret War of Harry Frigg'' features a new
audio commentary by film historian/filmmaker Daniel Kremer and film
historian/biographer Nat Segaloff. They start out the track by
mentioning that the film has many detractors, and later on they mention
Tarantino's disregard for the picture. Kremer and Segaloff prove to be
an exceptional pair, when discussing this film and the cast/crew
involved. They even slide down some particularly interesting rabbit
holes, such as when they mention that the film's Italian villa was
actually shot in Sierra Madre, CA (only a short drive from my childhood
home). I also particularly appreciated Segaloff furthering my knowledge
of the oft-maligned 'Techniscope' format. Raw stock was one of the
cheapest aspects of a Hollywood picture's budget, but one of the
advantages of a director working with 2-perf Technicsope was, as Nat
Segaloff explains, they could shoot "without having to shoot with the
same kind of anamorphic lens, you give yourself another F-stop, you
don't have to put another big gob of glass in front of your prime lens.
You could get a lot more exposure and a lot more freedom in lighting
your sets." Very interesting. Many more topics are discussed within
the commentary and I really look forward to listening to more from the
two film historians. The only other extra included on Kino's Blu-ray
is the film's trailer, and a handful of trailers for other films. |
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