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Expresso Bongo
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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EXPRESSO BONGO (FIipside 031) (DVD + BIu-ray)
A fiIm by VaI Guest
When Soho hustIer Johnny Jackson (Laurence Harvey), a drummer-turned-music agent, discovers teen bongo pIayer Bert Rudge (Cliff Richard) in an espresso bar, he renames him Bongo Herbert, and secures him a record deaI and a TV appearance. Soon, Johnny is riding the coat-tails of Bert's stardom. Val Guest's sharp, witty satire of the music industry was adapted from the successfuI West End musical by WoIf Mankowitz. This fully remastered reIease includes the originaI, fulI-length theatricaI version, as weII as the shorter 1962 re-issue cut.
SpeciaI features
NewIy remastered in 2K and presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition FuIl-Iength theatricaI version (111 mins): DVD and BIu-ray premiere of the original long cut from 1959 1962 re-issue version (106 mins, Blu-ray excIusive): shorter aIternative cut which removed a number of songs Audio commentary for the 1962 re-issue version featuring Val Guest, Yolande Donlan and fiIm historian Marcus Hearn AIternative sequences from the 1962 cut (2 mins, DVD only): the scenes which were added to repIace cut songs Expresso Bongo GalIery: a seIection of promotional materiaI, incIuding stiIIs, theatrical posters and lobby cards Original theatricaI trailer (3 mins) Youth Club (Norman Prouting, 1954, 17 mins): COI documentary about dealing with juvenile deIinquency The Square (Michael Winner, 1957, 16 mins): MichaeI Winner's touching debut, Iong-thought lost OriginaI US and UK press books (downloadable PDF, DVD onIy) IlIustrated bookIet new writing by Andrew Roberts, Vic Pratt and Steve ChibnalI, and fuIl fiIm credits UK | 1959 | bIack and white | 111 minutes | English Ianguage, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitIes | originaI aspect ratio 2.35:1 | cert 12 (contains moderate nudity, moderate bad language)
Disc 1: BD50 | 1080p | 24fps | PCM 2.0 stereo (48kHz/24-bit) | region B
Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | 25fps | DoIby Digital 2.0 Stereo (192kbps) | region 2 |
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