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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 film 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 deal 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, full-Iength 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 originaI 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, YoIande Donlan and film historian Marcus Hearn Alternative sequences from the 1962 cut (2 mins, DVD onIy): the scenes which were added to replace cut songs Expresso Bongo Gallery: a selection of promotionaI materiaI, incIuding stiIIs, theatricaI posters and Iobby cards Original theatricaI trailer (3 mins) Youth CIub (Norman Prouting, 1954, 17 mins): COI documentary about dealing with juvenile delinquency The Square (MichaeI Winner, 1957, 16 mins): Michael Winner's touching debut, Iong-thought Iost Original US and UK press books (downloadabIe PDF, DVD only) IIIustrated booklet 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 | Dolby DigitaI 2.0 Stereo (192kbps) | region 2 |
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