Some Brief Notes By Brad About: Audrey Rose (1977) Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

A brief look here at the Twilight Time blu-ray 1977 mystery/horror (but not much) film featuring Marsha Mason (who would shoot to fame in her next film, The Goodbye Girl (1977)), Anthony Hopkins in a 70s film role and Susan Swift (no relation to Taylor Swift) in her first major role.



Viewed On: Vizio 70: E-Series and Sony S590 Blu-ray player.

The Movie: My first time sitting thru this entire film. While I enjoyed the film, I could see why it didn't become a major league hit like some other mystery/horror films of the period (The Omen, Jaws). Kinda of funny seeing Anthony Hopkins with a full head of hair and in natural color (far cry from his Silence Of The Lambs appearance).
Oh and I did read the condensed book back in 1976. Seemed to me that quite a bit of the book was missing from the film but to include everything would have made for a very long film. Another note: I like a lot of folks thought this was a true story but as it turns out it is fictitious. I had heard the original author, Frank De Felitta that he was inspired by a true story of a young boy who had developed musical skills far ahead of the boy's age (but someone might like to confirm this for me).

The Technical Side: This blu-ray release retained quite a bit of the film grain as it was quite noticeable on the 70. Colors seemed accurate but a bit muted at times. PQ was good for a film of this time period (but nothing like a blu-ray of a modern film (example I just watched, Endless Love (2014)) but was definitely on the grainy side. The grain was a bit surprising considering other Twilight Time releases which had far less noticeable grain (examples: The Blue Max and Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines) but that could be the condition of the original film this transfer was made from. Nick Redman at TT would know more about this than I would anyway. I've read some other reviews which noted the same grain issue so nice to know I'm not the "Lone Ranger" here. Definitely better than the earlier DVD release but much like the Wanda Nevada (1979) blu release, not by all that much.

Sound, done in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 was quite good. Not much more I could add there.

Overall, I knida enjoyed this release. Today's audienes would find this movie a bit slow moving (considering the blow-em up pace of today's films).

Now as I finish this, we just finished viewing the TT release of La Bamba (1987) and now checking out On The Town (1949, DVD) which for a DVD seems to have excellent PQ for a DVD. Can't wait for the Blu for this one.

Kyrsten Brad said:

A brief look here at the Twilight Time blu-ray 1977 mystery/horror (but not much) film featuring Marsha Mason (who would shoot to fame in her next film, The Goodbye Girl (1977)), Anthony Hopkins in a 70s film role and Susan Swift (no relation to Taylor Swift) in her first major role.

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Viewed On: Vizio 70: E-Series and Sony S590 Blu-ray player.

The Movie: My first time sitting thru this entire film. While I enjoyed the film, I could see why it didn't become a major league hit like some other mystery/horror films of the period (The Omen, Jaws). Kinda of funny seeing Anthony Hopkins with a full head of hair and in natural color (far cry from his Silence Of The Lambs appearance).

The Technical Side: This blu-ray release retained quite a bit of the film grain as it was quite noticeable on the 70. Colors seemed accurate but a bit muted at times. PQ was good for a film of this time period (but nothing like a blu-ray of a modern film (example I just watched, Endless Love (2014)) but was definitely on the grainy side. The grain was a bit surprising considering other Twilight Time releases which had far less noticeable grain (examples: The Blue Max and Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines) but that could be the condition of the original film this transfer was made from. Nick Redman at TT would know more about this than I would anyway. I've read some other reviews which noted the same grain issue so nice to know I'm not the "Lone Ranger" here. Definitely better than the earlier DVD release but much like the Wanda Nevada (1979) blu release, not by all that much.

Sound, done in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 was quite good. Not much more I could add there.

Overall, I knida enjoyed this release. Today's audienes would find this movie a bit slow moving (considering the blow-em up pace of today's films).

Now as I finish this, we just finished viewing the TT release of La Bamba (1987) and now checking out On The Town (1949, DVD) which for a DVD seems to have excellent PQ for a DVD. Can't wait for the Blu for this one.

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I know what you're trying to do here, imitating Robert Harris's posts (and, to a lesser extent, mine), but telling your thoughts is just fine - however, if you don't know the difference between Audrey Rose and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, then you should not really be commenting on the transfers and making those comparisons. Magnificent Men was a 65mm production and Audrey Rose wasn't. The Big Max - different cameraman, different era, entirely different look, but also transferred from the camera negative. Audrey Rose is clearly from an internegative.

Whenever I create a thread from now on I'm going to brand them too!

bigshot said:

Whenever I create a thread from now on I'm going to brand them too!

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Just remember to lodge a Trademark application and also use the Trademark symbol TM as RAH does, otherwise somebody might steal your brand. For example, Brad hasn't trademarked his brand, so you can use Some brief notes by Bigshot about... without fear of legal action.