Forever Marilyn - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953-2012)
Forever Marilyn - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953-2012)
A Film by Howard Hawks
BluRay Full 1:1 | m2ts | AVC | 1920x1080 | 31445 Kbps | 23.976 fps | 16:9 | 01:31:25 | 5% Recovery | 27.6 GB
Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2959 kbps 5.1; French, German, Russian DTS Audio 768 kbps 5.1
Italian, Turkish Dolby Digital Audio 224 Kbps 1.0; Spanish, English, Czech Dolby Digital Audio 192 Kbps 1.0
Subtitle: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Bulgarian, Swedish, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
Japanese, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Korean, Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Thai, Croatian, Icelandic
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Musical | 1 Nomination
A Film by Howard Hawks
BluRay Full 1:1 | m2ts | AVC | 1920x1080 | 31445 Kbps | 23.976 fps | 16:9 | 01:31:25 | 5% Recovery | 27.6 GB
Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2959 kbps 5.1; French, German, Russian DTS Audio 768 kbps 5.1
Italian, Turkish Dolby Digital Audio 224 Kbps 1.0; Spanish, English, Czech Dolby Digital Audio 192 Kbps 1.0
Subtitle: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Bulgarian, Swedish, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
Japanese, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Korean, Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Thai, Croatian, Icelandic
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Musical | 1 Nomination
Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) and Dorothy Shaw (Jane Russell) are showgirls and best friends. Lorelei has a passion for diamonds, knowing that attracting a rich husband is one of the only ways a woman of the 1950s can succeed economically. She is engaged to Gus Esmond (Tommy Noonan), a naive nerd willing to do or buy anything for her. He, however, is under the control of his wealthy, upper-class father who calls him twice a day.
IMDB: Rating 7.2/10
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Dorothy, on the other hand, is looking for love, attracted only by men who are good-looking and fit. Lorelei has planned for Gus and her to marry in France, but Esmond, Sr. stops his son from sailing, believing that Lorelei is bad for him. Lorelei's job requires that she go and she does. Gus gives her a letter of credit, warning her to behave because, if his father hears rumors of bad behavior on her part, his father will certainly prohibit their marriage. Unbeknownst to them, Esmond, Sr. has hired a private detective, Ernie Malone (Elliott Reid), to spy on Lorelei. Malone, however, immediately falls in love with Dorothy.
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During the Atlantic crossing, Dorothy has already been drawn to the members of the Olympic athlete team, and is disappointed that they are required to go to bed right at the shank of the evening. Lorelei meets the rich and foolish Sir Francis "Piggy" Beekman (Charles Coburn), the owner of a diamond mine, and is attracted by his wealth and naively returns his geriatric flirtations. Piggy is entranced and his wife, annoyed. Lady Beekman (Norma Varden) proudly shows Lorelei her diamond tiara.
Lorelei invites the old gent to her and Dorothy's cabin, whereupon he recounts his travels to Africa. Malone spies through the window and takes pictures of Piggy hugging Lorelei under the guise of explaining how a python squeezes a goat. Dorothy catches Malone walking away nonchalantly after taking pictures of Lorelei and Piggy. She tells Lorelei, who fears for her reputation. They come up with a scheme to recover the incriminating film.
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They invite Malone for drinks, spill water on his lap, take his pants off to dry them out, and find the film in his pants pocket. Lorelei promptly prints and hides the negatives. Piggy is relieved his wife won't see the pictures. Lorelei, feeling she deserves a reward, persuades Piggy to give her his wife's diamond tiara as a thank-you present. But then Malone reveals that he has taped Lorelei's and Piggy's conversations, for which Dorothy scolds him. Malone implies Lorelei is a golddigger and, when Dorothy dismisses him out of hand, admits that he himself is a liar. When Dorothy tells Lorelei she is falling for Malone, Lorelei chastises her for choosing a poor man when she could as easily have a rich man – and diamonds. They arrive in Paris and spend time shopping, but are then kicked out of the hotel; Lorelei's letter of credit has been cancelled because of what Gus's father has learned from Malone. When Gus shows up at their show, Lorelei rebuffs him. It is at this point that Lorelei performs "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend," the musical number whose lyrics explain why and how women need to pursue men with money in order to pay their rent and buy food.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Blu-ray, Audio Quality
As with all of the Marilyn Monroe titles Fox is releasing this week, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' original sound mix has been lightly retooled into a modern multi-channel presentation, via a lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track. Don't worry, purists, the changes are minimal. The mix, like Marilyn herself, is decidedly front-heavy—waka, waka—with the rear speakers only used to provide some breathing room for the score and to provide quiet ambience during the more hectic scenes, like the clamor of the ship-boarding sequence. Although somewhat constrained by the recording techniques of the time—no real bass, somewhat thin highs—the musical numbers sound wonderful, relatively rich and free of peaking, popping, crackles, or hisses. The vocals, in particular, are easy on the ears. Dialogue is clear and clean too, and always easily understood, sitting comfortably at the top of the mix. A Dolby Digital 1.0 track is included for comparison, and the disc also features a generous selection of dubs and subtitle options. See above for details.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Blu-ray, Special Features and Extras
Movietone News: "Marilyn and Jane in Cement" (SD, 00:50): A quick vintage newsreel of Marilyn and Jane placing their handprints on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Theatrical Trailer (SD, 2:32)
More Monroe Movie Trailers: Includes How to Marry a Millionaire, River of No Return, The Seven Year Itch, and There's No Business Like Show Business.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Blu-ray, Overall Score and Recommendation
One of the most iconic movie musicals of the 1950s, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes added the phrase "diamonds are a girl's best friends" to the cultural lexicon and set the template for Madonna, Kylie Minogue, and other materialistic chanteuses to come. Sixty years on, the film is still diamond- sharp, ha-ha funny and wink-wink sexy, bolstered by Marilyn Monroe's oh daddy act, a formidable mixture of innocence and lusty desire. Like the film's star, 20th Century Fox's Blu-ray release is a thing of beauty—slight noise reduction notwithstanding—and though the disc doesn't come with any new special features, Monroe fans will definitely want to upgrade. Highly recommended!
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1953 film adaptation of the 1949 stage musical, released by 20th Century Fox, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell, with Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, Taylor Holmes, and Norma Varden in supporting roles. The screenplay by Charles Lederer is augmented by the music of songwriting teams Hoagy Carmichael & Harold Adamson and Jule Styne & Leo Robin. The songs by Styne and Robin are from the Broadway show, while the songs by Carmichael and Adamson were written especially for the film.
Forever Marilyn - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953-2012)
Total Video
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00600.MPLS AVC 1:31:25 28.383.430.656 29.729.525.573 41,40 31,45 DTS-HD Master 5.1 2959Kbps (48kHz/24-bit) DD AC3 1.0 192Kbps
DISC INFO:
Disc Title: Gentlmen.prefer.blondes
Disc Size: 29.729.525.573 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: Yes
BDInfo: 0.5.8
PLAYLIST REPORT:
Name: 00600.MPLS
Length: 1:31:25.354 (h:m:s.ms)
Size: 28.383.430.656 bytes
Total Bitrate: 41,40 Mbps
VIDEO:
Codec Bitrate Description
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MPEG-4 AVC Video 31445 kbps 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
AUDIO:
Codec Language Bitrate Description
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DTS-HD Master Audio English 2959 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2959 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
DTS Audio French 768 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
DTS Audio Russian 768 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
DTS Audio German 768 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 192 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Italian 224 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 224 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Turkish 224 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 224 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Czech 192 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 192 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
SUBTITLES:
Codec Language Bitrate Description
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Presentation Graphics English 41,568 kbps
Presentation Graphics Spanish 40,515 kbps
Presentation Graphics French 33,458 kbps
Presentation Graphics Spanish 37,841 kbps
Presentation Graphics Danish 35,825 kbps
Presentation Graphics Dutch 40,383 kbps
Presentation Graphics Finnish 36,068 kbps
Presentation Graphics German 42,674 kbps
Presentation Graphics Italian 32,198 kbps
Presentation Graphics Japanese 28,089 kbps
Presentation Graphics Norwegian 36,238 kbps
Presentation Graphics Portuguese 43,552 kbps
Presentation Graphics Russian 43,234 kbps
Presentation Graphics Swedish 34,677 kbps
Presentation Graphics Bulgarian 40,864 kbps
Presentation Graphics Chinese 37,969 kbps
Presentation Graphics Croatian 35,731 kbps
Presentation Graphics Czech 31,469 kbps
Presentation Graphics Greek 36,880 kbps
Presentation Graphics Hebrew 26,772 kbps
Presentation Graphics Icelandic 32,542 kbps
Presentation Graphics Korean 24,158 kbps
Presentation Graphics Chinese 37,751 kbps
Presentation Graphics Chinese 42,329 kbps
Presentation Graphics Polish 27,981 kbps
Presentation Graphics Portuguese 34,059 kbps
Presentation Graphics Thai 28,472 kbps
Presentation Graphics Turkish 31,774 kbps
TITOLO ORIGINALE: Gentleman prefer blondes
GENERE: Commedia
REGIA: Howard Hawks
SCENEGGIATURA: Charles Lederer
ATTORI:
George Winslow, Marcel Dalio, Charles Coburn, Steven Geray, Taylor Holmes, Henry Letondal, Marilyn Monroe, Leo Mostovoy, Elliott Reid, Jane Russell, Norma Varden, Howard Wendell, Tommy Noonan
Ruoli ed Interpreti
FOTOGRAFIA: Harry J. Wild
MONTAGGIO: Hugh S. Fowler
MUSICHE: Harold Adamson, Hoagy Carmichael, Jule Styne, Leo Robin
PRODUZIONE: FOX SOL. C. SIEGEL
DISTRIBUZIONE: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX - DOMOVIDEO, 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT, L'UNITA' VIDEO
PAESE: USA 1953
DURATA: 91 Min
FORMATO: Colore CINEMASCOPE TECHNICOLOR
SOGGETTO:
OMONIMA COMMEDIA DI ANITA LOOS ISPIRATA DAL ROMANZO DI A. LOOS
NOTE:
COSTUMI: TRAVILLA - PRIMA: AGOSTO 1953 - "REMAKE" DELL'OMONIMO FILM DIRETTO NEL 1928 DA MALCOLM ST.CLAIR, CON RUTH TAYLOR E ALICE WHITE.
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