{"id":13668,"date":"2016-12-08T07:34:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T15:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=13668"},"modified":"2016-12-08T07:34:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T15:34:57","slug":"review-prettypoison-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/12\/review-prettypoison-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Pretty Poison BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/12\/review-prettypoison-bd\/#more-13668\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Pretty Poison Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/2016\/prettypoison-sm.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><em>Pretty Poison<\/em><\/strong> is a surprisingly well done romantic-drama with crime thrown into the mixture and features great performances from Anthony Perkins, unsurprisingly, as well as what should\u2019ve been a star-making role by Tuesday Weld.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Pretty Poison<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(1968)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Romance, Crime, Comedy<br \/>\nTwilight Time | NR \u2013 89 min. \u2013 $29.95 | November 15, 2016<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 12\/08\/2016 | <strong>Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table id=\"border-table-review\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"300px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2016\/prettypoison-bd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid blue;\" title=\"Pretty Poison\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2016\/prettypoison-bd.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"amazon\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Buy the Following on Screen Archives\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/screenarchives-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/4kuhd-off.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/3dbluray-off.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/screenarchives.com\/title_detail.cfm\/ID\/32268\/PRETTY-POISON-1968\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy on Blu-ray from Screen Archives!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/bluray-on.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/dvd-off.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Noel Black<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Stephen Geller (novel); Lorenzo Semple, Jr. (screenplay)<br \/>\n<strong>Cast: <\/strong>Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, John Randolph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Audio Commentaries, Deleted Scene Script, Theatrical Trailer<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Formats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray<br \/>\n<strong>Number of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 1.0)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH<br \/>\n<strong>Disc Size: <\/strong>NA<br \/>\n<strong>Codec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<strong>Region(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ZtHRoxQ.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Pretty Poison\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ZtHRoxQ.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>PLOT SYNOPSIS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director Noel Black\u2019s feature-film debut, <strong><em>Pretty Poison<\/em><\/strong>, is a darkly comic thriller about a disturbed young man, Dennis Pitt (ANTHONY PERKINS), recently released from a mental institution who falls for radiant All-American teenager Sue Ann Stepanek (TUESDAY WELD). Only trouble is, she turns out to be the genuinely psychotic one of the pair, leading him into a series of \u201cmissions\u201d that inevitably culminates in murder.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This release comes with a 6-page <strong>essay booklet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Audio Commentaries:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Executive Producer Lawrence Turman &amp; Film Historians Lem Dobbs and Nick Redman<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Director Noel Black and Film Historian Robert Fischer<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Deleted Scene Script and Commentary<\/u><\/strong> is a scene positioned between where Sue Ann gives Dennis a call to say that her mother won\u2019t let her leave the house, and the following scene at the hog dog stand in which Sue Ann insists that he has to meet her mother. Also included is a commentary (3:12).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Original Theatrical Trailer (2:57; HD)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/p9zN4Iq.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Pretty Poison\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/p9zN4Iq.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Pretty Poison<\/em><\/strong> arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Twilight Time presented in its original 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition. Colors are absolutely vibrant throughout and detail is relatively sharp and nicely defined. There is some natural film grain but it only adds to the authentic experience. For a movie that\u2019s going on nearly 50 years, it\u2019s not bad looking at all.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">The disc comes with a basic but efficient DTS-HD Master Audio Mono track and for a movie that is mostly dialogue driven, is clean and clear coming via the center channel while some depth is provided for ambient noises plus Johnny Mandel\u2019s score (provided here as an isolated score track).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/tRkqvbg.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Pretty Poison\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/tRkqvbg.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>OVERALL \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, <strong><em>Pretty Poison<\/em><\/strong> is a surprisingly well done romantic-drama with crime thrown into the mixture and features great performances from Anthony Perkins, unsurprisingly, as well as what should\u2019ve been a star-making role by Tuesday Weld who herself has an interesting past. The Blu-ray released through Twilight Time offers good\/great audio and video transfers and a so-so selection of bonus material.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain <strong>spoilers<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage-->These are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n<table id=\"gallery\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Pretty Poison<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ZtHRoxQ.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ZtHRoxQ.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/p9zN4Iq.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/p9zN4Iq.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ITtLbI6.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ITtLbI6.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/uZVm0jh.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/uZVm0jh.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ijRHRTo.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ijRHRTo.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/L60XX2Z.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/L60XX2Z.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2lkzIhU.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2lkzIhU.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a 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