{"id":14455,"date":"2017-02-05T19:59:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T03:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=14455"},"modified":"2017-02-27T21:55:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T05:55:44","slug":"review-bellsareringing-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/02\/review-bellsareringing-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Bells Are Ringing BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Bells Are Ringing<\/em><\/strong> is an absolutely wonderful musical-romance from the 60s and features two charming performances by Judy Holliday and the always suave Dean Martin and come catchy tunes.<\/p>\n

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Bells Are Ringing
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\n(1960)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Musical, Comedy, Romance
\nWarner Home Video | NR \u2013 126 min. \u2013 $21.99 | January 31, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 02\/05\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Vincente Minnelli
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Betty Comden and Adolph Green (stage play) (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark, Eddie Foy Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Featurette, Outtakes, Theatrical Trailer
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>39.9 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PLOT SYNOPSIS
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The get-up in New York\u2019s get-up-and-go comes from the switchboard operators of Susanswerphone. Need a wakeup call? Your appointments? Encouragement from \u201cMom\u201d? A racetrack bet? It all comes from that dutiful nerve \u2013 or noive \u2013 center that keeps enterprises enterprising and, maybe, wedding bells ringing. Judy Holliday reprises her Tony-winning Broadway role of irrepressible switchboard girl Ella in a jubilant adaptation that marked her final movie and the final teaming of movie-musical titans Arthur Freed and Vincente Minnelli. Dean Martin costars as a struggling playwright in for a surprise when he learns \u201cMom\u2019s\u201d identity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release, through Warner\u2019s MOD program, includes Bells Are Ringing: Just in Time (11:15; SD)<\/u><\/strong> featurette, some Outtakes (TRT 11:54; SD)<\/u><\/strong> and the Theatrical Trailer (3:01; HD)<\/u><\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Bells Are Ringing<\/em><\/strong> comes to Blu-ray through Warner\u2019s Archive Collection presented in its original 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. This was a brilliant looking picture, colors look bright throughout and detail was fairly sharp and there were no major instances of dust, scratches or other blemishes. For a movie going on nearly 60 years old, I was rather impressed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Not to be outdone, thankfully the studio gave this musical a fleshed out DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which does provide for clear dialogue levels but when the music picks up, that\u2019s when each channel becomes fully utilized.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Overall, Bells Are Ringing<\/em><\/strong> is an absolutely wonderful musical-romance from the 60s and features two charming performances by Judy Holliday and the always suave Dean Martin and come catchy tunes. This Blu-ray by Warner Archives offers great video\/audio transfers and some thin bonus features.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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