{"id":22861,"date":"2020-02-09T08:23:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T16:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=22861"},"modified":"2020-12-20T11:40:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T19:40:04","slug":"review-penelope-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2020\/02\/review-penelope-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Penelope Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Penelope<\/em><\/strong> is a 1960s-era comedy featuring the lovely Natalie Wood comedy marking its debut on Blu-ray through the Warner Archive Collection, available now.<\/p>\n

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Penelope
\n<\/span>\u2014 Warner Archive Collection \u2014<\/span>
\n(1966)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Comedy, Crime<\/span>
\nWarner Archive | NR \u2013 98 min. \u2013 $21.99 | January 14, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 02\/09\/2020 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Arthur Hiller
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>E.V. Cunningham (novel); George Wells (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen, Dick Shawn, Peter Falk, Lila Kedrova, Lou Jacobi, Jonathan Winters<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Featurette, Theatrical Trailer
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>No
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 1.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>29.79 GB
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>38.95 Mbps
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/span><\/p>\n
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Can armed robbery save a marriage? Penelope (NATALIE WOOD) marries James Elcott (IAN BANNEN) after a very brief courtship, and as his star rises in the banking business, he spends less and less time with her. Penelope devises what she thinks is a good plan to get James\u2019 attention: disguising herself as an old lady and robbing his newly opening bank. Unfortunately, the robbery is successful, and now Penelope has bigger problems on her hands. Investigating the robbery is Lt. Bixbee (PETER FALK).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a Featurette (4:28)<\/u><\/strong> with fashion designer Edith Head and the Theatrical Trailer (2:39)<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.5\/5, AUDIO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Penelope <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0comes to Blu-ray through the Warner Archive Collection presented in its original 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and given a new 1080p high-definition transfer. This picture looks pretty dang fantastic with bright, vivid colors in keeping with the more light-hearted and comedic nature of the film as well as for the 1960s time period. Detail is sharp and very nicely defined and it appears the natural film grain and noise has been retained, no obvious tampering using some clean-up tools used.<\/p>\n

The disc includes a standard (for Warner Archive releases) DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono track and I found this to be a serviceable enough, dialogue does come through with good clarity with some minor hissing in a few spots, but hardly anything distracting and it is fairly low levels of it. Otherwise, a perfectly fine lossless track.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Penelope<\/strong><\/em> is a 1960s-era comedy featuring the lovely Natalie Wood comedy marking its debut on Blu-ray through the Warner Archive Collection which features great video and respectable audio.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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