{"id":25603,"date":"2021-03-03T15:50:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T23:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=25603"},"modified":"2021-03-03T15:51:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T23:51:29","slug":"review-lady-sings-the-blues-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2021\/03\/review-lady-sings-the-blues-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Sings the Blues Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Lady Sings the<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Blues<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>stars Diana Ross as the incredible singer, Billie Holiday, and arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Paramount and includes a featurette and a set of deleted scenes.<\/p>\n

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Lady Sings the Blues<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Biography, Music<\/span>
\nParamount| R \u2013 143 min. \u2013 $17.99 | February 23, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 03\/03\/2021 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Director: <\/strong>Sidney J. Furie
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Terence McCloy and Chris Clark and Suzanne de Passe (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James Callahan<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurette, Deleted Scenes
\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 (Dolby TrueHD 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>45.48 GB
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>39.20 Mbps
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/span><\/p>\n
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Paramount provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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Diana Ross portrays legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in this biographical drama. Beginning with Holiday’s traumatic youth, the film depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay (BILLY DEE WILLIAMS), her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday’s brightest moments is the vocalist’s severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with an Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> by Executive Producer Berry Gordy, Director Sidney Furie and Artist Manager Shelly Berger; Behind the Blues: Lady Sings the Blues<\/em> (23:06)<\/u><\/strong> making-of featurette; and last some Deleted Scenes (21:03)<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Paramount releases Lady Sings the Blues<\/em><\/strong> onto, well, Blu-ray, where it\u2019s presented with a 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and given a 1080p high-definition transfer. For the most part the picture is pleasant in appearance. Detail is relatively sharp and although I did detect some minor pixilation, it\u2019s still a fine transfer going on nearly 50 years old.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 3\u00be\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The disc features a solid Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track that excels mostly with the music-centric scenes but dialogue still comes across fairly well but the depth is on the limited side with the rear channels barely getting much usage in the non-musical moments, but even then it\u2019s nothing amazing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more 1080p screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
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