{"id":6790,"date":"2014-02-10T05:25:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T13:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=6790"},"modified":"2021-12-30T16:38:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T00:38:41","slug":"review-chorusline-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2014\/02\/review-chorusline-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"A Chorus Line Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid #2f4f4f;\" title=\"A Chorus Line Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/logos\/foxhe-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><b><i>A Chorus Line<\/i><\/b> certainly has its fans and detractors with the latter angered at how it was adapted and although I\u2019ve never seen the stage play, I can\u2019t say I\u2019d blame them as it\u2019s not a very well made musical, though the opening musical number was catchy and some of the performances from the stage players weren\u2019t bad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00GBT6364\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 2px solid blue;\" title=\"Buy A Chorus Line on Blu-ray from Amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2014\/chorusline-bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"385\" \/><\/a><strong><br \/>\nA Chorus Line (1985)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Genre(s): <\/b>Musical, Drama<br \/>\nFox | PG13 \u2013 118 min. \u2013 $19.99 | January 14, 2014<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Richard Attenborough<br \/>\n<b>Writer(s): <\/b>Michael Bennett (Based on the Stage Play), James Kirkwood (Book); Arnold Schulman (screenplay)<br \/>\n<b>Cast: <\/b>Michael Blevins, Yamil Borges, Jan Gan Boyd, Sharon Brown, Gregg Burge, Michael Douglas, Cameron English, Tony Fields, Nicole Fosse, Vicki Frederick, Michelle Johnston, Janet Jones, Pam Klinger, Audrey Landers, Terrence Mann, Charles McGowan, Alyson Reed, Justin Ross, Blane Savage, Matt West<\/p>\n<p><b>Theatrical Release Date: <\/b>December 13, 1985<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>Theatrical Trailer<br \/>\n<b>Number of Discs: <\/b>1<\/p>\n<p><b>Audio: <\/b>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)<br \/>\n<b>Video: <\/b>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35<br \/>\n<b>Subtitles: <\/b>English SDH, French, Spanish<br \/>\n<b>Disc Size: <\/b>31.7 GB<br \/>\n<b>Codec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<b>Region(s): <\/b>A<\/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<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE MOVIE<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Plot Outline: <\/b>After narrowing down hundreds of Broadway hopefuls, choreographer Zach (MICHAEL DOUGLAS) leads a select group of dancers on the tryout of their lives. In an audition twist, Zach asks each performer personal and intimate questions \u2013 with results that powerfully affect not only the young performers but the hardened stage veteran as well.<\/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<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The only feature included is the <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original Theatrical Trailer (2:35; HD)<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>It also should be noted that this one of those cheap MGM releases with no menu (unless using the pop-menu button on your remote), you load the disc and after a minute, the movie begins to play, so don\u2019t just plot it in and leave to get your refreshments.<\/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<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Fox releases <b><i>The Chorus Line<\/i><\/b> onto Blu-ray presented in 1080p high-definition transfer and in its original 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio. Considering the film is going on nearly 30 years, I was impressed with the video with good detail levels and a nice balance of colors ranging from the darker elements such as when we first meet Zach to the colorful stage bash throughout and collimating with the finale.<\/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<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>AUDIO \u2013 4.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The disc includes a 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio track which shows off the musical numbers, plus regular dialogue levels, so well with nice depth. Although it is on the surface only a stereo track versus the preferred 5.1 mix, it is still a good mixture that encompasses the room really well. For the fans of the movie, and perhaps of musicals in general as some of the songs (the opening especially), are quite catchy, this lossless track is a treat.<\/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<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>OVERALL \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Overall, <b><i>A Chorus Line<\/i><\/b> certainly has its fans and detractors with the latter angered at how it was adapted and although I\u2019ve never seen the stage play, I can\u2019t say I\u2019d blame them as it\u2019s not a very well made musical, though the opening musical number was catchy and some of the performances from the stage players weren\u2019t bad. The cheap Blu-ray distributed by Fox offers almost no bonus features but the audio and video transfers are both excellent.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Published: <\/b>02\/10\/2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chorus Line certainly has its fans and detractors with the latter angered at how it was adapted and although I\u2019ve never seen the stage play, I can\u2019t say I\u2019d blame them as it\u2019s not a very well made musical, though the opening musical number was catchy and some of the performances from the stage &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2014\/02\/review-chorusline-bd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Chorus Line Blu-ray Review&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[2674,1261],"class_list":["post-6790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-chorus-line","tag-michael-douglas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6790"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27580,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6790\/revisions\/27580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}