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Samson and Delilah<\/i><\/b> is one of Cecil Deville\u2019s lavish spectacles with wonderful vistas and color cinematography that is absolutely beautiful and probably one of the reasons the movie has endured as much as it has. The two leads are fine in their roles though hardly memorable but admittedly it\u2019s not a story I was enamored with to go along with a screenplay that isn\u2019t the best in terms of dialogue.<\/p>\n
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Samson and Delilah<\/span> Genre(s): <\/b>Drama, Romance, History MOVIE INFO: DISC INFO: Audio: <\/b>English (Dolby TrueHD Mono 2.0), French (Dolby Digital Mono 2.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital Mono 2.0), Portuguese (Dolby Digital Mono 2.0) <\/p>\n Plot Outline: <\/b>Journey through time to a gloriously extravagant setting of lust, violence and treachery. Starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature in the title roles, Samson and Delilah<\/i><\/b> follows the story of the Bible\u2019s legendary strongman and the woman who seduces, then betrays him.<\/p>\n Quick Hit Review: <\/b>Not exactly my cup of tea, this 1949 historical drama extravaganza shows DeMille\u2019s features excellent set pieces and two fine performances from Lamarr and Mature to go along with a respectable retelling of the old Bible story anyone who went to Sunday school or listened to in church sermons probably know by heart, though this greatly expands it, of course. Still, at 120-minutes plus (sans overture), it\u2019s not the most brisk viewing and generally this isn\u2019t my favorite genre either.<\/p>\n The only feature is the film\u2019s Theatrical Trailer (2:04; HD)<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\n Samson and Delilah<\/i><\/b> arrives on Blu-ray from Paramount and given a respectable 1080p high-definition transfer. Considering the film\u2019s age, now 65 years old, the work done looks well done with decent detail levels, good balance in colors and instances of debris, dust marks and scratches cleaned up, albeit probably using DNR rather than a painstaking process. Still, it\u2019s a fine transfer and I\u2019m certain this film has never looked better.<\/p>\n The film has been given a Dolby TrueHD 2-Track Mono audio which sounds more than adequate showcasing some of the grandeur scenes as well as the quieter ones with only dialogue while Victor Young\u2019s score comes through quite nicely.<\/p>\n Overall, Samson and Delilah<\/i><\/b> is one of Cecil Deville\u2019s lavish spectacles with wonderful vistas and color cinematography that is absolutely beautiful and probably one of the reasons the movie has endured as much as it has. The two leads are fine in their roles though hardly memorable but admittedly it\u2019s not a story I was enamored with to go along with a screenplay that isn\u2019t the best in terms of dialogue. The Blu-ray only has a trailer but the audio and video transfers are both respectable enough.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Published: <\/b>03\/07\/2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Samson and Delilah is one of Cecil Deville\u2019s lavish spectacles with wonderful vistas and color cinematography that is absolutely beautiful and probably one of the reasons the movie has endured as much as it has. The two leads are fine in their roles though hardly memorable but admittedly it\u2019s not a story I was enamored … Continue reading “Samson and Delilah Blu-ray Review”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6924","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=6924"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27628,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6924\/revisions\/27628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nParamount | NR \u2013 133 min. \u2013 $22.98 | March 11, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n
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\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Cecil B. DeMille
\nWriter(s): <\/b>Jesse Lasky Jr. & Fredric M. Frank (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/b>Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>Theatrical Trailer|
\nNumber of Discs: <\/b>1<\/p>\n
\nVideo: <\/b>1080p\/Full Frame 1.33
\nSubtitles: <\/b>English SDH, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/b>39.2 GB
\nCodec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C (untested)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\nTHE MOVIE<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\nSPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nVIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nAUDIO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nOVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n