{"id":8616,"date":"2014-11-18T23:09:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T07:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=8616"},"modified":"2022-01-02T20:50:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T04:50:47","slug":"review-bunnylakeismissing-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2014\/11\/review-bunnylakeismissing-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Bunny Lake is Missing Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid #2f4f4f;\" title=\"Bunny Lake is Missing Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/logos\/twilighttime-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>This classic film from perennial filmmaker Otto Preminger is a haunting tale filled with amazing performances from its core cast headed by the great Laurence Olivier while Carol Lynley is mesmerizing in the starring role.<\/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;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Bunny Lake is Missing<\/span><br \/>\n(1965)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Mystery, Thriller<br \/>\nTwilight Time | NR \u2013 107 min. \u2013 $29.95 | November 11, 2014<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-color: #120b78; border-width: 0px; ; width: 660px;\" border=\"0\" frame=\"border\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/screenarchives.com\/title_detail.cfm\/ID\/28210\/BUNNY-LAKE-IS-MISSING-1965\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 3px solid blue;\" title=\"Buy Bunny Lake is Missing on Blu-ray from Screen Archives\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2014\/bunnylakeismissing-bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><b> <\/b><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/strong>Otto Preminger<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Evelyn Piper (novel); John and Penelope Mortimer<br \/>\n<strong>Cast: <\/strong>Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Noel Coward<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/span>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Trailers<br \/>\n<strong>Number of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 1.0)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH<br \/>\n<strong>Disc Size: <\/strong>NA<br \/>\n<strong>Codec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<strong>Region(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>PLOT SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Bunny Lake is Missing<\/em><\/strong> offers us director Otto Preminger\u2019s dark view of a London less swinging than it is sinister; the script by John and Penelope Mortimer presents a dodgy kind of thriller, in which the central damsel in distress (CAROL LYNLEY) \u2014 a mother who claims that her child has been snatched from school \u2014 may be mad, joining the ranks of eccentrics who surround her. The film also stars Keir Dillea as the heroine\u2019s devoted brother; and Laurence Olivier as a steady-on police inspector, giving one of the more sneakily larcenous performances of his illustrious career.<\/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 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Along with the usual 6-page essay booklet, this release comes with an informative and engaging <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Audio Commentary<\/span><\/strong> with Film Historians, and Twilight Time regulars, Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman. Also included are the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original Theatrical Trailers<\/span><\/strong>.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twilight Time releases <strong><em>Bunny Lake is Missing<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray using the transfer made available by Columbia Pictures. The video, shown with a 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p HD transfer, looks pretty darn gorgeous with clear and sharp detail levels throughout and only minimal, and non-distracting dust marks. The starkness between the black levels also appears smooth.<\/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 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The supplied DTS-HD Master Audio Mono track is more than serviceable providing for crisp and clear dialogue while Paul Glass\u2019 fantastic score, also available in an isolated score track, comes through quite well.<\/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 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, this classic film from perennial filmmaker Otto Preminger is a haunting tale filled with amazing performances from its core cast headed by the great Laurence Olivier while Carol Lynley is mesmerizing in the starring role. The Blu-ray released by Twilight Time is light on features but the video and audio transfers are both well done and allow this nearly 40-year-old, obscure mystery\/thriller to look better than ever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published: <\/strong>11\/18\/2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This classic film from perennial filmmaker Otto Preminger is a haunting tale filled with amazing performances from its core cast headed by the great Laurence Olivier while Carol Lynley is mesmerizing in the starring role. &nbsp;<\/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":[3383,2080,1892],"class_list":["post-8616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-binny-lake-is-missing","tag-laurence-olivier","tag-twilight-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8616","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=8616"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27968,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8616\/revisions\/27968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}