{"id":7790,"date":"2010-02-17T21:53:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T21:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=7790"},"modified":"2010-02-17T21:55:40","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T21:55:40","slug":"blu-ray-the-ladykillers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/02\/17\/blu-ray-the-ladykillers\/","title":{"rendered":"Blu-ray: The Ladykillers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B002BC9Z0Q?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=filmdetail-21&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creativeASIN=B002BC9Z0Q\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7791 alignright\" title=\"The Ladykillers Bluray\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/The-Ladykillers-Bluray.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a>One of the classic comedies produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ealing_Studios\">Ealing Studios<\/a>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B002BC9Z0Q?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=filmdetail-21&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creativeASIN=B002BC9Z0Q\">The Ladykillers<\/a><\/strong> (1955) sees a criminal mastermind (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Guinness\">Alec Guinness<\/a>) and his gang rent a London flat from a sweet old lady (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katie_Johnson\">Katie Johnson<\/a>) only to find that things don&#8217;t go as planned.<\/p>\n<p>It features an excellent supporting cast that includes <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Sellers\">Peter Sellers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herbert_Lom\">Herbert Lom<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Danny_Green_(actor)\">Danny Green<\/a>, although it is the two leads of Guinness and Johnson who really shine with pitch perfect performances.<\/p>\n<p>There is a restrained classiness to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Mackendrick\">Alexander Mackendrick<\/a>&#8216;s direction whilst <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Rose_(screenwriter)\">William Rose<\/a>&#8216;s screenplay has a marvellous blend of wit and economy.<\/p>\n<p>Look out too for the effective use of London locations and the sparring between Lom and Sellars, which anticipates their roles in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Pink_Panther\">Pink Panther films<\/a> a decade later.<\/p>\n<p>The Blu-ray comes with the following extras:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction by Terry Gilliam<\/li>\n<li>Commentary with Phillip Kemp <\/li>\n<li>Forever Ealing: Documentary (49 mins) <\/li>\n<li>Interview with Allan Scott (10 mins)<\/li>\n<li>Interview with Ronald Harwood (7 mins) <\/li>\n<li>Interview with Terence Davies New (14 mins)<\/li>\n<li>Cleaning Up The Ladykillers: featurette<\/li>\n<li>Trailer<\/li>\n<li>BD-Live<\/li>\n<li>Booklet: Analysis by film critic David Parkinson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The technical specs are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cert: PG<\/li>\n<li>Region B<\/li>\n<li>Feature Running time: 91 mins approx<\/li>\n<li>Blu-ray Feature<\/li>\n<li>Aspect ratio: 16:9 PB \u2013 1.33:1 (4&#215;3) <\/li>\n<li>Colour PAL<\/li>\n<li>Feature Audio: DTS HD Master 2.0 (Mono)<\/li>\n<li>English Language<\/li>\n<li>Video: 24p 1080<\/li>\n<li>Disc Type: BD50 <\/li>\n<li>Cat no: OPTBD0602<\/li>\n<li>RRP: \u00a324.99<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EoPaqgKWWv0&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EoPaqgKWWv0&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Ladykillers<\/strong> is out on Blu-ray now from Optimum Home Entertainment as part of The Studio Canal Collection<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B002BC9Z0Q?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=filmdetail-21&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creativeASIN=B002BC9Z0Q\">Buy The Ladykillers on Blu-ray from Amazon UK<\/a><br \/>&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0048281\/\">The Ladykillers<\/a> at the IMDb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the classic comedies produced by Ealing Studios, The Ladykillers (1955) sees a criminal mastermind (Alec Guinness) and his gang rent a London flat from a sweet old lady (Katie Johnson) only to find that things don&#8217;t go as 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