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List Price: $24.95Amazon.com's Price: $22.49 You Save: $2.46 (10%)as of 03/22/2010 05:52 EDT
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0738329022921
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Kino Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 StereoEnglishUnknownDolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Manufacturer: Kino Video
MPN: KICD02292D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kino Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 06, 2001
Running Time: 111 minutes
Studio: Kino Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1959
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Product Description:
Laurence harvey stars as a fast-talking talent agent who discovers a hip young bongo player in a london coffee bar and sends him on an upward trajectory to stardom and corruption. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 11/06/2001 Starring: Laurence Harvey Cliff Richard Run time: 105 minutes
Amazon.com:
Laurence Harvey is a brash hustler with a stream of snappy patter who takes bongo-playing crooner Cliff Richard out of the coffeehouse and into the big time in this sardonic spoof of the cynical star-making industry. Set amid the sleazy strip clubs and bustling nightlife of London's Soho district, Expresso Bongo is a fab bit of show-biz lampooning that loses its bite and its momentum when it leaves the lively streets for the claustrophobic offices and penthouse suites of the professional music industry sharks. It's still a marvelous time capsule of Britain's pre-rock pop-music scene, and the cast is terrific. Fast-talking Harvey is a dynamo as the small-time opportunist, with Sylvia Sims as his worldly stripper girlfriend growing weary of his schemes and Yolande Donlan as the savvy but aging American sex symbol plotting her comeback on the back of Harvey's naive new star. --Sean Axmaker
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Make no mistake, I love EXPRESSO BONGO, and the film itself would normally merit five stars; for style and sensibility, it was ahead of the curve for 1959. Watching this version of it, however, gives the false impression that this is just another teen idol film, due primarily to the several excised musical interludes. Of course, my own discovery of the missing Harvey numbers was upsetting, but by far the biggest letdown was the absence of Meier Tzelniker's peculiar performance of a charming number ... Read More
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This look at the British rock'n'roll scene, circa 1959, HAD to have inspired Julien Temple's "Absolute Beginners", right from its opening nightime shots swooping through London's Soho coffee bar/club scene to its depiction of naive show biz beginners with stars in thier eyes and savvy talent agents' hands in thier wallets. The late great Laurence Harvey portrays the classic success-hungry hustler/"manager" stereotype with the kind of cheeky chutzpah that remained unmatched until Ray Sharkey's astounding ... Read More
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WOW ! Talk about mixed reviews ! I gather from some of the reviewers that certain parts of the original film--apparently Laurence Harvey had some songs--are missing in this version.
Sorry--I find it difficult to miss what I have never seen in the first place. As long as the Cliff Richard numbers are included, I suspect most people will be satisfied.
This is a highly entertaining film, and while Laurence's singing may be "missing in action", his acting as the ultimate hustling, unethical, ... Read More
Rating:  -
An on target black and white satire of the 1950's pop music scene with only one problem. The music isn't all there. As I remember it , there was at least one other song in the original cinema release and it's omission removes some of the bite from the whole. Overall, a bit of a let-down considering that there wasn't much music to start with, although Cliff Richard does get a reasonable look-in. (Can you believe that he was really nineteen at the time ? He only looks about fourteen here.)Anyway, it ... Read More
Rating: -
Forget about stars. Kino's DVD of "Expresso Bongo" is the same mangled version that appeared on VHS a couple of years ago. Three
songs performed by Laurence Harvey are missing. I e-mailed Kino about this abridgement at the time. Mr. Gonzalez is quite correct in calling Kino's cut a "Reader's Digest" version of the film.I was hoping Harvey's numbers would be restored for the DVD version but I see I will have to make do with my murky off-the-air video recording.
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0738329022921
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Kino Video
Languages:
Manufacturer: Kino Video
MPN: KICD02292D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kino Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 06, 2001
Running Time: 111 minutes
Studio: Kino Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1959