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| Call Me Bwana |
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Genre:Classic
Reviewed In Issue 26 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries & Arnold Palmer |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
MGM |
| (Catalog Number): |
ML103030 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
102 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1963 |
| (LD Release Date): |
6/9/97 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Gordon Douglas |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Bob Hope stars in Call Me Bwana as Matt Merriweather, a phony explorer on jungle life sent to the African Congo to recover a top secret American space capsule that has crash landed there. Joined by the beautiful Frederika Larsen (Edie Adams), Merriweather is forced to reach the destination before the Russians do. Unbeknownst to him, Luba (Anita Ekberg), a Soviet spy posing as a scientist has her eyes on the space probe and uses her knockout looks to get invited—along with her fraudulent missionary father (Lionel Jeffries)—on the mission with Merriweather. Call Me Bwana is a “breezy comedy” and is sure to please fans of Bob Hope.
LaserDisc Picture:
Matted at 1.85:1, the picture looks slightly dated, but color fidelity is good with generally natural fleshtones and deep, solid blacks. There are some slight inconsistencies in color fidelity. Images are sometimes wanting in sharpness and detail. Shadow detail is good and there is minimal noise. Minor artifacts apparent.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is undistinguished monaural which sounds dated, compressed and distorted.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
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No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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