A KISS BEFORE DYING (1956) - Kino Lorber - Blu-ray Forum

JackForrester · 11-12-2015, 09:28 AM

A Kiss Before Dying Blu-Ray

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Kino Lorber have confirmed that they will add to their Blu-ray catalog director Gerd Oswald's film A Kiss Before Dying (1956), starring Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, and Mary Astor. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market early next year.

Synopsis: Robert Wagner gambled with his clean-cut image to play the ruthless, conniving killer in this unrelenting noir thriller. Based on the novel by suspense master Ira Levin "Deathtrap," A Kiss Before Dying is riveting, sure-fire entertainment you can't miss.

Wagner is Bud Corliss, a darkly handsome college boy so obsessed with wealth that he'll do anything to get it. When his rich girlfriend Dorothy (Woodward) gets pregnant and is threatened with disinheritance, Bud stages her suicide, sending her plummeting from the roof of a high-rise. It's the perfect crime... until Dorothy's sister Ellen (Leith) begins to unravel Bud's deadly scheme. Cinematography by Lucien Ballard (Stanley Kubrick's The Killing, Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch).

Update
Street date: May 3, 2016

Widescreenfilmguy · 11-12-2015, 11:37 AM

Great movie, I will be looking forward to upgrading my DVD!

JackForrester · 03-04-2016, 11:02 PM

Available for pre order at Amazon

JackForrester · 04-16-2016, 12:33 AM

DVD Beaver review is up

atfree · 04-30-2016, 11:45 PM

Another review....not good

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/3129...foredying.html

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jetthead · 05-01-2016, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by atfree

Another review....not good

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/3129...foredying.html

Yikes

DJ KNIGHT XIII · 05-03-2016, 05:46 AM

Love this film, reviews be dammed, I am getting it.

John_Drake · 05-03-2016, 09:31 PM

Hmm, I agree.

I want this film too much not to pick up the BD.

JackForrester · 05-03-2016, 11:04 PM

Site review up

JackForrester · 05-03-2016, 11:29 PM

I'm a huge a fan of Ira Levin's novel. By far my favorite novel of his (yes, I like it even more than Rosemary's Baby).

I enjoy this version and love how they kept the first act of the story pretty much intact. Robert Wagner is really good as Bud too. The second half is kind of clumsy and rushed in a few scenes. The film is far from perfect and miles and miles away from the book, but I still consider it to be pretty fair.

03-04-2016, 11:02 PM	#3
JackForrester Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Mar 2014 Location:São Paulo, Brazil Blu-ray collection:26	Available for pre order at Amazon Last edited by JackForrester; 04-16-2016 at 12:34 AM.

11-12-2015, 11:37 AM	#2
Widescreenfilmguy Active Member Member since:Jan 2015 Location:Wolcott, CT 4K collection:32 Blu-ray collection:956 DVD collection:6 Trading Score:1	Great movie, I will be looking forward to upgrading my DVD!

04-16-2016, 12:33 AM	#4
JackForrester Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Mar 2014 Location:São Paulo, Brazil Blu-ray collection:26	DVD Beaver review is up

04-30-2016, 11:45 PM	#5
atfree Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2011 Location:South Carolina Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:60 Blu-ray collection:1120 DVD collection:125 MA collection:65 Digital collection:8 iTunes collection:86 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 4	Another review....not good http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/3129...foredying.html Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

05-03-2016, 05:46 AM	#7
DJ KNIGHT XIII Senior Member Member since:Jul 2012 Blu-ray collection:156 Trading Score:3	Love this film, reviews be dammed, I am getting it.

05-03-2016, 09:31 PM	#8
John_Drake Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2013 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:3442 Trading Score:92	Hmm, I agree. I want this film too much not to pick up the BD.

05-03-2016, 11:04 PM	#9
JackForrester Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Mar 2014 Location:São Paulo, Brazil Blu-ray collection:26	Site review up

05-03-2016, 11:29 PM	#10
JackForrester Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Mar 2014 Location:São Paulo, Brazil Blu-ray collection:26	I'm a huge a fan of Ira Levin's novel. By far my favorite novel of his (yes, I like it even more than Rosemary's Baby). I enjoy this version and love how they kept the first act of the story pretty much intact. Robert Wagner is really good as Bud too. The second half is kind of clumsy and rushed in a few scenes. The film is far from perfect and miles and miles away from the book, but I still consider it to be pretty fair.

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