Crazy Mama / The Lady in Red Blu-ray Movie

Overview

Crazy Mama / The Lady in Red (1975-1979)

Academy Award® winner* Cloris Leachman stars in Crazy Mama as Melba Stokes, a middle-aged woman who runs a California beauty parlor with her mother Sheba (Ann Sothern) and teenage daughter Cheryl (Linda Purl). When the shop is repossessed, the three ladies take a road trip which turns into a crime spree from California to the family home in Arkansas. Also starring Donny Most (Happy Days), Jim Backus (Rebel Without A Cause), and Stuart Whitman (The Longest Day), Crazy Mama was directed by Academy Award® winner** Jonathan Demme (The Silence Of The Lambs). Pamela Sue Martin stars as the infamous Lady in Red, Polly Franklin, whose red dress served as an identifying beacon for the FBI's murder of public enemy #1, John Dillinger (Robert Conrad) in Lewis Teague's The Lady In Red. From sweatshop to dime-a-dance hall, from prison to house of prostitution, Polly's journey brings her even closer to the gang-run crime world of the '30s ... until that fateful day when she met and fell in love with John Dillinger. Academy Award® winner+ Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest) and Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future) also star.

Specifications

• Video

  Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
  Video resolution: 1080p
  Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  

• Audio

  English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
  BDInfo verified. 2.0 Dual Mono for both films.
  

• Subtitles

  English
  

• Discs

  Blu-ray Disc
  Single disc (1 BD)
  

• Playback

  Region A (C untested)

Review

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		4.0
Overall		4.0

Crazy Mama / The Lady in Red Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Brian Orndorf July 3, 2021

With the release of 1975’s “Crazy Mama” and 1979’s “The Lady in Red,” Shout Factory offers a double feature that examines Roger Corman’s interests in period filmmaking, overseeing the creation of two pictures that deal with criminal tales from the past.

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Crazy Mama / The Lady in Red Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

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Crazy Mama / The Lady in Red Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

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Crazy Mama / The Lady in Red Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Crazy Mama

Packaging lists an "Interview with Jonathan Demme and Roger Corman" and "T.V. Spots," but these are not included on the disc.

• Commentary features director Jonathan Demme and producer Roger Corman.

• And a Theatrical Trailer (2:53, HD) is included.

The Lady in Red

• Commentary #1 features director Lewis Teague and actor Robert Forster.

• Commentary #2 features writer John Sayles and producer Julie Corman.

• And a Theatrical Trailer (2:19, HD) is included.

Crazy Mama / The Lady in Red Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Fresh scans aren't offered with "Crazy Mama" and "The Lady in Red," with both pictures offering acceptable A/V presentations, but little more. Supplementary material carries over from past releases.