7.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
A retiring show song and dancer leaves showbiz to start up a New England country inn with the unique idea of being open only on national holidays. Conflicts arise when his former partner shows up and they fall for the same woman, and sparks fly -as do their feet - in a variety of inventive, holiday themed song-and-dance productions.
Comedy | 100% |
Musical | 86% |
Romance | 83% |
Holiday | 75% |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English, English SDH, French, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
UV digital copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Holiday Inn is sometimes less remembered than White Christmas, the film which purloined its title from Holiday Inn's legendary (and Academy Award winning) Irving Berlin song. For those who might need a reminder, Universal has re-released the film, bundling it this time with the appealing but rather radically reimagined stage musical that was developed based on the film.
Video quality of each disc is assessed in the above linked reviews. There are more screenshots of both the black and white and colorized versions of the feature film in my original Holiday Inn Blu-ray review, and more screenshots of the Broadway musical version in my Holiday Inn: The New Irving Berlin Musical - Live on Broadway Blu-ray review.
Audio quality of each disc is assessed in the above linked reviews.
Supplements on the film version are detailed in my Holiday Inn Blu- ray review. The stage version has no supplements and in fact doesn't even really have a Main Menu, simply booting to the show after a preview and then starting over after the final curtain.
If you already sprang for Holiday Inn a few years ago when it was first released on Blu-ray, the allure of this re-release will come down to whether or not you care about seeing the stage version. For those who never got the first release, this might be the way to go, since you're getting a "bonus" disc in the process. Recommended.
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