6.4 | / 10 |
Users | 4.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
The "Alison Group" has bought four beer breweries in difficulties. The young but rising top manager Frank Macklin is sent to reorganize one of them - the one which happens to be the main company in his home town. At first his old buddies are reluctant to have him as new boss, but since he can't save all of them from the severe changes, the climate soon changes. Then he learns that he increased the profit so much, that the his bosses have decided to resell his brewery profitably to an incompetent Texas oil millionaire.
Starring: Robert Hays, Barbara Hershey, David Keith, Tim Thomerson, Eddie AlbertComedy | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 16-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Gus Trikonis' "Take This Job and Shove It" (1981) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the disc include vintage promotional materials for the film. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Take This Job and Shove It arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The release is sourced from an old but very solid organic master that was supplied by StudioCanal. Delineation, clarity, and depth range from good to very good and occasionally even excellent. The best visual material emerges during daylight close-ups, but even wider panoramic footage can look very strong. During indoor footage you will notice some clipped highlights, but the overall visual balance is still very strong. There are no traces of problematic degraining work. However, ideally grain exposure and density levels should be slightly better. Colors are stable and nicely balanced, but they can be fresher and with even better nuances. Image stability is very good. I noticed a few blemishes and stains as well as a couple of tiny flecks, but there are no large distracting debris, cuts, damage marks, warped or torn frames to report. All in all, even though there is room for some meaningful improvements, this is a very fine technical presentation of the film. My score is 4.25/5.00. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free player in order to access its content).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.
I did not encounter any anomalies to report in our review. The audio was very clear, sharp, and nicely rounded. There were no balance issues either. Some dynamic fluctuations exist, especially during the mass sequences -- the bar brawls/games, the mud fights, etc. -- but they are part of the original sound design. There are no audio dropouts, pops, or distortions to report in our review.
There are a couple of Gus Trikonis' late TV films that I still have not seen, which is why I am somewhat uncomfortable discussing his body of work. However, I have seen enough to declare that as a director he did not go to work to meet other people's expectations. Indeed, even some of Trikonis' average films have unique personalities that make them rather special. Take This Job and Shove It is a 'kitchen sink' drama disguised as a comedy that offers a very accurate summation of everyday life in the American Heartland during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I think that it works very well. Kino Lorber's release is sourced from an older but solid organic master that was supplied by StudioCanal. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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