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Bombay Talkie - The Merchant Ivory Collection
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780026773
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780026772
Label: Merchant Ivory Productions
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Merchant Ivory Productions
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Merchant Ivory Productions
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 11, 2003
Running Time: 111 minutes
Studio: Merchant Ivory Productions
Theatrical Release Date: 1970
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Rating:  - A triple disappointment!
Bombay Talkie is a highly implausible tale about an obnoxious English woman who, in a nutshell, drives two younger Indian men mad with desire. It's all about her and her sick obsessions, and sheds very little light on the inner workings of the Bollywood film industry. This is disappointment number one.
Disappointment number two is the fact that the giant typewriter dance scene featuring Helen, hinted at in the included documentary "Helen: Queen of the Nautch Girls," is not really part of the ... Read More
Rating:  - Stiff upper-lipped offering
Ah but check the "Theatrical Release Date", yes indeed: January 1, 1970. Hence the almost unfunny stiltedness of the dialogue and apparent de rigueur Oxford accents all round. (Were they dubbed? I dont see why, but some of the chat between hero and writer is wayy out of synch with their lips). The strained and stiff Jennifer Kendal plays Brit authoress out in Bombay to *maybe* write about its movie industry. She falls for and has it off with real-life hubby hunky Shashi Kapoor, which makes for the ... Read More
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