Bell, Book and Candle
by Richard Quine
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Actor: Ernie Kovacs, Hermione Gingold, Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Kim NovakDirector: Richard Quine
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: James Wong Howe
Editor: Charles Nelson
Producer: Julian Blaustein
Writer: Daniel Taradash
Writer: John Van Druten
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-03-28
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Bell, Book and Candle
DVD Review: Bell, book and candle
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is another Kim novak and Jimmy Stewart classic.They show great chemistry on screen.Jack Lemmon also plays a good part.This is one of my all time favorite Christmas movies...DVD Review: Still dynamite
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a classic. Just seeing the all-star cast at their best is worth the price. Kim Novak (who never needed any enhancements) Jimmy Stewart, Jack Lemon, Hermoine Gingold, Ernie Kovaks.... all in one package. The quality of the recording is great, and the story is a classic. DVD Review: Classic but awesome witch flick!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have not been one to watch many classic movies, but I'd heard Bell Book and Candle mentioned time and time again. Finally broke down and bought it and I was surprised. Yes, it's classic, (1958) but if you love all things witchy, you may love Kim Novac's version of a witch. Jack Lemmon is pretty humorous in this flick. Worth the money, in my book. DVD Review: Holy cow... what are people seeing in this movie?!
Summary: 2 Stars
To start off, I'm a huge Jack Lemmon fan. So far, have seen 21 of the roughly 60 films he has been in. He was the reason why I watched this movie. That was mistake one. Jack Lemmon really isn't in this film that much. He is here and there and doesn't add much to the chemistry (who does in this movie?) and is wasted talent.
The movie itself has a decent idea behind it, but really does betray itself in the end. I'd rather not go into details and spoil the plot, but as I noted, the end of the movie was intellectually unsatisfying.
The movie isn't really funny, isn't really dramatic, isn't really anything, but boring and pandering. Ultimately, there is too much star power in this movie to be this bad a movie. A waste of time.
DVD Review: one of my favorite classic movies
Summary: 5 Stars
It's a fun ride from beginning to end. You'll Laugh and wish you could be in on all the fun. Kim Novak and Jimmy Steward are on top of their game
Description of Bell, Book and Candle
Kim novak is an urban witch who uses her powers to snare james stewart in this engaging comedy classic. Special features: subitles in english and spanish production notes interactive menus vintage advertising talent files theatrical trailer bonus trailers scene selections and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/28/2000 Starring: Kim Novak James Stewart Run time: 103 minutes Rating: NrStaid, secure publisher James Stewart leads a quiet life until he meets his bewitching downstairs neighbor, Kim Novak. John Van Druten's lighthearted Broadway comedy becomes a lush if lightweight romantic vehicle for Stewart and Novak, who would reunite for Hitchcock's Vertigo the next year. Novak is at her best as a Greenwich witch halfway between the worlds of magic and mortals, looking after her dotty aunt (Elsa Lanchester) and mischievous warlock brother (Jack Lemmon) as they keep their skills in practice. Novak's specialty is making men fall for her, but it's a one-way street: when a witch falls in love, she loses her powers. Director Richard Quine gives the witches an almost beatnik sensibility, a real Greenwich Village subculture hanging out in underground clubs and smart curio shops. Elegantly photographed in rich, glowing colors by James Wong Howe, Bell, Book and Candle is a fantasy world in New York set to a funky bongo-laced jazz score by George Duning. Quine's gliding camera is somewhat marred by abrupt editing, but his handling of actors is superb, in particular Novak, whose mysterious beauty masks inner turmoil and romantic yearnings. Ernie Kovacs appears as a wry author whose specialty is the supernatural, and Hermione Gingold is suitably florid as a witch elder with a penchant for theatricality. For once in his life Stewart is actually upstaged by the slyly comic performances around him. --Sean Axmaker
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