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Tarfumes.com - Bell Book & Candle
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $8.85
Your Save: $ 11.13 ( 56% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Hermione Gingold
Directed By: Richard Quine
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302797664
Format: Color
ISBN: 6302797667
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 1994-06-21
Running Time: 102
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1959-01
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Editorial Reviews:
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Staid, 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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Summary: bell, book and candle
Comment: This retro movie is unique and a feast for the eye. The movie is filled with fabulous mid- century set and fashion design. All of the actors and the Siamese cat "Pyewacket" are purrfect. It is a mesmerizing, fun, romantic comedy to watch.
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Summary: Fun, fun movie!
Comment: Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak have purrrfect chemistry in this movie about spells and magic! If you are a fan of the T.V. show "Bewitched" you will love this one!
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Summary: Bell Book and Candle
Comment: Bell Book and Candle is a most delightful movie for anyone to enjoy. The stars, Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak and Jack Lemmon (and a bunch of other great stars), are of my generation and makes one wish our younger folks would be exposed to this kind of fine acting. The story is fun and fanciful; makes you laugh and feel good all at the same time. Working with the vendor through Amazon is great.
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Summary: Bell, Book, Oscar please...
Comment: By far, one of the goddess-like attributes of the divine Ms. Kim Novak has shown herself to be not only the original mold of what a "character actress" must subject herself to, but with her lightening wit, exceptional beauty, (and trust me, the Divine Miss "N" is still in her prime, even at her now "golden years".
I had the privilege of meeting her on her llama ranch in Eagle Point, Oregon, before it was tragically burned to the ground.
Everything, EVERYTHING she had, from the original script to Vertigo, BB&C, (which insiders tell me, she has a MAJOR role in her character, Miss Gillian Holroyd, her lines, her back story, which come now as no surprise, as a woman who who is unhappy with her life as a witch, must deal with her bumbling, but lovable aunt, and brother, who find turning the stoplights green, and playing pranks on unsuspecting "mortals", or "outsiders" as they refer to them in the film.
After a final test to see if she can possibly win over co star Jimmy Stewart's interests, without..."tricks", as she poignantly portrays her internal struggle to just "sit in a quiet church somewhere, singing carols... instead of bongo drums", she recites to her Aunt Queenie, none other then the infamous Bride of Frankenstein.
The rest of the movie becomes rather fast paced, as Gillian soon realizes that she may have bitten off more than she can chew this time.
But you must see this classic to find what the Divine Miss "N" has taken in, taken on, that sometimes life is just full of surprises.
And if that old recycled piece of advice doesn't take you, then take it to the nearest recycling center, and give another find.
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Summary: Bell Book and Candle, the underated fun movie
Comment: Jack lemon, Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak and a cat with a fantastic name. This movie was one of my favorites on those "Sunday" afternoon movies that were on TV when I was a kid. I thought Kim Novak was a living Barbie doll and the bongo sixties beet nick fun element added by Jack Lemon was perfect.
I loved this movie and now that I own it, I can watch it over and over.
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