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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1968 DVD Release: 09/07/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 48 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 12 Genres: Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Psychological Thriller

This Francois Truffaut thriller is based ona novel by William Irish (aka Cornell Woolrich), whose books had been adapted by Alfred Hitchcock on many previous occasions. Jeanne Moreau stars as a woman whose fiancé is nastily murdered by five men. Utilizing a series of disguises, the cool-customer Moreau tracks down all five culprits, sexually enslaves them, and then engineers their deaths. The ominous musical score was written by Bernard Herrmann, another frequent Hitchcock collaborator. The Bride Wore Black was initially released in France as La Mariee etait en Noir. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Jeanne Moreau - Julie
Claude Rich - Bliss
Jean-Claude Brialy - Corey
Michel Bouquet - Coral
Michel Lonsdale - Morane

An homage to American thrillers in general and to the very English Hollywood director Alfred Hitchcock in particular, The Bride Wore Black is even more entertaining on this MGM DVD release. The main selling point of the DVD edition is the widescreen transfer, which shows a few moments of digital image breakup and seems slightly off in terms of color balance but still lets Raoul Coutard's camerawork shine. The Digital Dolby 2.0 Mono audio transfer is slightly more problematic; it sounds fine coming out of the TV's speaker but Bernard Herrmann's typically inventive score overpowers the dialogue on occasion when played through a stereo system. While not a perfect DVD transfer, this edition of the The Bride Wore Black is still superior to previous video editions. ~ Nick Dedina, All Movie Guide