Product Details

• Actors: Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan, Cliff Richard, Meier Tzelniker
• Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Kino Video
• DVD Release Date: November 6, 2001
• Run Time: 111 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005Q4DH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,801 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Expresso Bongo" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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EXPRESSO BONGO - DVD Movie

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where's the rest of it?, April 2, 2000

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david gonzalez - See all my reviews

This review is from: Expresso Bongo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Although the print is great and the letterbox format really helps, several of the songs from the original are missing. I recorded this film back in the 80's off of television and the version I recorded has at least three more songs. Their ommision for me makes it a very different film. If you've never seen it, you might not mind, but if you have, be prepared for the musical readers digest version of the film. Laurence Harvey is fabulous although the deletion of his musical numbers greatly inhibits the arc of his character's development. Richard is excellent in his first role. All his songs are intact!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Same Shoddy Piece of Goods, December 21, 2001

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michael rawls (gainesville, fl USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Expresso Bongo (DVD)

Forget about stars. Kino's DVD of "Expresso Bongo" is the same mangled version that appeared on VHS a couple of years ago. Three
songs performed by Laurence Harvey are missing. I e-mailed Kino about this abridgement at the time. Mr. Gonzalez is quite correct in calling Kino's cut a "Reader's Digest" version of the film.I was hoping Harvey's numbers would be restored for the DVD version but I see I will have to make do with my murky off-the-air video recording.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Expresso Bong.....Oh, March 12, 2002

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"len4711" (hastings, east sussex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Expresso Bongo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

An on target black and white satire of the 1950's pop music scene with only one problem. The music isn't all there. As I remember it , there was at least one other song in the original cinema release and it's omission removes some of the bite from the whole. Overall, a bit of a let-down considering that there wasn't much music to start with, although Cliff Richard does get a reasonable look-in. (Can you believe that he was really nineteen at the time ? He only looks about fourteen here.)Anyway, it is still worth having a look at but I imagine that those expecting to see the same film that they saw all those years ago are going to feel disappointed.