{"product_id":"to-be-or-not-to-be-blu-ray","title":"To Be Or Not To Be (BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUS Import\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs nervy as it is hilarious, this screwball masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch stars Jack Benny and, in her final screen appearance, Carole Lombard as husband-and-wife thespians in Nazi-occupied Warsaw who become caught up in a dangerous spy plot. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo Be or Not to Be\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a Hollywood film of the boldest black humor, which went into production right before the U.S. entered World War II. Lubitsch manages to brilliantly balance political satire, romance, slapstick, and wartime suspense in a comic high-wire act that has never been equaled.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-feature-title-field=\"\" class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-special-features-field=\"\" class=\"product-features-list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRestored 2K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary from 2013 featuring film historian David Kalat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePinkus’s Shoe Palace,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea 1916 German silent short directed by and starring Ernst Lubitsch, with a piano score by Donald Sosin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLubitsch le patron,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea 2010 French documentary on the director’s career\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo episodes of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Screen Guild Theater,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea radio anthology series:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVariety\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1940), starring Jack Benny, Claudette Colbert, and Lubitsch, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo Be or Not to Be\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1942), an adaptation of the film, starring William Powell, Diana Lewis, and Sig Ruman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and, for the Blu-ray edition, a 1942\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eop-ed by Lubitsch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCover by Caitlin Kuhwald\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"KRK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42872376918216,"sku":"715515108911","price":59.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/tobeornottobebd.jpg?v=1693006505","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/products\/to-be-or-not-to-be-blu-ray","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}