Bus Stop [Blu-ray]

Monroe is good and interesting to see her in a role that is not just about her sexuality. Although it’s a part of it too. Reminds me more of her Misfits role but Misfits is a great movie. This movie is just okay in my opinion. The Beauregard cowboy character is beyond annoying and in no way believable. I have known a fair amount of rowdy cowboys and not a one quite as dumb as this character. I know it’s supposed to be funny. Others love this movie so maybe you will. I can not recommend it except if you want to fill out watching Monroe’s films. That is why I bought this in the first place.

If this hadn't been a Marilyn movie, I never would have watched it. Now I'm sorry I did. The premise of the plot is that a real self-centered jerk practically date rapes then abducts a clueless woman....who ends of falling in love with him? Yea right. Plus in the dialogue up until that moment he uses shame culture to convince her they are right for each other. I would never recommend anyone to watch this. If you are a Marilyn fan, stick to the other movies where the character she plays is charming and witty. Her character in this film is eye-rollable.

I finally saw this movie after hearing about it every so often, and I was pleasantly surprised. Marilyn Monroe was such a great actress in this movie. She was unappreciated then about this role and the character she played, but she proved not only to herself but to others that she was a honest to goodness actress that could make any role believable. She knew exactly how to present her character in the helpless, but knowing what she wanted in life person. It takes a lot of guts overpower the sex goddess that she was known as, but at the same time, you could still see the talent she had within her. She is appreciated more now in death unfortunately, than in life, and at the end when she tore up her map in the picture, she exhibited what she really wanted out of life. To be appreciated and loved by anyone and everybody. However, the public just wanted her to play the sex kitten and knowing this, Marilyn Monroe gave them what they wanted. But in doing so, she gave up what she really was looking for and paid a heavy price for it.

A young and innocent cowboy discovers the girl of his dreams (Marilyn Monroe) and decides to make her his wife. She is more than reluctant to accept his proposal and he forces her to board a bus headed for Montana. The road is blocked and the journey is interrupted by an overnight stay at Grace's Diner, where her plight is soon revealed to all. Realizing his brute approach will never win her heart, he apologizes and kisses her goodbye, only to discover she really has grown to love him. Acclaimed by many as Marilyn Monroe's first serious acting performance. BUS STOP displays a mixture of humor and pain. I wanted to love it but didn't and then I wanted to like it and I didn't so i'm left with okay. marilyn was not at her best at all and Don Murray as the king Cowboy was irritating at best. I sometimes watch things again thinking I missed something....won't happen here.

Personally I don't care for the new movies or series so I buy the old ones and watch them on DVD players. Bus Stop is a great old fun movie to watch. Marilyn is at her best as the sexy, comical night club singer. Don Murray (Beau) is great as the brash, young, naive cowboy who becomes attracted to Cheri (Marilyn) who finds his advances overwhelming. The ensuing antics the couple endure as the romance blooms keep you laughing. I have watched it many times and it is very entertaining.

This movie is considered to be one of Marilyn's finest performances as an actress. Marilyn loved making this movie and she really got into the character of Cherie, a saloon singer. Don Murray portrays a rough and ready Rodeo Rider on his way to Phoenix, AZ. He meets up with Cherie and sparks fly, on both sides. This Bluray edition looks good, but some scenes look a little grainy and I guess to be expected from a movie this vintage. I am just glad that this is finally on Bluray and we get to see Marilyn in Hi Definition in yet another great movie of hers. I highly recommend this if you are a Marilyn Monroe Fan like me. I often watch this in conjunction with River of No Return.Widescreen,English DTS 4.0, with 7 other languages in DTS and stereo.Subtitles in English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, plus many other languages.Special Features: Theatrical Trailer, Other Marilyn Trailers GPB, HTMAM, Niagara, River of No Return, The 7 Year Itch, TNBLSB,

I really enjoyed this movie, but I had a reason to watch it.I was in Ketchum, ID and the actual "bus stop" where the movie was filmed is there. So during my visit it was fun to watch the movie and then visit the filming location.BUT the acting is so strange. The character "Beau" is ridiculously over the top. Once you accept that is how he was supposed to act and kinda ignore him, the rest of the movie is cute and funny. But whoever decided that his acting was what the film needed is one stupid person.

Nothing to add to the film comments. Not at all satisfied with the technical aspects of this blu-ray. Already have this on DVD and only purchased the blu-ray for the upgraded experience. The picture is very good in comparison however every time an additional music track kicks in a high pitched tone comes in from the rear surround. No amount of playing with settings could abolish it which ruined the film. (No issue with the baseline audio.) Having a large collection of early films (many remastered or enhanced) I have never had such an issue. Doubtful it is the disc however I would appreciate comment if others do not have the issue on high grade equipment using the DTS-HD track.

BUS STOP [1956] [Blu-ray] Give This Cowboy Enough Rope and He’ll Land Marilyn Monroe!Marilyn Monroe gives an acclaimed performance in the romantic classic directed by Joshua Logan that features Don Murray in his Oscar® Nominated role. When Beauregard "Bo" Decker [Don Murray], a naïve rodeo rider, meets saloon performer Chérie [Marilyn Monroe], he falls head over boots in love. After he literally lassoes Chérie onto a bus headed for Montana, where he plans to marry her, Chérie escapes off the bus smack in the middle of a snowstorm. But if Beauregard "Bo" Decker can learn to rein in his emotions, he might convince Chérie to warm up to him in this rewarding film.FILM FACT: Award Nominations: 1957 British Academy Film Awards: Nominated: Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for Don Murray. 1957 Directors Guild of America Award: Nominated: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for Joshua Logan. 1957 Golden Globe® Awards: Nominated: Best Motion Picture for a Musical or Comedy for ‘Bus Stop.’ Nominated: Best Actress in a Motion Picture for Comedy or Musical for Marilyn Monroe. 1957 Academy Awards®: Nominated: Best Supporting Actor for Don Murray. The film was shot in Idaho and Arizona.Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field, Eileen Heckart, Robert Bray, Hope Lange, Hans Conried, Max Showalter, J.M. Dunlap (uncredited), Ed Fury (uncredited), Buddy Heaton (uncredited), Fay L. Ivor (uncredited), Richard Culvert Johnson (uncredited), Lucille Knox (uncredited), Pete Logan (uncredited), Jack Martin (uncredited), David McMahon (uncredited), Phil J. Munch (uncredited), Jim Katugi Noda (uncredited), James O'Rear (uncredited), Wilbur Plaugher (uncredited), Edward G. Robinson Jr. (uncredited), William Schub (uncredited), George Selk (uncredited), Henry Slate (uncredited), Bill Stanberry (uncredited), Greta Thyssen (uncredited), Casey Tibbs (uncredited), Andy Womack (uncredited) and Arizona State University Sun Devil Marching BandDirector: Joshua LoganProducer: Buddy AdlerScreenplay: George Axelrod and William Inge (based on the play by)Composers: Alfred Newman, Cyril J. Mockridge, Ken Darby and Lionel NewmanCinematography: Milton R. KrasnerVideo Resolution: 1080p [Color by Deluxe]Aspect Ratio: 2.55:1 [CinemaScope]Audio: English: 4.0 DTS-HD Master Audio, Spanish: 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono, French: 4.0 DTS-HD, Castellano: 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono, German: 4.0 DTS-HD, Italian: 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono, Thai: 2.0 Dolby Digital and Turkish: 2.0 Dolby DigitalSubtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Cantonese, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Korean, Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Thai and TurkishRunning Time: 96 minutesRegion: All RegionsNumber of discs: 1Studio: 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentAndrew's Blu-ray Review: 'Bus Stop' marked a turning point in the career of Marilyn Monroe, at last allowing the iconic blonde the chance to spread her wings and test the waters as a bona fide actress. Her enthusiasm and dedication to her craft are evident in every frame of director Joshua Logan's liberal adaptation of the hit William Inge play, which through no fault of Marilyn Monroe never quite lives up to expectations. Sweet and tender one moment and grating and tedious the next, the film tells its flimsy tale in a pedestrian fashion, wisely favouring character over plot. A host of memorable moments, most of them subtle yet wonderfully affecting, are contained within, but can't lift the film to the level to which it ultimately aspires.As Marilyn's Monroe's popularity skyrocketed during the early 1950s, the sexy star grew tired of the vapid roles she was arbitrarily assigned in comedies and musicals, and repeatedly petitioned 20th Century Fox studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck for more challenging and colourful parts...without success. Following the success of 'The Seven Year Itch,' Marilyn Monroe refused to play another ditzy dame in the idiotic “How To Be Very, Very Popular” and happily went on suspension, trading the Hollywood hurly-burly for a quieter existence in New York City and much-publicised stint at the famed Actor's Studio, home to such acclaimed Method actors as Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift. She returned to 20th Century Fox after months of diligent study, and with a new, lucrative contract in hand, to make 'Bus Stop,' the first film mounted in part by her own production company.The vehicle is a good fit, as it taps into elements of Marilyn Monroe's own personality, allowing her to draw from her own experience, even if the far-fetched story never really rings true. The trite tale follows naïve cowhand Beauregard "Bo" Decker [Don Murray] in his film debut and his relentless pursuit of Chérie [Marilyn Monroe], a third-rate bar singer with starry-eyed dreams of Hollywood success. While in Phoenix for a national rodeo competition, the 21-year-old Bo is bewitched by the sexy chanteuse's ragged rendition of “That Old Black Magic” as well as her beautiful face and curvaceous figure and calls the flattered Chérie his "angel." But what seems to Chérie like a sweet puppy-dog crush soon evolves into a full-blown obsession, as the hyperactive, delusional, often obnoxious Beauregard 'Bo' Decker stalks, and then literally lassos his lady love, hoping to browbeat her into marrying him. "You have a terrible habit of overdoin' everything!" Beauregard 'Bo' Decker's devoted pal and father figure Virgil Blessing [Arthur O'Connell] screams at him, but Bo won't listen, and when his brutish tactics backfire, he and Chérie lock horns at a remote bus stop diner halfway between Arizona and Bo's Montana ranch. Whether Chérie escapes Beauregard 'Bo' Decker's clutches or succumbs to his charms forms the basis of the simple plot.Adapted by George Axelrod, who wrote “The Seven Year Itch” and 'Bus Stop' nicely juxtaposes the raging hormones and impulsive, immature attitude of a wild young buck against the jaded disillusionment and vulnerability of his sensitive doe. As the film's trailer touts, Beauregard 'Bo' Decker knows absolutely nothing about women, while Chérie knows far too much about men. Finding common ground is difficult, and as Chérie thoughtfully confides to her traveling companion, Elma Duckworth [Hope Lange], also making her film debut, "I've just gotta feel that whoever I marry has some real regard for me...aside from all that lovin' stuff." It's a line that surely mirrored Marilyn Monroe's attitude about her own life, just as Chérie mirrors Marilyn Monroe herself in many respects, a woman whom men treat as an object; whose body is valued far more than her mind; and who doggedly seeks respect and validation from the establishment. Chérie believes she'll "get treated with a little respect" in Hollywood, a fact Marilyn Monroe by this time knew all too well not to be true. Such similarities add extra poignancy and bitter irony to Marilyn Monroe's performance, lofting it high above many of her other portrayals.And while her sensitivity and vulnerability grab the spotlight, Marilyn Monroe is too smart to completely subdue her overt sexuality. In the scene where Beauregard 'Bo' Decker barges into her bedroom, she's obviously naked under the covers, just as she was in 'Niagara' three years earlier, and her rendition of “That Old Black Magic” brims with flirty abandon. In fact, a sultry air permeates the entire film, which treats the subject of sex with a refreshing frankness, especially for the mid-1950s. Shots of Beauregard 'Bo' Decker frolicking in the bathtub and admiring his shirtless physique in the mirror, as well as the subplot involving the diner owner, Grace [Betty Field], and her casual physical relationship with the transient bus driver Carl [Robert Bray] further spice up the film and nicely balance Marilyn Monroe's allure.Joshua Logan also employs extreme close-ups to great effect late in the picture, heightening dramatic impact and the intensity of emotion between Chérie and Beauregard 'Bo' Decker. Yet how hard as the film tries, the romance between these two attractive characters strains credulity. I've never seen or read the stage version of 'Bus Stop,' but I can't help but think it possesses more substance than the screen adaptation, which, like a lengthy bus trip, chugs along in fits and starts, without any rhythm or flow. Though the performances are all stellar, Joshua Logan was known as an actor's director, but his films remain largely undistinguished, despite their notoriety and success and they can't completely eclipse the loud, crass, tiresome story.Blu-ray Video Quality – 20th Century Fox has been doing a fine job with its Marilyn Monroe Blu-ray transfers, and 'Bus Stop' continues that tradition. The 1080p encoded image rendering is a nice step up from the previous standard-definition inferior NTSC DVD, sporting increased clarity, a cleaner image, more balanced colour timing, and a greater sense of depth. Though evident grain still remains, which preserves the film-like feel, the picture now flaunts a smoother look, and a reduction in brightness adds welcome warmth that augments the drama's intimate nature. The source material still exhibits occasional errant marks, but not nearly as much as the inferior DVD format and you really have to keep your eyes peeled to catch them. The single-strip colour exudes a surprising level of saturation and vibrancy, yet still maintains an appropriate natural tone. Though the blue sky might appear artificially enhanced, reds are bold and sassy and check out the tinted light that bathes Marilyn Monroe during “That Old Black Magic,” and the browns project a potent earthiness. Flesh tones from Marilyn Monroe's heightened alabaster complexion to Don Murray's outdoorsy tan, remain stable throughout, and deep black levels add appropriate weight. Close-ups, especially the extreme ones that dominate the film's climactic scene, can be breath-taking, showcasing both Marilyn Monroe's beauty and vulnerability, while background details, such as the busy wallpaper pattern in the hotel room and the crowd scenes at the parade and rodeo, are clear and precise. Fabrics are accurately represented, the chequered pattern of the diner uniforms resists shimmering, and no banding, noise, or digital tinkering could be detected. This is by far the best 'Bus Stop' has ever looked on home video, and Marilyn Monroe fans owe it to themselves to upgrade to this version only.Blu-ray Audio Quality – The sound on this Blu-ray has been upgraded to 4.0 DTS-HD Master Audio, and though the surrounds remain pretty quiet throughout the film, the full-bodied track possesses fine presence and pleasing tonal depth. Some nice stereo separation across the front channels is immediately evident and succeeds in widening the soundscape, and the robust, country-tinged music score fills the room well. Ambient effects, such as the noise from the rodeo crowd and rowdy bar patrons slightly bleed toward the rears, and some decent bass frequencies come through, especially when the cowboys are riding bucking broncos. A wide dynamic scale keeps distortion at bay, and dialogue is well prioritized and always easy to understand. Best of all, no hiss, pops, crackles, or any other age-related imperfections rear their ugly heads. Though not a flashy track, the 'Bus Stop' audio nicely complements the film, and you can't ask for much more than that.Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:Theatrical Trailers [1080p] [2:25] The only extras on the disc, unfortunately, are the film's Theatrical Trailers, which includes: ‘Bus Stop,’ ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,’ ‘How To Marry A Millionaire,’ ‘Niagra,’ ‘River Of No Return,’ ‘The Seven Year Itch’ and Irvin Berlin's ‘There's No Business Like Showbusiness.’ Surely there's some old Turner Classic Films of Marilyn Monroe with retrospective behind-the-scene stuff and interviews that 20th Century Fox could have dug up, licensed, and included here.Finally, `Bus Stop' is often cited as the film that made critics sit up and take Marilyn Monroe seriously as an actor, and not just another pretty face and stunning figure. While Marilyn Monroe is good here, the film itself is an old-fashioned romance that leans heavily on 1950s morals and a sort of everyone-deserves-a-second-chance message, is nothing special. The film's brand of folksy, home-spun comedy hasn't particularly aged well, and co-star Don Murray is progressively more and more grating as the yokel cowboy who practically hog-ties Marilyn into romantic submission. Minus the lack of special features, 20th Century Fox's Blu-ray release is stellar and all of the films from their Marilyn Monroe series have looked wonderful, but `Bus Stop' is only a must-buy for the biggest fans of the iconic bombshell. Most of the time I love most of Marilyn Monroe films, but this film does not quite hit the button for me, and it is something I cannot quite explain why I feel this way about this film. I have tried to like it, but for some unknown reason the characters don't quite get the full potential out of the characters or relate to them and sometimes the acting seems a little stiff, but overall, don't get me wrong, I do love this film and I am sure glad it has now been added to my ever increasing Marilyn Monroe Blu-ray Collection. Highly Recommended!Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film AficionadoLe Cinema ParadisoUnited Kingdom

Marilyn in a very sympathetic role with a Texas accent being pursued by a cowboy intent on marrying her... I'll bet there won't be one red blooded guy watching who doesn't want to be the Sir Galahad and protect her.

I love Matilyn Monroe, and though she didn't make too many films, this undoubtedly is her best, and Don Murray is just so darned cute !!

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