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Dance legend George Balanchine is the subject of this two hour portrait. Using rarely seen footage, Balanchine's life and art are examined using various interviews, films and photographs. Interviews with Balanchine himself are featured, and clips of many of his ballets are also shown.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseFull Frame - 1:33Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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Cross LA BOHEME with CABARET, throw in a little bit of RENT, and you might almost begin to describe Baz Luhrmann's visually opulent, fast-paced, funny, heartrending MOULIN ROUGE. The film, which premiered as the opener to the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, is a musical set in 1899 Paris at the notorious Montmartre cabaret club, the Moulin Rouge. Directed by Luhrmann (WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET, STRICTLY BALLROOM), the movie stars Nicole Kidman as the high-kicking courtesan, Satine; Ewan McGregor as the sensitive poet, Christian; and John Leguizamo as the flamboyant artist and matchmaker, Toulouse-Lautrec. Luhrmann's use of eclectic lighting and saturated color, the fast zooms and quick cuts of his camera, and his magnificent costumes and sets perfectly capture the excess and freneticism for which the Moulin Rouge was famous. Beautifully led by McGregor and Kidman, the flawless supporting cast brings to life the culture of belle epoque Paris with magical realism. Above all, the anachronistic, energetic contemporary soundtrack is what drives MOULIN ROUGE, with popular songs by L'il Kim, Christina Aguilera, David Bowie, and Beck--as well as Kidman and McGregor adding their own superb vocals.
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Despite being first performed over a century ago, Gilbert and Sullivan continue to delight fans from all over the world with their words and music. This boxed-set collects together 10 DVD's including:H.M.S. PINAFORE: A sailor falls for the captain's daughter. They become thwarted in their attempt to keep their love alive, but a strange twist in the tale offers these lovers another chance.THE MIKADO: The tale of a wandering minstrel searching for his lost love. Unfortunately his lost love is betrothed to the Lord High Executioner, and our wandering minstrel looks set to become his next victim. However, the minstrel has a few surprises up his sleeve before he faces the chopTHE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: Young Frederic's attempts to shop a group of pirates to the police after he accidently becomes indoctrinated into their number meets with mixed results. Especially when a bevy of beauties appear on the scene.THE GONDOLIERS: Two gondoliers and 24 potential brides adds up to a whole lot of potential confusion. Especially when it's suddenly discovered that one of the gondoliers is actually a King who was married at birth.PATIENCE: A poet suddenly finds himself as the object of desire for the lovesick damsel's of Castle Bunthorne. His true love, however, is the local milkmaid, who doesn't understand love or poetry. To make matters worse, when she does start to understand love it looks like a rival poet is going to win her heart.IOLANTHE: Banished for marrying a mortal, this tells the story of Iolanthe and her life after attaining a pardon from the Fairy Queen. She is reborn as a teenager, but with a son older than she is! Trouble looms large when her son falls for someone with connections in the House of Lords.PRINCESS IDA: Awaiting marriage to the beautiful Ida, King Hildebrand and his son, Hilarion, are shocked to discover she has renounced men, and set-up an all-female University. Join Hilarion on his quest to change her
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The striking Romanian beauty Angela Gheorghiu is one of the most talented opera sopranos in the world. With her dramatic presence and breathtaking vocal range and tone, the singer has taken the classical world by storm time and time again. This performance, LIVE FROM CONVENT GARDEN, features Gheorghiu doing stunning renditions of a variety of classic opera works, including Casta Diva from Bellini's NORMA. She is backed by Covent Garden's Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra as conducted by Ion Marin.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: Production Interview Music VideoText/Photo Galleries: Stills/Photos
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A hip favorite of the slacker generation, the British Damon Gough, better known as Badly Drawn Boy, reached mainstream audiences with his 2000 album THE HOUR OF THE WILDERBEAST. His intimate, personal songwriting and creative melodies were perfectly timed to coincide with the experimental pop sensation of bands like The Beta Band and Radiohead; the haunting music also won the heart of writer Nick Hornby, who signed Gough on to do the music for the film version of his novel ABOUT A BOY. This release collects a mixture of live and produced videos; the lineup includes Road Movie, It Came From the Ground, Another Pearl, The Further I Slide, Pissing in the Wind, and much more.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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