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Two legendary choral works are tackled by conductor Seiji Ozawa in this release. Orff's Carmina Burana is first up, offering a fascinating mixture of up-tempo songs about life, rendered in a medieval style. Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is also featured, and is perfectly executed in this moving performance. The cast includes world renowned star Kathleen Battle.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
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Major video release of the most famous stage musical of all time, based on fourteen poems from
Old Possum`s Book of Practical Cats
by T.S. Eliot.
Shot on Super-16 film over the course of a month at London`s famed Adelphi Theater, the show was completely re-lit from scratch and was recorded in full stereo surround sound.
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Filmed in Italy at the Roma Di Verona, this performance of Bizet's Carmen was directed by the highly acclaimed Franco Zeffirelli. Shot in July 2003, the opera is beautifully guided by expert conductor Alain Lombard, with Marina Domashenko ably taking the lead role of Carmen, and the masterful Marco Berti taking on the persona of Don Jose. An awe-inspiring performance, this may be the most fully realized version of Bizet's opera yet.DVD Features:Region 02-Disc SetAnamorphic WidescreenAudio: LPCM Stereo - French Dolby Digital 5.1- French DTS 5.1 - French Subtitles - English, French, Italian, Spanish - OptionalAdditional Product: 10-page program booklet with liner notes
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This vivacious remake of the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical (based on an Edna Ferber novel) about life on a Mississippi riverboat tracks the hardships of Julie Laverne (Ava Gardner), a mulatto trying to pass for white while also following the course of a tumultuous love between a captain's daughter, Magnolia Hawks (Kathryn Grayson), and an itinerant gambler, Gaylord Ravenal (Howard Keel). Gardner (with help from Annette Warren, whose voice was overdubbed for Gardner's songs) gives a heartbreaking performance, and Grayson's clear, pure voice soars, set off magnificently by Keel's rich baritone. The film stands as a classic for both its surprising emotional impact and its well-known score, featuring timeless gems such as Old Man River and Can't Help Lovin' that Man of Mine.DVD Features:Region 1 encodingKeep caseInteractive MenusScene acess/trailer
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In this unique mobster movie, Scott Baio heads up a prepubescent cast as the title character, a child gangster determined to rule over New York City. Instead of throwing fists or bullets, the Prohibition-era kiddie mobsters sling confections at one another. When Bugsy learns that a rival gang has developed a secret weapon capable of firing sweets as quick as a machine gun shoots bullets, he sets out to heist the high-tech tart-launcher.BUGSY MALONE, director Alan Parker`s first feature, cleverly spoofs the rich, clichi-ridden history of films about organized crime while lightly mocking the childlike, selfish traits of grown-ups. The engaging silliness is periodically spirited forward by several song-and-dance numbers composed by bubblegum pop maestro Paul Williams.
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