Posts Tagged ‘Musical’

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Dec11

9 Songs (2004) DVD9 Sony Pictures, Blu-Ray Optimum Releasing

by movieworld on December 11th, 2020 at 14:10
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama, Musical, Romance

9 Songs 2004
What is a relationship, what is love between two people, and why isn’t it allowed to show to people in love having sex? Those were the questions which led Michael Winterbottom to '9 Songs', a love story told from a sexual point of view by two people making love.

In a flight over Antarctica, Matt (Kieran O'Brien), a member of the British Survey team, recalls his passionate sexual affair with Lisa (Margo Stilley). He says: "When I remember Lisa, I don't think about her clothes, or her work, where she was from, or even what she said. I think of her smell. Her taste. Her skin touching mine." They meet in a large music hall for a rock concert in London and go to bed in his apartment afterwards. Their relationship is not built on sharing intimate details of their lives or commenting on the state of the world. What they have in common is a love of loud and raucous music and sex in all its different permutations.

Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Country: UK
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance

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Oct01

Show Boat (1936) DVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on October 1st, 2020 at 12:50
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance

Show Boat 1936
Credited as the Broadway musical that shifted the form away from frivolous comedies to dramatic plays, Show Boat is based on Edna Ferber’s popular multi-generational novel about the fortunes of a river-going entertainment troupe.

Covering a time period from about the 1890s to the 1920s, the story follows the life of Magnolia Hawks-Ravenal (Irene Dunne), the daughter of a Show Boat captain. (A Show Boat was a paddle-wheeler that traveled the Mississippi River, putting on stage shows and advertising in each town with a parade like those of old-time circuses.) Her mother has always forbidden her from acting in the stage shows; but when the leading couple are forced out of the troupe by a local sheriff because the lady is a mixed-race person posing as white, Magnolia’s father lets her play the female lead and gives the male lead to an attractive riverboat gambler. Against mother's dictates, the new pair falls deeply in love...

Director: James Whale
Cast: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson
Country: USA
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
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Sep19

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989-1994) 8 x DVD5 The Complete Series

by movieworld on September 19th, 2020 at 19:30
Posted In: .Other movies, Adventure, Comedy, History, Musical

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
The true story of Sherwood Forest is finally revealed: Robin was a cowardly tailor from Kensington, and Marian was the brains behind the Merry Men. With her ruthless band of freedom fighters, Marian seeks to save the villagers of Worksop from the tyrany of King John and his cunning henchman, the Sheriff of Nottingham...

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men was consistently number 1 in the childrens TV ratings throughout its four series. It was popular with the critics too, winning a BAFTA, an RTS Award and the International Prix Jeunesse. This perfectly conceived historical farce is witty, warm and stylish. An excellent cast and faultless writing has drawn comparisons to Blackadder, Red Dwarf, and The Young Ones.

Gloriously stupid, wilfully over the top and great fun from start to finish, this is one of the gems of 1980s' children's TV. It's also got a great set of extras including the karaoke theme tune, a commentary by Robinson, a quiz, a comic written by Robinson and an except from the German dubbed version of the show. So do yourself a favour and revisit Sherwood Forest with this great series. Just be warned, you'll be humming that theme tune for ages.

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Jun24

Topsy-Turvy (1999) 2 x DVD and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on June 24th, 2020 at 14:19
Posted In: .Other movies, Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Musical

Topsy-Turvy 1999
Mike Leigh's "Topsy-Turvy" is the work of a man helplessly in love with the theater. In a gloriously entertaining period piece, he tells the story of the genesis, preparation and presentation of a comic opera -- Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" -- celebrating all the dreaming and hard work, personality conflict and team spirit, inspiration and mundane detail, of every theatrical presentation, however inspired or inept. Every production is completely different, and they are all exactly like this.

Topsy-turvy is not a strictly biographical film. In it facts and fantasy continuously overlap and it is next to impossible to tell where the former end and the latter begin. But it does not matter because Leigh's objective was to reconstruct the atmosphere that preceded the staging of The Mikado, not chronicle the exact events that inspired it. The film succeeds in doing precisely that - it gives one the opportunity to experience the ruthless, chaotic and often bizarre world Gilbert and Sullivan shared.

Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher
Country: UK, USA
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Music, Musical

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May11

Die lustige Witwe / The Merry Widow (2005) DVD9

by movieworld on May 11th, 2020 at 12:45
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Musical, Romance

Die lustige Witwe 2005
Zurich Opera House production of Franz Lehar's operetta, with Dagmar Schellenberger, Rodney Gilfry, and Ute Gfrerer in lead roles. Baron Zeta is desperate that the fabulously wealthy widow Hanna Glavari marry a Pontevedrian man so that her fortune remains in the country. He attempts to match her and his handsome attache, Danilo. What the baron cannot have known is that Danilo and Hanna already had a relationship in the past…

Helmut Lohner really excels in presenting this amusing love story on stage. The gorgeous set (mainly designed in red and gold), the elegant costumes (with an accomplished mix of traditional costumes and Parisian evening attire, which perfectly reflects the mix in Lehar's composition), and the presentation of the characters (with a shrewd eye-twinkling) add up to a formidable whole.

DVD9 | NTSC 16:9 | 02:05:17 | 7.68 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Deutsch
Subtitles: English, Deutsch, Espanol, Francais, Japanese
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance, Opera

Director: Helmut Lohner, Anton Reitzenstein
Cast: Dagmar Schellenberger, Rodney Gilfry, Ute Gfrerer
Country: Germany, Switzerland
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Apr25

Comedian Harmonists / The Harmonists (1997) Blu-Ray

by movieworld on April 25th, 2020 at 12:55
Posted In: .Other movies, Biography, Drama, Musical, Romance

Comedian Harmonists 1997
"The Harmonists" tells the story of the rise and fall of a vocal group that was wildly popular in Germany before it was disbanded in 1934 as part of the mounting persecution of Jews. The Comedian Harmonists, who did comic and romantic songs in intricate harmony, were popular and beloved. Even members of the Nazi hierarchy were among their fans. But eventually they were forbidden to sing songs by Jewish composers--and finally, because three of their members were Jewish, they were banned from performing in public.

This German film, based on the true story of this legendary vocal ensemble, shows how politics colors everything: no creative soul can ever be apolitical. Joseph Vilsmaier, director of the excellent 'Stalingrad', has crafted a very entertaining film in this at times funny, joyous and very moving picture.
All the songs performed in the film are digitally remastered original recordings of the Comedian Harmonists.

Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Cast: Ben Becker, Heino Ferch, Ulrich Noethen, Max Tidof
Country: Germany, Austria
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music

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Apr25

Bamboozled (2000) Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on April 25th, 2020 at 11:54
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Drama, Musical

Bamboozled 2000
Pierre Delacroix (DAMON WAYANS) is an African-American TV executive for the Continental Network System who's been assigned by his white boss, Dunwitty (MICHAEL RAPAPORT), to come up with a groundbreaking TV program that will showcase black talent and draw back the millions of viewers who've been tuning out.

Due to Dunwitty's overbearing and self-proclaimed grasp on being black, Pierre decides to concoct the most offensive and racist show he can imagine, hoping to get himself fired in the process. As such, he reinvents the minstrel show and hires two local street performers, Manray (SAVION GLOVER) and Womack (TOMMY DAVIDSON), renames them Mantan and Sleep 'N Eat, and casts them in "Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show."

To Pierre's dismay, the show becomes a national hit, turning Mantan and Sleep 'N Eat into cultural icons...

Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith
Country: USA
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music

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Feb11

Meghe Dhaka Tara / The Cloud-Capped Star (1960) DVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on February 11th, 2020 at 14:11
Posted In: .Other movies, Asian, Drama, Musical

The Cloud-Capped Star 1960
Bengali writer-director Ritwik Ghatak (“Nagarik”/”A River Called Titas“/”Reason, Debate and a Story“) is recognized widely as India’s second most acclaimed filmmaker, with only the great Satyajit Ray considered his better. The Cloud-Capped Star is the first leg of a trilogy that includesE FlatandSubarnarekha. This film classic from India is set in the late 1950’s in the outskirts of an impoverished Calcutta. The tragic melodrama involves a refugee middle-class family, victims of the 1947 Partition of East Bengal, who are struggling to survive their poverty and loss of cultural values.It’s based on a story by Shaktipada Rajguru.

A family, uprooted from East Pakistan by the Partition of India, are now refugees living on the outskirts of Calcutta. Nita (Supriya Choudhury), a beautiful young girl, has taken on the responsibility for the family as her older brother, Shankar (Anil Chatterjee) has abandoned the family for the life of a singer. He spends his days singing rather than working. The father is a teacher, but makes only a pittance. Nita is trying to go to school while also teaching local children, but when her father is injured she becomes the sole support of the family.

Director: Ritwik Ghatak (as Shri Ritwik Kumar Ghatak)
Cast: Supriya Choudhury, Anil Chatterjee, Gyanesh Mukherjee
Country: India
Genre: Drama, Musical

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Jan23

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) 2 x DVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on January 23rd, 2020 at 13:47
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Drama, Musical

Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001
With this trailblazing musical, writer-director-star John Cameron Mitchell and composer-lyricist Stephen Trask brought their signature creation from stage to screen for a movie as unclassifiable as its protagonist.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the story of transexual punk-rocker Hedwig (played by Mitchell himself), who is embarking on a tour of low-rent family diners (all part of the fictional Bilgewater Inn chain) with her band The Angry Inch. The dates and locations have been selected to follow those of her ex-boyfriend and former musical partner Tommy Gnosis (Michael Pitt), who is now a huge success, playing the songs they wrote together (and some Hedwig wrote herself) to packed out arenas. Angry, jealous and heartbroken, she relates to her audiences the story of what brought her to this state, largely through song.

BD50, 2xDVD9 | 1080p AVC, NTSC | 01:31:45 | 46.1 Gb + 14.3 Gb
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Cast: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask
Country: USA
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
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Jun28

Swing Time (1936) Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on June 28th, 2019 at 13:01
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Musical, Romance

Swing Time 1936
Swing Time is the last Fred & Ginger musical to have it all – lots of great songs from Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, lots of great sets from Van Nest Polglase and Darrell Silvera, and lots of great dance numbers from Fred and Ginger. Even the plot, which stumbles badly in the early going, picks up momentum at the end.

The story tells of "Lucky" Garnett (Astaire), a gambler and and dancer engaged to Margaret Watson (Furness, in her pre-consumer advocacy days). When Lucky shows up late for his wedding, Margaret's father (Landers Stevens, the director's real-life father) tells him not to return until he earns $25,000 to prove that he's not just a layabout. Once Lucky meets dance teacher Penny Carrol (Rogers), however, his main problem is to keep from earning the 25 grand, since, of course, he falls in love with Penny.

BD50 | 1080p AVC | 01:43:46 | 42.6 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Director: George Stevens
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore
Country: USA
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
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