Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (London Stage Revival) DVD
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0014381105728
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 StereoEnglishUnknownDolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
MPN: IMED1057D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 18, 2003
Running Time: 180 minutes
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
Average Rating: 
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I just received this and watched it from beginning to end. It's absolutely brilliant and just wonderful. Hugh Jackman is beyond question a great singer and I am offically in love with him now. What a Curly. And shirtless for a bit too! Sigh. I will say it now. This is the best STAGE production of Oklahoma, EVER, as far as I can tell. Since the original stage play premiered almost 50 years before I was born I cannot be sure. But looking at the original costumes,(not speaking ... Read More
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\it is a lovely musical with professional actors well mimicking hardship of US history of the time pioneering.
Once to see good enough.
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This DVD of the London stage production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" is excellent in every way. In many ways it is superior to the movie version that came out in the 1950's.
The expanded role of Judd, the augmented dance numbers, and the superb singing and dancing of the principals and the ensemble, to say nothing of the fine quality of the acting (Auntie Eller and Curly are notable examples) make this version of "Oklahoma!" truly remarkable.
The ... Read More
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Perfect (new) quality when received, prompt delivery, and absitively fantabulous rendition of this story! I'm stoked!
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In my opinion, this remake of a classic stage production, which is also a classic movie, couldn't decide which it wanted to be. It tried to be a stage production filmed in front of a "live" audience, but there were scenes that could not possibly have been done for a "live" audience. Though the audience was shown, on occasion, as if they were there, they never really seemed to "get" any of the jokes. It should have been one or the other. Trying to be both lost it for me. Adding smoking and tobacco chewing ... Read More
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Editorial Review:
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Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 05/27/2008 Run time: 180 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
When Mary Rodgers, daughter of the composer Richard Rodgers, was reported as saying she never wanted to see another Oklahoma!, it was her way of paying the highest tribute to Trevor Nunn's production at the Royal National Theatre which was subsequently taken into the studio and filmed. The camera follows the playgoers into the auditorium of the Olivier where in their company we watch the show and applaud the numbers as the real thing. Nunn treats Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration with the utmost seriousness, restoring the full text so that it comes across as a drama indebted to Eugene O'Neill. Although Oklahoma! unfolds at a leisurely pace, it is extraordinary how one is drawn into the drama under Nunn's direction.
There's seldom a wish for true locations as the pace picks up and we move into the claustrophobic company of Judd Fry in his riveting encounter with the cowboy Curly. The close-up camera work affords an experience the theatre can't bring and also pays handsome dividends in appreciating Susan Stroman's intricate and lively choreography. Her dancers are a fine team, notably Jimmy Johnston who is outstanding as Will Parker leading the Kansas City ensemble. Hugh Jackman (X-Men) as Curly matches him in vocal prowess and looks, and Shuler Hensley sings the tricky role of Judd Fry very well. It's harder to place Peter Polycarpou's Pedlar, a considerably larger role than in the film version, whose accent strays from London's East End to the plains of Europe. Maureen Lipman, rightly deemed the lynchpin of the musical by Nunn, is a joy to watch as Aunt Eller. Laurey (Josefina Gabrielle) and Ado Annie (Vicki Simon) are good but not special. Aside from an abrupt start to Act Two and the occasional voice off microphone, the production sounds good with a larger orchestra present than in the theatre. An Oklahoma! on an epic scale. --Adrian Edwards
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