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List Price: $24.99Amazon.com's Price: $19.99 You Save: $5.00 (20%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381105728
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 18, 2003
Running Time: 180 minutes
Sales Rank: 16081
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Editorial Review:
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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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For those who are familiar mainly with the innocent, lavish film version of Rogers and Hammerstein's musical OKLAHOMA!, this 1998 West End revival starring Hugh Jackman, Josefina Gabrielle and Shuler Hensley may come as a bit of a shock. There is not a hint of syrupy sweetness or camp to be found in Trevor Nunn and Susan Stroman's masterful reinterpretation of the material. Here, the characters are earthy, dirty, sweaty, and delighfully natural, and the actor's portraying them are all suberb (with ... Read More
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Saw the original. As good and even better. Wish this could be done for all the great Broadway shows of the past (and present).
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How dumb am I? I thought this was actually done on a stage with a live audience until I got to the extra material and saw how it was put together. Seamless!
I also thought it was true to the original movie script until I was told differently. Brilliant!
My wife and I loved it! It is much better than the original movie (a matter of changing times, tastes, and techniques) and it makes the musical bright and shining as a new penny. Excellent!
Buy this DVD!
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I'm not really sure why this revival of Oklahoma received rave reviews. While this production does return the setting of Oklahoma to the rough territory setting rather than the glossed-over setting of previous productions and the film, I find it an unfavorable change. To me, Laurie does not belong in denim overalls and does not live in a dirty log cabin. In addition to the production design, the translation of this to film is also peculiar. The transitions between scenes and musical numbers on the video ... Read More
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This version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic has made my two daughters (age 17 and 8) huge fans of musical theater. The singing and dancing are superb, the story line is easier to follow than the movie, and the ballet scene, which often seems a thorn in the side of this production, flows with the story better than any other version I've ever watched. Hugh Jackman is totally believable as the cowboy Curly, American accent and all. The motivation of the character of Judd is more understandable, and ... Read More
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