Epicurus.com - Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance / Kline, Ronstadt, Smith, Routledge, Delacorte Theater (Broadway Theatre Archive)

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Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Starring: Kevin Kline, George Rose, Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith, Patricia Routledge
Directed By: Joshua White (II), Wilford Leach

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780769796420
Format: Color
ISBN: 0769796427
Label: Kultur Video
Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kultur Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-10-22
Running Time: 120
Studio: Kultur Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1980

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Editorial Reviews:

Gilbert and Sullivan's raucous operatic tale is captured in all its fun and glory in this production, recorded live at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. Kevin Kline sparkles as the swashbuckling and libidinous Pirate King while Linda Ronstadt makes her theatrical debut as the lovely and virginal Mabel. When Mabel and Frederic, a young pirate bound to serve the Pirate King, fall in love, complications arise and high spirited antics ensue. The incomparable cast offers the best in this boisterous romp. END

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Customer Rating:

Summary: I wanted the movie
Comment: My mistake. This is good, but I liked the movie better than this filmed stage play. I hope the movie comes to DVD soon.

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Summary: Looks like it was made by an amature film company
Comment: This is the worst DVD I have ever seen. I love the VHS version and I have been waiting for the Pirates of Penzance with Kevin Kline to come out on DVD for years. I had a lazer disc of it years ago and loved it. The picture on this DVD is so bad it is unviewable. It is blurry and was obviously done on a home camera. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS. The audio is poor also so it cannot even be used as a CD.

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Summary: Delacorte Theater version - Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance
Comment: I was hoping to get the version with Angela Lansbery but it appears this version is not available in DVD. Please let me know when it is available as i would like to purchase it.

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Summary: Good, but the film version released in America is better
Comment: I do enjoy Patricia Rutledge, from ages of watching her perform in BBC Keeping Up Appearances as a social climbing civil servants wife. Her skill as a singing actress is every bit as delightful as her portrayal of Hyacinth in that series. As a staged version this is excellent. However, I do remember the film version which was released with Angela Lansbury playing the part of the nurse. Obviously there is more you can do with a filmed version than you can with a staged version. Kevin Kline's antics in the film version of "I Am a Pirate King" allowed for much more than you can do on stage, and Tony Azevedo as the policeman with his Keystone Cops gang were highlighted with the camera angles and staging. Saying this, it must be remembered that any performance of Pirate's will by nature be performed on a stage, and this is an excellent reference for what is possible on stage.

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Summary: ratings for 1st purchase
Comment: Dear Amazon, I have already purchased thgrice from you that too a bulk ordrer but sadly the first purchase was rthe most dissapointing.
The packing weas superb in the two ordrs but the DVD print for the Pirates movie was SAD....did not feel like a DVD print at all.

I read your return policy but from India it would cost even double to send it to you than recieve thus changed my mind.

Actually the print is horrible....My mistake is there too, i wanted the movie not the orchestra film.

Regards

Andrew Ryder

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