Tender Mercies)

Starring:Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns, Jonathan Banks, Bonnie Bartlett, James Brodhead, Jane Jenkins, Jordan Charney, Rod Colbin, Daniel Chodos, Donald Craig, Sarah Cunningham, Lee de Broux, Jeffrey DeMunn, Jack Fitzgerald, Nancy Foy, Anne Haney, Richard L. Hawkins, James Karen
Director: Graeme Clifford, Fred Schepisi, Bruce Beresford
Studio: Anchor Bay
Product Type: DVD

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Frances
Jessica Lange gives a career performance in a role she was born to play: the talented and troubled Frances Farmer. Farmer's awful trajectory travels from bright Seattle girl to 1930s Hollywood starlet to degraded (eventually lobotomized) mental patient. Lange, who has the blond, clean look of Farmer's heyday, goes into these places with the fierce abandon of a true believer. Her performance, the lush John Barry score, and the period re-creation are all worth applauding; almost everything else fails. Everyone except Farmer is grotesquely caricatured to fit the movie's thesis, which is that if you are intelligent and nonconformist, the system will resolutely destroy you. (The medical establishment is evil incarnate.) This simple conclusion seems inadequate and disrespectful of Frances Farmer's tragic problems. For a radiant glimpse of what the real Farmer had to offer, see Howard Hawks's Come and Get It, which bristles with excitement over a new discovery. --Robert Horton

Plenty
David Hare's Broadway play--about political idealism and the way some people always need to be fighting for a cause--was credibly transferred to the screen by director Fred Schepisi from Hare's screenplay. Meryl Streep (in the midst of a streak of movies that required accents) plays a British woman who fought for the French Resistance during World War II. When she returns to normal life in post-war England and marries a diplomat, she becomes something of a terror--speaking her mind when, of course, diplomacy dictates otherwise. Did she leave the best part of herself in France, where life was more meaningful and immediate? Hare's comment on Great Britain's post-war slide into Thatcherism, this film features a tough-minded (and not particularly likable) performance by Streep, who is actually quite good. It's a hard movie to embrace, but a well-made one nonetheless. --Marshall Fine

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When a show's pit band is the New York Philharmonic, you can expect something special, and that's what this all-star Candide delivers. It is a concert performance, without scenery but with costumes, makeup, a bit of dancing, and a lot of acting. Musically, it sounds like the best of all possible Candides. Besides an unusually talented cast, its strong points include the pacing and accentuation of Marin Alsop, one of the brightest individuals in the younger generation of conductors; the polished presence of Thomas Allen, who doubles as the narrator and Dr. Pangloss, and the spirited participation of the brilliant Westminster Symphonic Choir.

Taught in childhood to believe they live in "the best of all possible worlds," the young characters struggle to preserve their optimism through a harrowing sequence of war, famine, shipwreck, piracy, slavery, rape, and disease with a sparkle in their eyes and a tune on their lips, until, with difficulty, they finally reach a sense of reality.

Candide spans the traditional division between opera and Broadway. The soloists, all headliners, are recruited from both worlds. Broadway is represented by Patti LuPone, who became a legend in Evita, and Tony award winner Kristin Chenoweth. Paul Groves and Stanford Olsen have distinguished operatic backgrounds. They all sing Leonard Bernstein's catchy tunes and the show's clever lyrics with gorgeous voices, a lot of acting skill and a witty, flippant response to Voltaire's cynical (or, rather, realistic) philosophy. --Joe McLellan

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Leonard Bernstein's brilliant comic operetta comes to dazzling new life under theguidance of director Lonny Price (A Class Act). Based on the classic Voltaire tale of an innocent young man's journey through a life filled with colorful characters and unexpected life lessons, this tune-filled frolic features Tony Award©-winners Patti LuPone and Kristin Chenoweth heading a dazzling cast with Paul Groves, Stanford Olsen, Sir Thomas Allen and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. The impeccable score (with lyrics by luminaries including Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Stephen Sondheim, Richard Wilbur and John La Touche) includes a host of delightful songs such as "Life Is Happiness Indeed," "It Must Be So," "You Were Dead, You Know" and "Make Our Garden Grow." Now enjoy this all-new production of a musical comedy favorite with Broadway's top stars!

Customer Reviews:

Delightful!.......2007-05-21

There is not much more to say about this production. Yes, it is a well-written and scored musical with wonderful singing and music, a fresh direction style, a splash of irreverence, a lot of humor, a great picture, and great sound (with a variety of audio options). But it can all be summed up with the one word: delightful.

My only quibble is that the DVD does not contain any extras. It could have included a separate soundtrack, a documentary or two, interviews, etc. A missed opportunity, but one that nevertheless does not diminish the sparkling production itself. Recommended.

Enjoyable theatre.......2007-05-12

Although done as an 'in concert' performance - this is a very enjoyable and entertaining rendition of Bernstein's Candide.

I highly recommend it for broadway musical fans. There a few times when lines (shadows from wires) appear across the singers' faces but that is almost unavoidable given it is a live production.

Even though none of my DVD players can read it.......2007-04-12

I've fallen even further in love with this show. I have to play it on my computer but I still love it. Kristin is as wonderful as ever (the main reason I bought this) and the rest play their parts and (where applicable) break character to bring together an overall magnificent piece. My only regret is that I wasn't there in New York for the live show.

Leonard is turing in his grave........2007-03-28

I understand that Candide is satire and so did Leonard. That being said some of what is in the book and some of what Lenny wrote is meant to be farce, even absurd. However, a prevailing characteristic of good satire is that it is not all farce. Buried in the hyperbole is an underlying message maybe even a solution to the insanity that unfolds. I never could quite grasp that in the book, not until I met this music. When performed properly there is such splendor, a trip from the highest moments of humor to utter despair, to passionate love, and loveless passion, all in Bernstein's Candide. Furthermore, with the musical themes developing as the characters do the prevailing message is lucid and perfectly timed.

Unfortunately this performance misses the boat completely. There is much farce and humor but the rest is gone. No despair, no real love, no message, just farce and plenty of it. If all you are interested in is Kristin Chenoweth's voice then this is a good performance to have. She is splendid. But, for the love of Lenny, don't consider this a good performance of Candide.

I saw this on PBS and in that performance I'd swear Candide's Lament was missing! 'Candide's Lament' is staple Tenor repertoire and is one of the main reasons the musical is so great. Not to mention the melody from the song is a persistent theme throughout the musical that molds from a lament to the 'Make our Garden Grow' existential affirmation. How can you leave it out!! And I will never forgive them for laughing in the middle of the 'one' duet at the end of 'You were dead you know'.

If you don't understand than I invite you to listen to 'You were dead you know' from the GP recording and compare it to the same track on the 'Bernstein conducts Candide' album. The second is much more operatic while the first is more Broadway but regardless, the second is in every way a superior rendition. The same holds true for every track ... with the possible exception of 'Glitter and be Gay'. Kristin was made for that song.

Bottom line: Despite what the title says this is not Leonard Bernstein's Candide. It is an immature attempt to strip the passion from the music and leave nothing but the surface humor behind. If you like Kristin then I suppose it is worth having, otherwise go for the 'Bernstein conducts Candide' recording (Bernstein Conducts Candide). That is Leonard Bernstein's Candide.

The Lost "Candide".......2007-03-01

This is a wonderful take on one of my favorites. Kristin Chenoweth is indeed superb, the presentation is witty, ingenious, lively, and filled with the sardonic fun Voltaire clearly intended and every production beginning with the first revival production with new libretto (the successor to Hellman's)has aimed for. This one succeeds on just about every level. Chenoweth's "Glitter and be Gay" is, I think, perhaps as well as it can be done.

Still, as good as this is, it misses the mastery of the 1986 New York City Opera PBS production introduced by Beverly Sills, executive directed by Hal Prince with Candide sung by an amazing David Eisler, Cunegonde with lyrical perfection by Erie Mills, and the Old Lady by the incredibly hilarious and on-target Muriel Costa-Greenspon. As good as Lupone is (and she's wonderful), Costa-Greenspon IS the Old Lady! This production is not available, only God knows why. I happened to have videotaped it in 1986 and just recently transferred it to DVD--a bit faded with some lessening of sound quality--but it is still a masterpiece. The program included a conversation between Sills and Prince in the intermission which is very illuminating for many reasons, not the least of which is intimate theater history. Someone needs to kick down the doors of Lincoln Center, PBS, and the New York City Opera archives and rescue this production and release it on DVD with enhancements and the aforementioned conversation. Please!

In the meantime, this version is very highly recommended. As usual, the finale, "And Make Our Garden Grow," (expertly presented) overwhelmed me and moved me to tears. It filled me with such a love for humanity and our striving to find meaning, my heart nearly broke with it.

It's not possible go wrong with this CD.

Kiss Me Kate (Broadway Revival - PBS Great Performances)

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Another Opening, another show
Flat and mostly overacted
Amazingly well done
Buy the Original Cast (1953) Instead
Misguided concept of a great musical

Kiss Me Kate (Broadway Revival - PBS Great Performances)
Starring: Brent Barrett , Rachel York , Nancy Kathryn Anderson , Michael Berresse , and Nicholas Colicos
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ASIN: B00008NFR6
Release Date: 2003-05-13

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Cole Porter's masterwork Kiss Me, Kate was revived in a splashy production that played on Broadway in 1999 then in London, where this version was filmed in front of a live audience in 2002. Broadway veterans Brent Barrett and Rachel York play pompous Fred Graham and feisty Lilli Vanessi, respectively, the couple whose roles in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew mirror their offstage feud. The play-within-a-play format is reflected in a score that has both contemporary '50s songs ("Too Darn Hot") and Bard-inspired stage songs ("I've Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua"). Other songs such as "Wunderbar," "So in Love," "Why Can't You Behave?," "Always True to You (In My Fashion)," and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" are among Porter's best-loved melodies and wittiest lyrics. Nancy Anderson and Michael Berresse (the lone principal still remaining from the Broadway revival cast) sing and dance up a storm as the secondary couple Lois and Bill, and Teddy Kempner and Jack Chissick steal scenes as the gangsters. Recommended for fans of musicals, though it's not the most family-friendly choice due to gender conflicts and stereotyping. --David Horiuchi

Description

The first Broadway revival in nearly 50 years of the musical comedy masterpiece by composer Cole Porter and book writers Sam and Bella Spewack not only enchanted critics and delighted audiences, but went on to triumph as one of the biggest prize winners of the 2000 season. Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare, this hilarious romp recounts the backstage and on-stage antics of two feuding romances during an out-of-town tryout for a musical adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew. Sparkling with 18 classic Cole Porter songs including "Another Op'nin', Another Show," "Wunderbar," "So in Love," "Always True to You in My Fashion," "Too Darn Hot," and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" this is Broadway musical comedy at its irresistible best. Directed by Michael Blakemore, this Tony winner for "Best Revival" stars Brent Barrett, Rachel York (Victor/Victoria), Nancy Anderson and Michael Berresse as the squabbling couples whose offstage disputes entangle them with a pair of song-and-dance gangsters and a pompous U.S. army general.

Customer Reviews:

Another Opening, another show.......2007-01-10

I remember seeing Alfred Drake ant Patrice Munsel in this show as a young child. I also have the Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson Movie version from 1953 and though I love that version, this one feels better to me. It is a well produced video of a live production of the latest revival of this delightful production. Brent Barrett plays Graham/Petruchio with just the right amount of acerbic wit, Rachel York is a delightful Lilli Vanessi/Kate and the chemistry betwen the two of them is fantastic. Teh rest of the cast is supurb.

Flat and mostly overacted.......2006-04-22

I had higher expectations when I purchased this DVD.
I was not disappointed technically but I was EXTREMELY disappointed with the acting as a whole and with the uneven singing of Rachel York. She couldn't seem to decide whether she wanted a pop, jazz, or traditional musical theatre sound. Her voice was all over the place. Furthermore, I found her character very annoying...she was screechy and not at all vunerable. I preferred Kathryn Grayson's performance in the movie as she managed to be vunerable, witty, and charming, as well as screechy, demanding, and somewhat tyrannical. Truly, I could barely watch this entire video and at the end I could have cared less if Fred and Lilli got together. I think that was the most powerful statement for me.
The production was acted (or directed) with a lot of mugging and so much of it was over the top. Can today's directors PLEASE leave something for the audience to think about and figure out themselves? Everything need not be a commentary!
I wish I had seen Marin Mazzie because I heard she was incredible. Rent this before buying it or better yet do what I did and buy it used. It hardly cost anything and that is what is it worth.

Amazingly well done.......2006-03-09

I first watched this performance on PBS Great Performances. It is amazing. I'm very happy to finally find a complete version of the stage show on DVD. Rachel York does a top-notch performance in the leading role. The rest of the cast is up to par. There have been other reviews that say the music is dated, or other such nonsense, but do not pay heed to them. Premiered in 1948, the musical is based on The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare), and the music and lyrics are done by Cole Porter. Sometimes referred to as his masterpiece (which I agree with), the production never drags or disappoints. The lyrics are extremely witty (a trademark of Porter). The music keeps you humming along for days.

Buy the Original Cast (1953) Instead.......2006-01-05

IMHO, none of the cast could hold a candle to the original with Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, etc. These shows are all about the music - if the music doesn't make it, the whole production isn't worth two cents.

Misguided concept of a great musical.......2005-03-27

My enjoyment of the PBS telecast was just fitful. The production itself
was just breathtaking - faithful to the time period, expensive, detailed and
colorful. The costumes were of a quality one rarely sees anymore -
imaginative designs, the attention to detail, and color coordination was all
beautifully done.
The two stars, Brent Barrett as Fred/Petruchio and Rachel York as
Lilli/Kate, are both movie-star handsome, exceptional in this regard, and
looked their parts to the hilt. York especially looked like a 1940s lady of
the theatre, while Barrett really does look like a matinee idol.
I was far less pleased with their performances and singing. It's not
that I don't doubt their talents; they obviously have star quality. But
whose idea was it to have Fred and Lilli behave like spoiled, bratty, whiny
children? The kind you see on TV sitcoms - immature, silly, and really,
really dumb-acting. These two were quite unsavory, ridiculous, even
unsympathetic characters. Everything was way over-the-top. Furthermore, all
of the constant mugging, overacting, eye-rolling, excessive broadness and
exaggeration of expressions wore thin after a short while. Rachel York
repeatedly screamed, shrieked, yelled, caterwauled and went beyond behaving
like a mere shrew: the show turned into The Screaming of the Shrew. This
Lilli had no sophistication, class, dignity, warmth, irony or even
wit...even her sarcasms and irascibilities were all wrong, too
teenage-princessy...she was a high-decibel harpy and little else.
Brent Barrett was a little better, but he still came across like an
excitable high school kid. Fredric Graham should be a aspiring-classical
actor type - albeit vain, hammy, insecure and prone to an inflated sense of
his own-alleged greatness; but a child he's not. Fred should reek of
Martini and Rossi-smoking-jacket-cigar savvy and larger-than-life
sophistication, yet edgy, rattled in a way only overambitious actors can be.
It's strange, seeing Barrett, this tall, athletically built,
distinguished-looking actor, made to behave like an overgrown teenager...
sort of like one of those men depicted in sitcoms...childish, foolish-acting
and an irritating air-head. Even his speaking voice (as used here), when
under pressure, cracks and acquires that puberty-falsetto (think Tom Cruise
when he yells). He's not anywhere believable as an aspiring classical
actor.
I had even more misgivings about York's and Barrett's singing. Yet I
can't blame them exactly; very few people on Broadway nowadays exhibit the
kind of fundamental classical training that was obligatory at one point. I
couldn't tell whether York knew what she was doing; her singing displayed a
combination of pop vocal crooning, along with some jazzy inflections - yet
there were hints here and there of some operatic leanings. As a result, none
of her songs coalesced properly; it seemed as if each register, wherever the
song in question took her, revealed a different kind of stylistic realm.
Barrett, again, was a little better, but he too lacks a truly fundamental
technique. The middle part of his range seems natural and easy, but the
higher he goes the tone spreads and sounds constricted all at once; you
can't take a pop voice production of tone and expect it to bloom properly.
Moreover, Barrett was often afflicted with a troubling vibrato. From what I
can hear, when he speaks properly, there is quite a beautiful, resonant
voice in there somewhere, but he's misusing it at practically every turn.
A digression: watching Howard Keel in the film version, I'm more
convinced than ever that his performance as Fred/Petruchio is THE classic
embodiment of the role in every way. Keel was among singers, an
outstanding, instinctive actor, and brought to the role the kind of
distinction it required. It did not hurt that he was tall, distinguished
and imposing (he looked great as Petruchio, so Shakespeareanly dashing).
Keel's Fred Graham was ultra-masculine, exaggeratedly vain, ambitious and
yet somehow mature and imbued with depth; Barrett didn't even begin to
convey these latter qualities. And Keel's voice - deep, vibrant, correctly
produced and gorgeous in tone quality, was one of the best of its kind for
the baritone leading-man roles to be had. His accounts of the songs are
matchless.

More troublesome though, was how York and Barrett interpreted their
songs. Even the simplest melodies were tugged, pulled, underlined and bent
out of shape, as though to make the audience understand every little
inflection, and bring across the mood with all these exaggerated
"espressivo" effects... but all these gimmicks and schticky touches ruin the
songs. "I Hate Men" was the most idiotically overacted spectacle I've ever
witnessed. "Wunderbar" is a beautiful melody whose words are parodical: yet
the tune in its beauty should be retained and preserved. York and Barrett
tried to make the song the magical moment it can be, but their voices did
not blend, and the song failed to surge as it should (as Alfred Drake and
Patricia Morison made it so). Ditto for "So in Love," (still a bit
overemotive and swoony by York) though it was mercifully spared from being
mangled in this production (Barrett came closest to producing the most
moving moment near the end in this tune). For the most part though, most
of the songs as performed here didn't work for me...Porter's music was
poorly represented (the voices didn't serve the score) and Porter's lyrics
were banged up and slammed in every which way AND loose.
One of the pleasures of the two original cast albums (the first in Mono,
the second done especially for the then-new Stereo era) was Lisa Kirk's Lois
Lane/Bianca. Kirk brought a special brand of street smart babe-sexy
sultriness to the role, helped by that deep, knowingly sensual timbre she
owned. Her renditions of Lois's songs are dynamite, are Broadway classics,
and what's more, made the role into a real character, not just the secondary
comedy lead. It made for a terrific contrast to Patricia Morison's
high-minded lady of the theatre voice and personality.
Nancy Anderson in the PBS telecast was made to embody a completely
different Lois altogether...and I hated it. Lois was here into a
nasal-voiced, dimwitted kewpie doll. She spoke and sang in a pinched,
"dum-dum girl" tone, and so the songs failed to come to life.
The rest of the cast did fine...the "Too Darn Hot" number was
wonderful, spicy, insinuating and catchy. But it serves little point in
analysing the other factors, because the main elements were too compromised
for me to enjoy the show as a whole.

Elvis - The Great Performances, Vol. 1 - Center Stage

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Elvis The Great Performances vol. 1 center stage
great videos
Elvis Presley sings songs from movies and tv specials

Elvis - The Great Performances, Vol. 1 - Center Stage
Starring: Elvis Presley
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Elvis - The Great Performances, Vol. 3 - From the Waist Up
Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Special Edition)
Elvis '56 - In the Beginning
Elvis: King of Entertainment

ASIN: B000069HSV
Release Date: 2002-08-13

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The quality and breadth of most of the material found here on "Center Stage," the first volume of the three-disc Elvis: The Great Performances set, typifies the excellence of the set as a whole. Spanning more than 20 years, from Presley's first TV appearance (in 1956) to one of his very last concerts (in June 1977), the disc includes some truly rockin' tunes (OK, so the '77 solo version of "Unchained Melody," with a painfully bloated Elvis pounding out his own piano accompaniment, isn't one of them--but "Ready Teddy," from a '56 Ed Sullivan show, sure is). There's some fascinating other material as well, such as a screen test in which Presley lip-syncs "Blue Suede Shoes" while "playing" a guitar with no strings, a 1970 press conference in which he dismisses his classic Sun recordings as "funny-sounding," and some very cool home movie footage. The King is dead (well, maybe). Long live the King. --Sam Graham

Customer Reviews:

Elvis The Great Performances vol. 1 center stage.......2007-02-06

I love this dvd, I am crazy about Elvis whole career. I bought it most for the unchained melody song, boy he could still do it right to the end. Great dvd.

great videos.......2004-11-21

Have all three videos and love each one especially the third. The live performance of the song Love Me is great. It shows the true early Elvis at his best.

Elvis Presley sings songs from movies and tv specials.......2002-11-11

Center Stage focus on Elvis Presley carrer in the 50's, and shows songs that Elvis Presley perfromed from The Dorsey Brothers, Stage Show to The Ed Sullivan Show. Elvis appeared on Ed's show 3 times, the first time he perfromed from Hollywood and Ed Sullivan was recoving from a car crash. And you can also hear Elvis Presely singing songs from his first 4 movies, from Love Me Tender to King Creole. Two of the four movies Elvis made, got good reviews, and was consired his best. And they were Jailhouse Rock and King Creole.

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Elvis-The Great Performances
Decent Set, Nothing More
A Vague Sneak Peak About the King
I should have listened!
The Nightmarishly Unforgettable Performances

Elvis - The Great Performances Box Set
Starring: Elvis Presley , and Elvis Presley
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Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Special Edition)
Elvis - The '68 Comeback Special (Deluxe Edition DVD)
Elvis - Aloha from Hawaii (Deluxe Edition DVD)
Elvis '56 - In the Beginning
Elvis: King of Entertainment

ASIN: B000069HST
Release Date: 2002-08-13

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Searching for a real American idol? Well, look no further. Over the course of these three marvelous discs (totaling about 160 minutes and over 40 songs, including repeats), we are nearly overwhelmed by the charm, charisma, and sheer talent that made Elvis Presley so extraordinarily popular and influential. There are songs from television shows (emphasizing the mid-'50s appearances that helped cement his iconic status), concerts, and movies, along with interviews, some revealing (mostly silent) home movies, and photos galore. And by favoring the music Presley made in his earlier years, as well as by loading the discs with complete, uninterrupted performances, executive producer Andrew Solt and company show us how Presley combined country, gospel, and R&B to make rock & roll the most vital pop culture phenomenon of the past 50 years. This is the mother lode, and a must-have for longtime adherents and newcomers alike. DVD bonus options include a discography, a filmography, and "trivia tracks" on all discs. --Sam Graham

Customer Reviews:

Elvis-The Great Performances.......2005-04-17

I enjoy this set very much. It is a must for Elvis fans. It is a nice gift box for a collector. It is more of the earlier years, and shows how much he matured in both his voice and performance. He is my favorite artist ever and anyone will enjoy this set......

Decent Set, Nothing More.......2004-10-06

The first two discs of this set are really good, with much material that I had never seen before. The problem comes with disc three. The narrator (Bono of U2) will not be quiet, and frequently disrupts the music. To make matters worse, many of the performances on disc three are repeats. Surely they must have tons of footage they've yet to show. This is a good set, and one that I'd reccommend despite of the flaws. They includde songs from Elvis' movies, lip-synch performances, TV appearances, and home movies. What more could you want?

A Vague Sneak Peak About the King.......2004-04-22

As a relatively new Elvis fan, I generally speaking liked this selection. There are a lot of performances from Elvis's younger year that I very much enjoyed. The thing that bothered me though, was that the narration was very chopped up.
I liked first two discs well enough. The narrator was much more informative and interesting to listen to. However, I was very surprised, and disappointed when they totally switched to someone else on the third disc.
I felt that wa highly unorganized and strange. White the first two discs have fun performances and even some home movies.
The third I believe was just thrown together and made to make extra money. I personally would get something else for Elvis' performances. However, I'm not so disappointed because like I said I am a new Elvis fan. So I believe it's good for people who want a good introduction to him, but not for long time Presely fans though.

I should have listened!.......2003-04-29

I should have listened to the Amazon.com reviews. Many of them said it looked like the same footage on each disc just from a different angle or a different song from the same concert. I didn't want to believe it but its true. However, I would recommend that you buy disc 1 and not the set. It is the best and captures every side of Elvis you will see in the other two. The version of "Unchained Melody" was fascinating. Not only was it very emotional and definitely touched me, but also shocking how heavy he was and was filmed just two months before his death. It may sound crazy but for me it was like a farewell song.

The Nightmarishly Unforgettable Performances.......2002-11-28

All Elvis fans have had the following nightmare: They buy an attractively packaged Elvis video product with no less a name than "Elvis: The Great Performances," unwrap the product in a blind fury arising from the anticipation of witnessing what Heaven must surely look like, and find . . . gasp . . . heart attack . . . a made-for-late-night-T.V.-edited montage of movie clips featuring Elvis lip synching his songs while his hair does that weird swaying thing that it does whenever he lip synchs his songs in his movies.
We have all had the nightmare, but I had to live it when I bought this set. All Elvis fans with even the most basic senses of music and film appreciation, be advised that this video is nightmarishly bad.

Elvis - The Great Performances, Vol. 2 - The Man and the Music

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Botch of an important job
How many volumes are needed?

Elvis - The Great Performances, Vol. 2 - The Man and the Music
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Elvis - The Great Performances, Vol. 3 - From the Waist Up
Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Special Edition)
Elvis: King of Entertainment
Elvis - Aloha from Hawaii (Deluxe Edition DVD)

ASIN: B000069HSX
Release Date: 2002-08-13

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Six tunes from Elvis Presley's movies are the centerpiece of this, the second of three discs contained in the superb Elvis: The Great Performances set; and while his 33 films were generally atrocious, songs like "Trouble," "Return to Sender," and "Treat Me Nice" are a delight. Elsewhere, "The Man and the Music" touches on (via narration, some charming home movies, etc.) Presley's very first recording ("My Happiness," a gift to his beloved mother), his induction into the army, his life with (and divorce from) Priscilla, the absurd decision to shoot his TV performances from the waist up, and his return to live concerts after a decade-long layoff. As usual, it's the music that carries the day: one look at "Shake, Rattle and Roll" from the Dorsey Brothers' TV show in '56 is ample proof that in his heyday, Elvis Presley was a serious contender for the title of coolest guy on the planet. --Sam Graham

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Botch of an important job.......2003-01-09

With 33 movies, nearly 20 TV appearances and who knows how much unseen footage you wouldn't think compiling a decent video collection of Elvis' greatest hits would be difficult. Yet somehow they've messed it up.

The music here may be generally five star quality but that's about the only thing that is. To start with, both this and its companion volume Center Stage are criminally brief clocking in at under an hour each. A lot more quality clips could have been fit on both tapes.

The clips the compilers have chosen though are sharp. However, the way they are presented is absolutely atrocious. The narration is dull and unenlightening. Too much space is taken up by incidental background music while George Klein states mind numbing platitudes. ("Elvis generally didn't like to hang out with the celebrity set but when he did he enjoyed the company of other performers." "Many fans were surprised to see Elvis make his first appearance after the army on a Frank Sinatra TV show.")This is done at the expense of providing context for a lot of the clips like the opening "American Trilogy". We learn nothing we didn't already know from this video. This is not even to mention the worst facet of the narration which is Klein's tendency to babble over the music as he does on the intro of "If I Can Dream" and the middle of "Got O' Lot O' Livin' to Do". (Wouldn't it have been possible to point out Elvis' mother before the song?)

The presentation of the clips themselves is incredibly flat. One minute we're locked in with some still pictures and the dull narration then comes the clip. Many of the clips are started a few seconds late thus diminishing their power. Worse several of the clips are truncated. This is most devastating on "Mean Woman Blues" from "Loving You" where some of Elvis' best moves are cut. (In Center Stage the entire middle section of "Jailhouse Rock" is omitted.)They are short songs already; there's no need to cut them especially in a 55 minute video.

There's worse. All of the clips from Elvis' movies are overdubbed with the official recorded release. I know this was done to allow for the best musical quality but it gives the impression of inauthenticity. Worse than that though some clips are marred by senseless overdubs like the handclaps on "Return to Sender".

That said, this is still the best we've got. There's some great music on here and Elvis was definitely a gifted visual performer. For collectors the only rarities are the gorgeous light falsetto performance of "Fame and Fortune" from the Sinatra and "Blue Suede Shoes" from his first Milton Berle show. Both of these though are just terrific. The Berle show is especially neat in that we get to see Elvis' band, especially Bill Black, echo his coolness and showmanship. They're rock's first hipsters. A lot of the other stuff is also essential like "Treat Me Nice", "If I Can Dream", "Always on My Mind" and "Mean Woman Blues" although it is available elsewhere in a superior presentation. Still if you don't have the dough to fork out for all those videos this is the most effective one stop shopping you'll find at this time.

If you can pick this up with Center Stage and the VH1 Documentary "From the Waist Up" in the box at a bargain price do it. At least you'll have a start at compiling a coherent Elvis collection with those three together. Until somebody wakes up and assembles a good career video retrospective, you'll have to settle for that.

How many volumes are needed?.......2002-11-12

The first song in Volume 2: The Man and the Music is American Trilogy that Elvis perfromed in Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii. Plus Blue Suede Shoes that is on Volume 1, is also on Volume 2. Once again you can hear Elvis Presley perfroming songs from shows from The Dorsey Brothers, Stage Show to The Ed Sullivan Show. Plus you can hear songs from Elvis' movies from Treat Me Nice from Jailhouse Rock to Return to Sender from Girls! Girls! Girls! Which was Elvis Presley's life was made up, girls, girls, girls, girls. If Elvis loved girls so much, why did he wait until the late 60's to get married and why did he only get married once? Fame and Fortune is also on this volume. And you can buy all tree volumes speartly for buy them together on Elvis The Great Perfromances on video or dvd.

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Great Performances {Monsignor Quixote (#15.1)} [Region 2]

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A worthy compliment to the novel
the artistry of the author and the actors...
Beautiful and Complex
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only by tilting at windmills did Don Quixote find the truth!

Great Performances {Monsignor Quixote (#15.1)} [Region 2]
Starring: Alec Guinness , Leo McKern , Ian Richardson , Graham Crowden , and Maurice Denham
Director: Rodney Bennett
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A worthy compliment to the novel.......2007-06-21

The sweet, intelligent story of a simple and pure village priest (Alec Guinness as Quixote) inconveniently promoted to Monsignor through a twist of fate, and his Communist ex-mayor friend/traveling companion (Leo McKern as Sancho). Their antogonists are post-Franco Spain (late 1970's) and to a greater degree, the formal bureaucracy within the Roman Catholic Church (don't worry, both God and the Church recieve due honor here - just not in the traditional formal manner).

A wonderful, wonderful film - as is the novel. I was struck by a quality of this film that is unique in my viewing experience concerning books adapted to film: Having read Graham Greene's novel not long ago, I still carried strong mental pictures of the scenes in the story. Watching the film last night, I was pleased and awed to find those same pictures uncannily reproduced on the screen. Credit to Greene for creating a world with words, and to director Rodney Bennett for faithfully interpreting it to the screen.

I'll refrain from retelling the story. Acting is superb by the entire cast, not the least of which is Guinness as the Monsignor. The wine-drinking enhanced dialogue is sublime. The Spanish scenery is a treat and well filmed.

A subtle film vs. book difference that I may have detected is that Sancho's character seems a bit stronger in the film, whereas Quixote seemed dominant in the book (perhaps that is my misinterpretation since the novel was written with focus on Quixote). I also noted clearly for the first time (though it was there all along for me to see in the book) the parallel in the story of the situations and behaviors of Monsignor Quixote, to the biblical record of Jesus . . . the fellowshipping "with winebibbers and sinners", the righteous indignation with merchants of religion, the simultaneously simple and profound wisdom.

As another reviewer suggested, it's surprising that a movie of this nature can even be made anymore (maybe it can't, this film is more than 20 years old).

A closing note - As I've mentioned, much of the structured "religion" in this film is related to the Roman Catholic Church. However, one need not be Catholic to fully enjoy this. I'm not. Perhaps some aspects of this movie might even be a bit offensive to a certain flavor of Catholic. I hope not.

In it's niche, this is one of the best films ever produced. Should not be missed.

the artistry of the author and the actors..........2004-03-04

Monsignor Quixote the movie enchanted me when I saw it the first time. With each viewing I love it more. The characters wonderfully depict people we might meet in each of our lives. Sir Alec gives a beautiful performance of the innocent and devoted soul often hidden deep within us, while McKern depicts a more worldly, cynical and earthy person. But Monsignor Quixote's naivete contains kernels of wit and a practical humanity as well. Their friendship and dialog is touching and uplifting. This is a satisfyingly complex and intellectual story, but there are some very funny incidents too, in the gentle meandering of the tale, which keep me coming back again and again. (I wish it were also available on DVD, I am wearing out my vhs copy.)

Beautiful and Complex.......2002-03-17

On repeated watchings, this film reveals ever greater levels of complexity, and has become one of my very favorites. Both highly cerebral and deeply devotional, it probes a myriad of philosophical, political and theological questions through searching discussions between its two protagonists (the very sweet and holy Monsignor Quixote, played with obvious affection by Sir Alec Guinness, and his atheistic, communist pal Sancho, portrayed by wonderful veteran actor Leo McKern), and the adventures they encounter on their road trip through contemporary Spain. This film is so intelligent it's almost a miracle it was made at all. It's literate, sensitive and unapologetically religious (practically taboo in movies these days), all cradled in a lovely soundtrack which is at once playful and remarkably poignant. A high point here is an exquisite performance by a young Valentine Pelka as the haughty, steely-eyed Father Hererra, the replacement in whose heartlessness Quixote must leave his beloved little village in his absence. Pelka - a Shakespearean with a long list of film and stage credits - may be the greatest "unkown" actor alive. Do yourself a favor and view some of his other work, some of which is available through this site.

monsignor quixote.......2000-08-07

this is the best movie a ever nown

only by tilting at windmills did Don Quixote find the truth!.......2000-07-11

What else can I say? Alec Guiness and Leo McKern give great performances and are well supported by a good cast (and soundtrack) - a beautiful picture which explores many interesting ideas and has some terrific lines from a great author!

Great Performances (Frances / Plenty / Tender Mercies)

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Great Performances (Frances / Plenty / Tender Mercies)
Starring: Jessica Lange , Kim Stanley , Sam Shepard , Bart Burns , and Jonathan Banks
Director: Graeme Clifford , Fred Schepisi , and Bruce Beresford
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ASIN: B0000844JG
Release Date: 2003-04-29

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Frances
Jessica Lange gives a career performance in a role she was born to play: the talented and troubled Frances Farmer. Farmer's awful trajectory travels from bright Seattle girl to 1930s Hollywood starlet to degraded (eventually lobotomized) mental patient. Lange, who has the blond, clean look of Farmer's heyday, goes into these places with the fierce abandon of a true believer. Her performance, the lush John Barry score, and the period re-creation are all worth applauding; almost everything else fails. Everyone except Farmer is grotesquely caricatured to fit the movie's thesis, which is that if you are intelligent and nonconformist, the system will resolutely destroy you. (The medical establishment is evil incarnate.) This simple conclusion seems inadequate and disrespectful of Frances Farmer's tragic problems. For a radiant glimpse of what the real Farmer had to offer, see Howard Hawks's Come and Get It, which bristles with excitement over a new discovery. --Robert Horton

Plenty
David Hare's Broadway play--about political idealism and the way some people always need to be fighting for a cause--was credibly transferred to the screen by director Fred Schepisi from Hare's screenplay. Meryl Streep (in the midst of a streak of movies that required accents) plays a British woman who fought for the French Resistance during World War II. When she returns to normal life in post-war England and marries a diplomat, she becomes something of a terror--speaking her mind when, of course, diplomacy dictates otherwise. Did she leave the best part of herself in France, where life was more meaningful and immediate? Hare's comment on Great Britain's post-war slide into Thatcherism, this film features a tough-minded (and not particularly likable) performance by Streep, who is actually quite good. It's a hard movie to embrace, but a well-made one nonetheless. --Marshall Fine

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Great Tenor Performances outbids the famous Three Tenors by putting a dozen tenors (including the big three--Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti) in one compilation. One or two numbers fall short of greatness, but within the limits of what was available to them, the producers live up to the ambitious title. Domingo is particularly well represented with three arias, and Carreras has two. Only one Pavarotti performance is shown, but it's a good one: a youthful Celeste Aida from San Francisco. But the real meat is in the work of the other nine tenors. The muscular Samson of Jon Vickers contrasts with the bel canto delicacy of Mark Ainsley and Max-Rene Cosotti. Vladimir Atlantov as Otello, Giacomo Aragall as Cavaradossi, and Neil Shicoff as Rodolfo in La Bohème show that Domingo is not the sole proprietor of these roles. A pleasing rarity is Roberto Alagna in two excerpts from Verdi's original version of Don Carlos, with a French text. --Joe McLellan

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A glittering collection of favorite arias sung by the world's greatest tenors including Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Roberto Alagna, Jon Vickers, Vladimir Atlantov, Neil Shicoff, and many more. Includes the first video release of Luciano Pavarotti's performance in Aida from the 1981 San Francisco Opera production performing Celeste Aida.

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"Great" is a relative term........2006-01-22

I had the misfortune to view this DVD immediately after "The Voices of Firestone: The Great Tenors". I will be keeping that DVD (Bjoerling is a wonder!), but not this one. Why? Although instructive, there is little to come back to. Although I've enjoyed other performances by all these tenors, (except Max-Rene Cosotti, previously unknown to me) I would not characterize these performances as among their best work: Bonisolli, Aragall and Atlantov sound "dry" and effortful and those tenors look uncomfortable as well. Cosotti either slows down the fioritura, aspirates every note or slides through the difficult places in the Rossini aria. I would be very happy to encounter Shicoff's Rodolfo and Alfredo in the theater, but they are not memorable enough to warrant permanent commitment to DVD. (This is true, though, of many, many performances on CD and DVD.) A couple of the selections are not really "arias" in the usual sense: Vickers' singing the lament from Samson et Dalila and Alagna's Don Carlos confronting his father immediately after the death of Posa. Both snippets were fascinating and piqued my interest in seeing the entire performances on DVD, but they seem out of place in this collection. In my opinon the best performances on this DVD come from Domingo, Ainsley, Carreras and Pavarotti - in that order. Pavarotti and Carreras sing well, but end their Verdi arias loudly in spite of Verdi's "piano" (soft) marking. Both were capable of singing softly when these preformances were taped and Pavarotti adds unnecessary vowels at the ends of words which do not end in vowels. Carreras' performance of the first act aria from Andrea Chenier is well sung and well characterized. (The costumes are gorgeous.) Ainsley sings "Dalla sua pace" beautifully (in an oddly stark and static staging). Domingo, who - lucky for us - is alloted three arias, demonstrates why he is a world-class singer. His technique, musicianship and characterization all work in sync to provide the kind of performance worth hearing and seeing many times over. If that were true of all - or even most - of the performances on this disc we would be fortunate indeed.

A True Pleaser.......2006-01-10

As a university voice teacher I am often asked by students what cd/dvd I recommend. I can strongly recommend this dvd to everyone. It was pleasing to see the "Three Tenors" selections come from the early 80's when their voices were still impressive. Pavarotti is, in my opinion, in a class of his own here. Domingo delightfully lacks that pushed sound that became so prevalent later on. The others are very enjoyable as well.

From heavenly to hideous..........2005-09-23

This dvd is a living proof to why the "three tenors" are in a league of their own. Light-years ahead of the rest, if you ask me. This dvd contains 18 arias and most of the tenors are represented by 2 arias each; the real show-stoppers here are "Colpito qui m'avete" from Andrea Chenier (José Carreras) and "Ch'ella mi creda" from La fanciulla del West (Placido Domingo) and also "Celeste Aida" from Aida (sung by a young Pavarotti without the hanky). Their arias are sung with great passion and voices that are unrivalled. Unfortunately the other tenors fail to impress.

Neil Schioff's arias from La boheme and La traviata are in my opinion adequate. It's just a matter of taste. Roberto Alagna isn't too bad here. His "Fontainebleau" is adequate and so is his "mon fils, reprenez votre épée" from Don Carlo.

The performances that bothered me the most is particularly the ones of Giacomo Aragall. I have to say that I find his voice to be slightly unpleasant. He's singing the arias "Recondita armonia" and "e lucevan le stelle" and in my opinion he couldn't finish them quickly enough. His rendition of "e lucevan le stelle" makes me cringe. There's no emotion here and he's also throwing his arms around in an affected manner that seems quite weak and uncontrolled. Many opera singers use their hands to emphasize strength and emotion which adds to their performance. Here it only disturbed me. I have to admit that I was very surprised to hear someone shouting bravo after his performance.

I have only one thing to say about Franco Bonisolli's singing in "Di quella pira". The aria is literally one long shout and nothing to write home about..... Nicola Martinucci, who obviously has a speaking disorder gives us "Nessun Dorma". Once you get used to his way of singing it actually sounds fine. Max-Rene Cosotti's aria from "Il barbiere di Siviglia" was also good, but still it didn't do it for me. The same applies for Vladimir Atlantov with his aria from "Otello". John Mark Ainsley and Jon Vickers didn't make any impact whatsoever. I was kind of waiting for that famous "click" in my head when listening to the singers in this dvd; you know, when you feel that the tenor is singing only for you and noone else, but it never came...... I have to admit that the only tenor in this dvd that's truly capable of doing so for me is Carreras, even though Pavarotti and Domingo also gives fantastic performances.

So this dvd contains arias and performances that range from the most hideous and cringeable to the ones that are sending shivers down your spine of pure delight. Instead of buying this (as I did) I would recommend people to get a dvd of a whole opera with their favourite tenor. If it weren't for the "three famous ones" I would probably have given this compilation only one star.

Excellent Assortment of Top Tenors.......2000-06-24

This is a great collection of tenor aria performances. The quality of the recordings is really excellent, as is the variety of performers. The main reason I didn't give it a 5 star rating is that there is no interpretation or explanation of the arias themselves, or of the background of the performers. I was also disappointed that there was no recording of Franco Corelli. I hope that more videos such as this one are produced in the near future.

Elvis - The Great Performances, Vol. 3 - From the Waist Up

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surprisingly good
Can I please gve this 3 1/2 stars?
Could've been much better

Elvis - The Great Performances, Vol. 3 - From the Waist Up
Starring: Elvis Presley
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Release Date: 2002-08-13

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Elvis Presley's first year (March '56 to January '57) on TV is spotlighted on "From the Waist Up," the third of three Elvis: The Great Performances DVDs. And what a time it was, as his appearances on the Dorsey Brothers, Milton Berle, Steve Allen, and especially Ed Sullivan shows electrified an ever-growing national audience with tunes ranging from the lascivious "Baby, Let's Play House" to the reverent "Peace in the Valley." Written by Presley biographer Peter Guralnick (Last Train to Memphis) and narrated by U2's Bono, volume 3 is the most documentary-like of the three discs; some basic history is provided (the Sun Records years, the arrival of Col. Tom Parker, etc.), most of which will be old hat to Presley aficionados. Unfortunately, it's also the only disc that truncates some of the King's performances, but the three straight complete songs from the '57 Sullivan show that end the program help make up for that. --Sam Graham

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surprisingly good.......2004-07-13

Despite other reviews, I thought this video third in the series was actually very good. I had already purchased the first and second in the series and enjoyed both very much. The reviews on the third keep me from purchasing it sooner. I am so glad I bought it. First of all, it contains performances from all three Ed Sullivan shows, including songs not heard on the first two videos. I really enjoyed seeing Elvis sing "Love Me" and how he really worked the audience. Other songs include "Peace in the Valley" and "Love me Tender" which he does not do on the first two. Also it has Elvis speaking to the audience after the songs which I hadn't seen before. In the beginning it does repeat some of the same footage from the first two and the segment on "Bo Didly" was to me not necessary. Bono from U2 was ok as the narriator. All in all I think this video is a must to complete the series.

Can I please gve this 3 1/2 stars?.......2002-11-12

Volume 3: From the Waist up shows Elvis Presley only from the waist up on tv shows like Milton Berle and The Dorsey Brothers, Stage Show. But the one problem with volume 3 is (and I have even mentioned it in my review of Elvis The Great Performances) that there is a son not perfromed by Elvis Presley. And it's called "Bo Diddley" and for some reason the song is in Volume 3. and it also repeats Love Me Tender. And also Blue Suede Shoes is repeated on this one too. So this the one that of all three volumes that derseves *** 1/2. Don't Be Cruel is also repeated on here as well. And also volume 3 fouses on songs performed on Ed Sullivan's show. And this one has no songs (at all) for any of his movies. I think Bo Diddley, Love Me Tender, Don't Be Cruel should have been cut from Volume 3. Let this be a warning if you have never seen any of these volumes before.

Could've been much better.......2002-09-02

The 3 stars are no reflection whatsoever on Elvis' performances, which are outstanding as ever. However, for some unknown reason, the producers of this DVD have chosen to repeat a number of the performances that appear in Volume 1 of the series. (All three volumes are available as a box set).

The sound and picture quality, considering the age of the footage, is fanstastic. Certainly if the review was based purely on this aspect, it would be given 5 stars.

Bono (of U2) narrates, but puts no passion into it. I know he's an Elvis fan, but for some reason he comes across as if he's bored by the whole thing. Unfortunately, this detracts from some of the performances.

Overall, a good DVD to own, but one that could've been much better had more thought gone into it. If you don't happen to own Volumes 1 and 2, you'd be better off purchasing the box set, rather than buying this individual DVD.

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