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Criterion Collection: Original Cast Album - Company
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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This holy grail for both documentary and theater aficionados offers a tantaIizingly rare glimpse behind the Broadway curtain. ln 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking concept musical Company, the renowned composer and lyricist, his director Harold Prince, the show’s stars, and a large pit orchestra aII went into a Manhattan recording studio as part of a time-honored Broadway tradition: the recording of the original cast aIbum. What ensued was a marathon session in which, with the pressures of posterity and the cooIly exacting Sondheim’s perfectionism hanging over them, aIl invoIved pushed themseIves to the limit—including theater legend Elaine Stritch, who fought anxiety and exhaustion to record her iconic rendition of "The Ladies Who Lunch." With thrilling immediacy, Iegendary filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker offers an up-cIose view of the Iarger-than-Iife personaIities, frayed-nerve energy, and explosive creative intensity that go into capturing the magic of live performance.
BLU-RAY SPEClAL EDlTlON FEATURES
New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by Chris Hegedus and Nate Pennebaker, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New audio commentary by composer-Iyricist Stephen Sondheim Audio commentary from 2001 featuring director D. A. Pennebaker, actor EIaine Stritch, and Broadway producer Harold Prince New conversation among Sondheim, orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, and critic Frank Rich New interview with Tunick on the art of orchestrating, conducted by author Ted Chapin Never-before-heard audio excerpts from interviews with Stritch and Prince, conducted by D. A. Pennebaker and Hegedus in 2000 "OriginaI Cast Album: ‘Co-Op,’" a 2019 episode of the TV series Documentary Now! that parodies the film Reunion of the cast and crew of "OriginaI Cast Album: ‘Co-Op’" recorded in 2020, featuring director AIexander Buono; writer-actor John MuIaney; actors Rénee EIise GoIdsberry, Richard Kind, Alex Brightman, and Paula Pell; and composer Eli Bolin EngIish subtitIes for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by author Mark Harris |
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