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Hey Big Spender! Advantages: Great Film, Big Spender! Disadvantages: Not Very Well Known! Sweet Charity, 1969, Running Time 149 min, Rating PG. The Story: Set in the 60's Charity Valentine is a dancer in a seedy night club, she is desperate to fall in love and leave the club and settle down with a nice man. After a series of disastrous relationships Charity still manages to look on the bright side of life, and in a twist of fate she meets Oscar in a lift -Could he be the man of her dreams? My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this film, it ... ...many Broadway hits prior to Sweet Charity, she has since appeared in many great movies including 'Steel Magnolias', 'Postcards from the edge', 'Bewitched' and 'In her Shoes'. Oscar Lindquist is played by John McMartin, Oscar is a nervous guy whose worst fear is getting stuck in an elevator - which is exactly what happens the day he meets charity. With Charity's help and encouragement he gets out unscathed, but his heart now belongs to her. John ... LIZKEMPO 15.12.2006 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sweet Charity (DVD)	Did you enjoy it? Characters / Performances Soundtrack How does it compare to ...
LIVE AID - DAY THAT ROCKED THE WORLD Advantages: Great memories of a great day Disadvantages: None ...date was yes it was Live Aid, I was 16 at the time sadly I didn't get to go there as it was down in London (Wembly Stadium), but I got to watch it all on the Television. It started in London at Midday, USA joined in at Midday their time which was around 5pm our time UK ended at 10pm then USA took us through to around 4am next day what a spectacular show it was. Now at that time Video Recorders were fairly new to the world and our house didn't have ... ...last year when they released Live Aid the DVD. Live Aid was the creation of Bob Geldof and Midge Ure and it came about after they had recorded the original Band Aid song "Do They Know It's Christmas" which was created after Bob and Midge saw a BBC news report about the famine in Africa. Do They Know It's Christmas to this day is still the biggest selling single of all time and featured bands such as Duran Duran, Bananarama, Wham and acts such as ... Superdadof1 10.12.2005 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Live Aid (Various Artists) (Box Set) (DVD)	Did you enjoy it? Characters / Performances Soundtrack How does it compare to ...
Fantastically Good Fun Advantages: great songs Disadvantages: none ...her usual finery as accident-prone Calamity Jane and Howard Keel stars fabulously as 'wild' Bill Hicock. This musical includes a good many brilliant musical songs, including 'deadwood stage', 'black hills of dakota', and the popular solo from Doris Day, 'secret love', It starts out as Calamity being in love with the character Danny, who's love is unrequited, and once a newcomer is in town (brought by calamity to perform in the town's theatre), the ... kelli4189 14.07.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Calamity Jane (DVD)	Did you enjoy it? Characters / Performances Soundtrack How does it compare to ...
No jacket required, tonight, just bring your lady! Advantages: A great rock documentary. A precious insight of the greatest music era of rock Disadvantages: None The Last Waltz is perhaps the last filmed document of the great rock era of the sixties. Thanks to the wise folks who reversed it on DVD now you too can participate to the ball, almost 30 years after! Late is better than never. The Band, better known as Bob Dylan's band during the incendiary World tour of 1966 and American tour of 1974, is the host of this unforgettable night of music - which took place at the Winterland of San Francisco to celebrate ... ...The guests are pure gold: Dr. John ("Such a Night"), Ronnie Hawkins, Joni Mitchell ("Coyote"), Neil Young ("Helpless"), Paul Butterfield, Muddy Waters ("Mannish Boy"), Neil Diamond ("Dry Your Eyes"... by the way, what is HE doing here?), Van Morrison ("Caravan"), Bob Dylan ("Baby Let Me Follow You Down" and "Forever Young"), plus many others supporting the Band itself, such as The Staples, Eric Clapton, Emmilou Harris, and minor appearances by Ringo ... just.amore 06.11.2003 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Last Waltz (DVD)	Did you enjoy it? Characters / Performances Soundtrack How does it compare to ...
Moulin rouge is a musical admirers dream Advantages: Great chemistry between main characters ,feel good film . Disadvantages: The singing throughout the film can get a bit tiresome In my opinion you must see the film if you like musicals, otherwise you might find the singing a bit off putting .At times the siniging can seem a bit over the top but in general this is what makes the film interesting.It is worth watching just to see the on screen chemistry between Ewan Mcgregor and Nicole Kidman they are a great pairing and seem to have good on screen presence allowing you to follow the romantic tale which is played out . The ... pepsi27 28.12.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)	Did you enjoy it? Characters / Performances Soundtrack How does it compare to ...