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Fiddler on the Roof

Advantages: Brilliant film.
Disadvantages: A little long

This Special edition Dvd was bought for me as a gift. The pack consists of two disc, the film and also a special features disc. The film is excellent. Topol is outstanding as Tevye a dairyman in Russia. The story is about his relationship with is family and his faith. The film is very amusing but is also quite emotional. The music score is wonderful. Featuring 'Tradition', 'Matchmaker' and the unforgetable 'If I were a rich man'. I was captivated ...

Ajthom 31.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Fiddler On The Roof (Special Edition) (DVD)

Tradition Or Is It A Time For Change?

Advantages: Has an inner depth to it, fun, touching and musical
Disadvantages: None that I can think of.

~~ Fiddler on the Roof ~~ Fiddler on the roof was inspired by Tevye and his daughters, a collection of stories by Sholom Aleichem a man hailed as 'the Jewish Mark Twain'. Producer and director Norman Jewison surprised United Artists with his declaration that he was not Jewish, but even though he was a 'goy' (a non-Jew) he immersed himself into the Jewish culture learning as much as he could. It became a bit of a joke amongst the cast that he would ...
...in the Broadway production of Fiddler and playing the role of Tevye, but Jewison stuck to his guns and found his Tevye playing the role in the London production of Fiddler on the Roof, Chaim Topol. There were even more set backs when it came to the casting, he lost his first choice for an actress to play Golde when Hanna Meron lost her leg when the bus she was on was stormed at Munich airport. Another actor had problems with the English dialogue ...

arnoldhenryrufus 25.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Fiddler On The Roof (DVD)

Who are you? What have you sacrificed?

Advantages: Great music and cast.
Disadvantages: Mild violence at the end.

...it explores the themes of Jesus being presented as a man which is explored in many contemporary dramas such as the Da Vinci code. As Superstar was first released as a album the soundtrack is very strong and there are many excellent songs sung by the great cast. Carl Anderson (Judas) has a soulful/rock voice and his performance is exceptional as he steals each scene with his wounded facial expressions as his powerful voice (and great diction, you ...
...full of angst and becomes Jesus Christ Rock Star. The movie is directed by Norman Jewison and he uses a stark desert backdrop- although the costumes are very dated as the movie starts with a group of travelling students/hippies in a tour bus putting on a rock opera in the desert. It captures some of the ethos of the sixties through the costume etc.. and the music so if you love this era you'll enjoy this. Mary Magdalene is played by Yvonne Elliman ...

Mistybrook 26.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Jesus Christ Superstar (Wide Screen) (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

Its NOT THAT GOOD!!!

Advantages: Great DVD - Must own
Disadvantages: Sound out with video :((

THE BEST DURAN DURAN DVD EVER!!! This dvd has it all! If your a fan of any 80's music you must own this DVD! but there are some low pionts: The sound goes out with the video in 5.1 and DTS. The only good Special Feature is the Documentary what is about 60 mins long. The Documentary is good tells you ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW from when they was kids to now :) But if you like Rio, Hungry Like The Wolf, The Wild Boys, Girls on Film, Is There Something ...

DenDuran 30.01.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Duran Duran - Live From London (DVD)

No-Man in concert an experience not to be missed!

Advantages: A great live DVD for lovers of crafted, beautiful music.
Disadvantages: Not long enough!

No-Man are (currently) Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson, a UK duo who have an occasional recording partnership that spans over 20 years. I only came to listen to them fairly recently, about three years ago I think, when a friend gave me a couple of their CDs to listen to as I had at that time become a fan of one of Steven Wilson's other projects, Porcupine Tree. Since then they have been elevated to be one of my favourite bands ever, for their creativity, ...
...with one of my favourite no-man songs, "Only Rain", from the 2001 album Returning Jesus. Classical violinist Steve Bingham layers loops of violin harmonising with each other, perfectly complementing Tim Bowness' sung verses. Things soon take a noisy and sinister turn as the music transforms into "Time Travel in Texas", originally on the Wild Opera album from 1996, and here given a radical reworking into a stomping rock-out, where it was a moody, ...

melinda3536 30.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of No-Man - Mixtaped (DVD)