Production Year: 1982 - Music / Performing Arts - Director: Rodney Greenberg - Original Language: English - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Keith Michell, Alexander Oliver, Gillian Knight, Janis Kelly, Paul Hudson, Peter Allen more
This popular Gilbert and Sullivan operetta tells of an honest young man who is forced into piracy by a cruel twist of fate, but ultimately manages to return to the right side of... more
his indentures on his 21st birthday. Falling in love with the beautiful Mabel one of the many daughters of Major-General Stanley he decides to marry. However t...
Major-General, and live a law-abiding life. But Frederic, it seems, was born on February 29, leap year day, and is therefore still only five!Realizing he is bound to them for many more years, Frederic must now rescue the pirates he has just betrayed to the police. But when the pirates are eventually identified as orphaned noblemen, all is forgiven and they marry the Major-General's remaining daughters!
Production Year: 2004 - Music / Performing Arts - Original Language: French - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Stephanie D'Oustrac, Laurent Naouri, Sandrine Piau, Topi Lehtipuu, Rene Schirrer, Francois Piolino, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
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Music / Performing Arts - Director: Lotfi Mansouri - Original Language: English - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Yvonne Kenny, Boje Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Gregory Turay
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Production Year: 1977 - Music / Performing Arts - Original Language: English - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne, Nancy Gustafson, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Royal Opera Chorus, Richard Bonynge
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Plot: This popular Gilbert and Sullivan operetta tells of an honest young man who is forced into piracy by a cruel twist of fate, but ultimately manages to return to the right side of the law and win the girl of his dreams.
DVD Description
This popular Gilbert and Sullivan operetta tells of an honest young man who is forced into piracy by a cruel twist of fate, but ultimately manages to return to the right side of the law and win the girl of his dreams.
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Advantages: Piratical humour, songs, dance; A great operetta, good to see it re-released Disadvantages: None
...Allen is not known over here and had not acted in opera before this but is a good enough pirate king. Janis Kelly (Mabel) and Alexander Oliver (Frederic) are well suited as the lovers. Gillian Knight (Ruth) is an experienced Savoyard.
Each act is introduced by Douglas Fairbanks Junior. The extras include a 16 minute ?Making of? ? featurette. This gives the fascinating insight that each operetta had a very tight schedule: one week for rehearsal and one week for shooting. There is a ?Life and Times Of Gilbert and Sullivan? storyboard.
?THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE? (2002) Acorn Media DVD AMP5335 ($24.98)
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN TRIVIA
Owen Brannigan (1908 ? 1973) was a popular bass-baritone of the 1940s and 1950s. Although not a Savoyard he starred in many operas and operettas. He had a supporting role in the 1953 film ?The...
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Advantages: Beautiful music, brilliant lyrics, rapturous performances Disadvantages: None for the aficianado
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BTW: The title of each review is a direct quotation from the opera in question.
THE OPERAS:
THE SORCERER / THE ZOO (Posted 26/03/03) http://www.ciao.co.uk/GilbertSullivansTheSorcererDOylyCarteOperaCompanyReview5329344
HMS PINAFORE (Posted 28/03/03)
http://www.ciao.co.uk/GilbertSullivansHMSPinaforeDOylyCarteOperaCompanyReview5329601
PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Posted 02/04/03)
http://www.ciao.co.uk/GilbertSullivansPiratesofPenzanceDOylyCarteOperaCompanyReview5330338
PATIENCE (Posted 14/04/03)
http://www.ciao.co.uk/GilbertSullivansPatienceDOylyCarteOperaCompanyReview5332107
IOLANTHE (Posted 19/04/03)
http://www.uk.ciao.com/GilbertandSullivansIolantheReview5332895
PRINCESS IDA / PINEAPPLE POLL (posted 09/05/03)
http://www.uk.ciao.com/GilbertSullivan...
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Advantages: Action and adventure, great scenes, Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp Disadvantages: A bit long
...Pirates of the Caribbean at World end is the third movie in the Pirates trilogy. It follows the crew of the Black Pearl (the Pirate ship) rescuing Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' locker and then preparing to fight the East Indian Trading Company who are intent on extinguishing piracy. I'm not going to spoil the rest of the plot/movie for you as I believe you should see it for yourself so I will just now review the rest of the DVD and what I thought of the film/films.
At the box office it was actually the most successful film of 2007 and is the second most successful film in the series. I think even if action and adventure films aren't for you (they aren't my most favourite) this would still be a film you like as it is very funny in places, the sets are brilliant and the action really is very well choreographed. My one complaint with it...
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