Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
by David Mallet

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Actor: Christopher Biggins, Donny Osmond, Joan Collins, Maria Friedman, Richard Attenborough
Director: David Mallet
Brand: Universal
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-03-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios

DVD Reviews of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

DVD Review: GREAT!
Summary: 5 Stars

Greeat movie, nicely put together, and the extra things on the DVD makes it fun to watch and understand the making of it!

DVD Review: Any dream will do!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

I am really in awe of how this was put together... Donny Osmond really made it believeable. I liked the Pharoah's interpretation of Elvis and the song of Benjamin. Really alot of fun to watch and sing along with!

DVD Review: The best buy I have made in the last month
Summary: 5 Stars

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
I found this DVD by chance in a local store, and since I am a big fan of musicals, decided to buy it.
My children age 7 and nearly 2, where amazed by the colors of the production, story and music, and they sit down and pay attention from beginning to end. I loved Donny Osmond's performance and the voice of the narrator, Maria Friedman.
We have watched this DVD every day for the last two weeks, and it is already my children's favourite one, above children's movies and all.
If you have small children, this could be an amazing present for them, they will enjoy it a lot. I'm already recommending it to all my friends with little ones.

DVD Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a very fun movie for kids and adults. Very bright and colorful, too. Donny Osmond is on the top of his "game."

DVD Review: 'Technicolor' Is Right, This Is Stunning!
Summary: 5 Stars

This was much better than I thought it might be, and I give it a high grade in a number of areas, beginning with production. This looked good, sounded good and simply was good! For some reason, I didn't expect much from Donny Osmond. I guess this Osmond is a lot more talented than people like me give him credit for, and I won't make that mistake again.

I'd say the same for Joan Collins, who I could not picture in a "biblical film," but she did just fine. Then again, she played the villainous "Potiphar," so it wasn't like she was playing against type!

The story stayed true to the Bible and the presentation was so well done - and so incredibly colorful on this DVD - that is was a very satisfying and entertaining adaptation.. Besides being a classic Old Testament story, this is a real visual treat. I'd love to see this on Blu-Ray!

Description of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Follows the rags-to-riches story of joseph his eleven brothers and the coat of many colors. Bonus features: both dolby digital and dts audio tracks trailer production notes cast and filmmakers universal web link and go go go joseph the making of joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 03/04/2003 Starring: Donny Osmond Richard Attenborough Run time: 78 minutes Rating: Nr

Following the successful 1998 video release of Cats comes another Andrew Lloyd Webber blockbuster musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and it's a savvy choice. It hasn't been represented on film before, it's short enough (78 minutes) to present without cuts, and it has the star power of former teen icon Donny Osmond, who played over 1,800 performances across North America. Rather than record a live performance, Cats director David Mallet conceived Joseph as a film, though one that is based strongly on codirector Steven Pimlott's 1991 London revival and relies more on camerawork than venturing beyond its stagelike sets.

Lloyd Webber's first project with lyricist Tim Rice was originally written in 1968 as a school cantata; accordingly, this film uses a framing sequence of a school recital, with an audience of clapping, singing kids and members of the faculty playing the roles. The Old Testament tale of Joseph and his coat of many colors gets a splashy, vigorous treatment with an energetic cast, Las Vegas-style glitz, and catchy, eclectic songs, including "Any Dream Will Do," "Close Every Door," the peppy "Go, Go, Go Joseph," and various bits of country, calypso, and Elvis. Osmond is perfect in the title role, with a strong voice and winning persona, while London stage veteran Maria Friedman performs well in the central role of the narrator. Richard Attenborough appears (and sings a little) as Jacob, and Joan Collins makes a brief, nonsinging cameo.

Joseph certainly isn't revolutionary musical theater, but if you view it as a kids' show, it's a silly good time (though there are poignant moments too). Parents should note, however, that this production might warrant a little discretion due to one suggestive scene and some risqu? costumes. --David Horiuchi

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