Mark Twain Tonight
by Paul Bogart
(Click here)
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: Hal HolbrookDirector: Paul Bogart
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-11-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: KULTUR VIDEO
DVD Reviews of Mark Twain Tonight
DVD Review: Brilliant!
Summary: 5 Stars
Five stars is not enough. Hal does a masterful job and I can watch this over and over. DVD Review: You can't go wrong with this DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
Do you realize Holbrook is still doing this show -- and is now older than the Mark Twain he portrays?
Having said that, this is a very good DVD. I concur with the comments that the material selected for the television presentation isn't the best Holbrook had used (the first phonograph album's material was much better, and the TV show seemed to cover the second album's material), and the second half's (dare I say) self-righteousness is uncomfortable -- one wonders whether Holbrook's (or CBS') opinions on the Vietnam war influenced the choice and delivery of the material. But, as all good literature, it's still though-provoking.
Technically, the DVD reflects CBS' relative inexperience in early color telecasting -- we forget how poor the resolution of color TV in the '60s really was. The same camera angles kept getting repeated over and over; of course, with color TV cameras being as big and heavy as they were then, there wasn't a whole lot of opportunity to do a lot of creative framing. This really is a minor gripe.
Highly recommended!
DVD Review: Fabulous!
Summary: 5 Stars
Mark Twain travelled to Australia in 1895. A journalist reported "He is in no sense a disappointment as a humorist. He starts his audience laughing in the very first sentence he utters, and for two hours keeps them in a continual roar".
This video performance by Hal Holbrook captures what I imagine my fellow Sydney residents would have experienced 114 years ago. It is a delight to watch, not only for a glimpse into the past, but also to hear this timeless storyteller relate a philosophy completely relevant to our early 21st Century.
DVD Review: What a great performance!
Summary: 5 Stars
Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain. He brings the man to life along with the wit and wisdom of the humorist. How sad that we have no such observer of humanity now. I would love to hear Twain commenting on humanity today.DVD Review: Well pleased.
Summary: 5 Stars
It was delivered in a timely manner and am very pleased with the DVD. Haven't had a chance to view it as of yet but will after Christmas. Thanks. B. Richter
Description of Mark Twain Tonight
Hal holbrooks landmark one-man show made television history when watched by over 30 million viewers. Holbrooks classic performance captures the flamboyant humor and irreverence of mark twain. Studio: Kultur Release Date: 03/29/2005 Run time: 90 minutes Rating: NrCome meet Mark Twain. OK, true, the humorist has been dead for more years than we care to remember, and not many of us around today were alive to hear what he sounded like. But Hal Holbrook is so spectacular in his one-man performance that you could swear you were listening to Twain himself. The gravelly voice, the lined face, the slow shuffle, and cigar-induced throat clearings seem so natural that you'll have difficulty recognizing Holbrook beneath the white suit, the gray hair, and the handlebar mustache.
Mark Twain Tonight! began as a Broadway show in the 1960s and was filmed as a CBS special in 1967. Yet you'd never know it, because the humor, which is more than a century old, is still laugh-out-loud funny today. Twain--I mean, Holbrook--gives a monologue that is rambling, intelligent, and humorous as he culls together commentary from a variety of Twain sources. From dachshund hounds, politics, and patriotism to cigar smoking, memory loss, and religion, this 90-minute video leaps from subject to subject as we're entertained by material that's as fresh today as it was when it was written in the 1800s. --Jenny Brown
General DVDs
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Bestsellers in General DVDs
The Office - Season FiveUNI DIST CORP. (MCA); Release date: 2009-09-08; DVD
Best price: $22.39
Price in other shops:
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Special Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2008-09-30; DVD
Best price: $9.48
Price in other shops:
SpaceballsMGM HOME VIDEO (UNDER FOX); Release date: 2000-04-25; DVD
Best price: $3.42
Price in other shops:
The Ugly Truth (Widescreen Edition)SONY PICTURES HOME ENT; Release date: 2009-11-10; DVD
Best price: $13.49
Price in other shops:
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Its A Very Sunny ChristmasTCFHE; Release date: 2009-11-17; DVD
Best price: $13.65
Price in other shops:
Blazing Saddles (30th Anniversary Special Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2004-06-29; DVD
Best price: $4.29
Price in other shops:
The Proposal (Single Disc Widescreen)BUENA VISTA HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2009-10-13; DVD
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops:
![Cars [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Cars-Blu-ray-B000V1Y43W-X.jpg)
Cars [Blu-ray]Buena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2007-11-06; DVD
Best price: $12.45
Price in other shops:
Four ChristmasesNEW LINE HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2009-11-24; DVD
Best price: $12.66
Price in other shops:
Julie & JuliaRelease date: 2009-12-08; DVD
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
Lily Tomlin: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the UniverseRelease date: 2005-11-08; DVD
Best price: $10.49
Price in other shops:
Biography - Mark Twain: His Amazing Adventures (A&E DVD Archives)Release date: 2004-08-10; DVD
Best price: $6.95
Price in other shops:
The Quotable Mark Twain: His Essential Aphorisms, Witticisms & Concise Opinionsby R. Kent Rasmussen
McGraw-Hill; Published: 1998-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.00
Price in other shops:
The Bible According to Mark Twain: Irreverent Writings on Eden, Heaven, and the Flood by America's Master Satiristby Mark Twain
Touchstone; Published: 1996-12-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.22
Price in other shops:
The Belle of AmherstKino Video; Release date: 2004-07-06; DVD
Best price: $18.96
Price in other shops:
Henry Fonda's Clarence DarrowRelease date: 2006-01-31; DVD
Best price: $11.06
Price in other shops:
The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations (Dover Thrift Editions)by Mark Twain
Dover Publications; Published: 1998-12-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.66
Price in other shops:
Hal Holbrook - Mark Twain Tonight (Original Cast)Sony; Release date: 2002-01-08; Music CD
Best price: $4.98
Price in other shops:
Mark Twain Tonight!by Hal Holbrook
BBC Audiobooks America; Published: 2006-11-08; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $14.48
Price in other shops:
Mark Twain - A Film Directed by Ken BurnsParamount; Release date: 2004-09-28; DVD
Best price: $13.84
Price in other shops: