Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (London Stage Revival)
by Trevor Nunn
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Actor: Hugh Jackman, Jimmy Johnston, Josefina Gabrielle, Maureen Lipman, Shuler HensleyDirector: Trevor Nunn
Brand: Image Entertainment
Cinematographer: Paul Wheeler
Editor: Keith Palmer
Producer: Andy Picheta
Producer: Chris Hunt
Producer: Richard Price
Writer: Lynn Riggs
Writer: Oscar Hammerstein II
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (London Stage Revival)
DVD Review: No ENGLISH closed captions for the hearing impaired
Summary: 1 Stars
NO ENGLISH CLOSED CAPTION FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED. WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE. OH WELL.
WHEN ARE YOU GUYS - THE PRODUCTION COMPANIES GOING TO WAKE UP?
But got this one anyhow and turned it up louder than loud. Hugh Jackman can sing for me anytime, as well as the man who played Judd. yummy.
The blonde girl in the chorus can really sing and should have the part of Laurie. the girl who played Laurie was ok but the other girl was way better. She has a Beautiful, sweet, clear voice and is better looking too.
DVD Review: Hugh Jackman is Brilliant!
Summary: 5 Stars
I adore Hugh Jackman and think he is incredibly talented as a singer and a dancer! I watched this production last night and loved it! afterwards I watched the movie Oklahoma with Gordon Mcgrae and shirley Jones..while you could never compare the two Hugh Jackman does an excellent Job along with a supurb cast in telling this great story with wonderful music! it's romantic and Funny and even has 2 songs not in the movie a nice add!..if you love the movie and you love Hugh Jackman it's a no Brainer Buy it and Enjoy!!!DVD Review: Who knew?
Summary: 5 Stars
Who knew Hugh Jackman was so remarkably talented? This is a top-notch production, in terms of both the performance in London and the production of the DVD, and Jackman is simply amazing! Wolverine has certainly hidden this guy's abundant musical talent. Not only does he sing well -- and it's well above Broadway average -- he's a great MUSICIAN, too. His breath control and phrasing is terrific.
And he's not the only one. All the cast give stellar performances. You have to watch the bonus DVD, too, to see "the making of...". You'd never know the cast wasn't all-American. Aunt Eller and Laurie are Brits, Jackman is an Aussie -- and you'd swear they're all country folk from Oklahoma.
The dream ballet sequence in the middle is unique in that Jackman and his co-star Josefina Gabrielle (Laurie) do their own dancing. (again, who knew?) The producers got special permission to expand the music for the ballet and it's simply wonderful.
The cowboy dancers are astonishingly good -- they throw in some rope tricks for good measure.
You'll be pleased with this DVD in every respect!
DVD Review: A new classic in the music field?
Summary: 4 Stars
The American musical is part way between being a play and an opera.
That a British cast would learn south western dialect ( somewhat badly?) and they would stage a farmers daughter in overalls instead of a dress
and make museum props like a cranking milk separator and a wooden windmill
pumping tower shows an unexpected respect of the cowboy in London?
This show is very different than the 50 year old Hollywood version with it's surreal staging of the dream ballet.
This show has finally put the American musical into the category of a cultural production like a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.
The British stage company goes to a "My Fair Lady" Higgins level of singing the American lyrics ( as many blues and rick songs have been done
in Britain) as if they were singing a foreign language.
The American west of the cowboy is pretty much gone,
but lives on in the cultural heritage.
DVD Review: It's a winner!!
Summary: 5 Stars
After my daughter became a part of her high school version of Oklahoma, we bought this for her for Christmas. She absolutly loves it. We watched the origianl "Oklahoma" and she was bored to death. Hugh Jackman was great!!
Description of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (London Stage Revival)
Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 05/27/2008 Run time: 180 minutes Rating: NrWhen Mary Rodgers, daughter of the composer Richard Rodgers, was reported as saying she never wanted to see another Oklahoma!, it was her way of paying the highest tribute to Trevor Nunn's production at the Royal National Theatre which was subsequently taken into the studio and filmed. The camera follows the playgoers into the auditorium of the Olivier where in their company we watch the show and applaud the numbers as the real thing. Nunn treats Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration with the utmost seriousness, restoring the full text so that it comes across as a drama indebted to Eugene O'Neill. Although Oklahoma! unfolds at a leisurely pace, it is extraordinary how one is drawn into the drama under Nunn's direction.
There's seldom a wish for true locations as the pace picks up and we move into the claustrophobic company of Judd Fry in his riveting encounter with the cowboy Curly. The close-up camera work affords an experience the theatre can't bring and also pays handsome dividends in appreciating Susan Stroman's intricate and lively choreography. Her dancers are a fine team, notably Jimmy Johnston who is outstanding as Will Parker leading the Kansas City ensemble. Hugh Jackman (X-Men) as Curly matches him in vocal prowess and looks, and Shuler Hensley sings the tricky role of Judd Fry very well. It's harder to place Peter Polycarpou's Pedlar, a considerably larger role than in the film version, whose accent strays from London's East End to the plains of Europe. Maureen Lipman, rightly deemed the lynchpin of the musical by Nunn, is a joy to watch as Aunt Eller. Laurey (Josefina Gabrielle) and Ado Annie (Vicki Simon) are good but not special. Aside from an abrupt start to Act Two and the occasional voice off microphone, the production sounds good with a larger orchestra present than in the theatre. An Oklahoma! on an epic scale. --Adrian Edwards
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