Company : original cast album

Company Original cast album

DVD - 2021

D. A. Pennebaker's up-close view of the recording of the original cast album for Stephen Sondheim's groundbreaking concept musical Company is the holy grail for both documentary and theater aficionados, a rare glimpse behind the Broadway curtain.

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Subjects
Sondheim, Stephen. > Company.
Musicals > Production and direction.
Original cast recordings.
Sound recordings > Production and direction.
Musicals > Excerpts.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Documentary films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection [2021]
Language
English
Corporate Authors
Talent Associates, Norton Simon Inc, Castle Drive Productions
Corporate Authors
Talent Associates (production company), Norton Simon Inc, Castle Drive Productions
Other Authors
D. A. Pennebaker (film director), Chester Feldman (film producer), Judy Crichton (performer), Dean Jones, 1931-2015 (conductor), Elaine Stritch (-), Barbara Barrie, George Coe, John Cunningham, 1932-, Teri Ralston, Charles Kimbrough, Donna McKechnie, Charles Braswell, 1924-1974, Susan Browning, Steve Elmore, Beth Howland, 1941-2015, Pamela Myers, Merle Louise, Hal Hastings, 1916-1973, Stephen Sondheim
Edition
DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; Full screen
Item Description
Originally released as a documentary film in 1970.
Special features: New audio commentary by composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim; audio commentary featuring director D.A. Pennebaker, actor Elaine Stritch, and Broadway producer and director, Harold Prince (2001); new conversation among Sondheim, orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, and critic and television producer Frank Rich; new interview with Tunick on the art of orchestrating, conducted by author Ted Chapin; never-before-heard audio excerpts from interviews with Stritch and Prince, conducted by D.A. Pennebaker and Hegedus (2001); Original cast album : Co-Op (2019 episode of the TV series Documentary now! that parodies the film); reunion of the cast and crew of Original cast album : Co-Op (2020).
Physical Description
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby monaural.
Production Credits
Musical numbers staged by Michael Bennett ; book by George Furth ; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; production director, Harold Prince ; cinematographers, Jim Desmond, Richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker.
ISBN
9781681438689
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