Company original cast album
(DVD)
Contributors
Sondheim, Stephen, onscreen participant.
Prince, Harold, 1928-2019, onscreen participant.
Furth, George, 1932-2008, onscreen participant.
Shepard, Thomas Z. 1936- onscreen participant.
Pennebaker, D. A., film director,
Prince, Harold, 1928-2019, onscreen participant.
Furth, George, 1932-2008, onscreen participant.
Shepard, Thomas Z. 1936- onscreen participant.
Pennebaker, D. A., film director,
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021].
Format
DVD
Edition
DVD special edition.
ISBN
9781681438689, 1681438682
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm).
Status
Morris County Library - Adult Media
782.14 COM DVD22092
1 available
782.14 COM DVD22092
1 available
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021].
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781681438689, 1681438682
UPC
715515263214
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a documentary film in 1970.
General Note
Accompanying insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 690 cm, folded to 19 x12 cm) comprises full credits and essay by journalist and film historian Mark Harris.
General Note
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).
Creation/Production Credits
Musical numbers staged by Michael Bennett ; book by George Furth ; production director, Harold Prince ; cinematographers, Jim Desmond, Richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker ; orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick.
Participants/Performers
Featuring, Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, George Furth, Thomas Z. Shepard, Dean Jones, Elaine Stritch, Barbara Barrie, George Coe, John Cunningham, Teri Ralston, Charles Kimbrough, Donna McKechnie, Charles Braswell, Susan Browning, Steve Elmore, Beth Howland, Pamela Myers, Merle Louise ; conductor, Harold Hastings.
Description
"This holy grail for both documentary and theater aficionados offers a tantalizingly rare glimpse behind the Broadway curtain. In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim's groundbreaking concept musical Company, the renowned composer and lyricist, his director Harold Price, the show's stars, and a large pit orchestra all went into a Manhattan recording studio as part of a time-honored Broadway tradition, the making of the original cast album. What ensured was a marathon session in which, with the pressures of posterity and the coolly exacting Sondheim's perfectionism hanging over them, all involved pushed themselves to the limit--including theater legend Elaine Stritch, who fought anxiety and exhaustion to record her iconic rendition of 'The Ladies Who Lunch.' With thrilling immediacy, legendary filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker offers an up-close view of the larger-than-life personalities, frayed-nerve energy, and explosive creative intensity that go into capturing the magic of live performance"--Container.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio); Dolby monaural.
Language
In English; subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Morris County Library - Adult Media | 782.14 COM DVD22092 | Available |
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Kinnelon Library - Adult Media | DVD 782.14 COMPANY | Available |
Morristown-Morris Township Library - Adult Media | DVD 782.14 COM | Available |
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sondheim, S., Prince, H., Furth, G., Shepard, T. Z. 1., Pennebaker, D. A., Feldman, C., Crichton, J., Tunick, J., Jones, D., Stritch, E., Barrie, B., Coe, G., Cunningham, J., Ralston, T., Kimbrough, C., McKechnie, D., Braswell, C., Browning, S., Elmore, S., Howland, B., Myers, P., Louise, M., Hastings, H., & Sondheim, S. (2021). Company: original cast album (DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stephen, Sondheim et al.. 2021. Company: Original Cast Album. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stephen, Sondheim et al.. Company: Original Cast Album The Criterion Collection, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sondheim, Stephen,, et al. Company: Original Cast Album DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2021.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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