Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK)
Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber`s classic family musical
Certificate: none
Running Time: 77 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
For the first time ever Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber`s fun filled musical Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has been specially filmed for video. Inspired by the record breaking London Palladium production, this brand new video stars Donny Osmond, Maria Freedman, Richard Attenborough and Joan Collins.
A lively and colourful journey through Ancient Egypt, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat follows the rag to riches story of Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colours. Spectacular visuals and an enchanting score packed with hit songs including Close Every Door To Me, Go Go Go Joseph and Any Dream Will Do make this a dream of a show for all the family.
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Letterbox 1.85:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Starring:
Donny Osmond
Joan Collins
Christopher Biggins
Richard Attenborough
Soundtrack By:
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Producer:
Andy Picheta
Distributor:
Really Useful Group Limited
Your Opinions and Comments
IT`S s***E
I really feel sick when i think about this, what a terrible waste of plastic.
Now if your buying this disk, because you don`t know the story, or looking for some incisive and complex plot, you`re in the wrong market. Its for the kids! It has some very catchy songs, an ok plot, based on some sort of book called the Bible I believe.
We had to get this disk, as the full circle has come and my daughter is now performing in it at her school. I find I can still remember most of the colours in order - oh my (there goes all my street cred)!
Its an intersting take on the production, being set as though it really is a school production with all the teachers filing into the hall only to be transformed into actors on the stage.
The production is much as I remember it, although a few of the lyrics have changed over the years.
There is some rather dodgy dubbing in the early scenes where lip-sync seems to be a little off - or maybe its just my aging player.
Donny Osmond is an acceptable Joseph, he can certainly sing, though if its to your taste is another matter, and his acting is ok.
Now I may be wrong, but Richard Attenborough hasn`t exactly made his name in musicals as a singer, which he neatly sidesteps by talking all his handful of lyrics as Jacob!
Joan Collins is only on for a brief cameo really, as Potiphars wife, so blink and you`ll miss her.
Christopher Biggins is also a minor role as the Baker.
Maria Freedman as the narrator - well I`m not sure. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn`t.
No extras, ok transfer, some slight issues with the sound but only briefly.
Overall - well its probably not going to be the DVD you rent to watch in the long winter evenings, snuggled up with cocoa, its a DVD you`ll buy/rent because your child is taking part in a production of the same, and they`ll probably love it. That said, it entertaining enough, but I think they could have done better with lesser names, Dicky and Joan - what were they thinking!
You`ll either love it or hate it, depending on where you are in your life.