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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780769796420
ISBN: 0769796427
Label: Kultur Video
Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kultur Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 22, 2002
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 6258
Studio: Kultur Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1980
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Gilbert and Sullivan's raucous operatic tale is captured in all its fun and glory in this production, recorded live at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. Kevin Kline sparkles as the swashbuckling and libidinous Pirate King while Linda Ronstadt makes her theatrical debut as the lovely and virginal Mabel. When Mabel and Frederic, a young pirate bound to serve the Pirate King, fall in love, complications arise and high spirited antics ensue. The incomparable cast offers the best in this boisterous romp. END
Amazon.com:
This Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series.It presents, with some inevitable, tiny technical shortcomings, a live 1980 performance in CentralPark, not the 1983 movie of the same name that also starred Linda Ronstadt and KevinKline. Those who remember that film, which had the benefit of retakes and editing,a lavish production budget, and the spaciousness of a Hollywood studio, may find thisvideo less polished. On its own terms, it is nonetheless thoroughly enjoyable.
Advantages of this live performance include a sense of spontaneity, and the feeling ofbeing part of a theatrical audience that is visibly and audibly having a very good time.The (reduced and partly electronic) orchestra is also visible; scenery is minimal; theonstage pirate boat, excellent for a live production, is no match for what a movie canoffer. The voices are uneven, and some of them evoke Broadway more than London.But the performance is well styled, lively, and energetic. Gilbert and Sullivan's witty sparklecomes through clearly. --Joe McLellan
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating: - Strictly for collectors?
I bought this DVD because of my addiction to Gilbert & Sullivan, and "Pirates" in particular, but I hesitate to recommend it to someone encountering the opera for the first time (not that there are any other better options on the market, regrettably).It is full of energy and great fun but, as other reviewers have noted, the picture quality is often very poor, and, especially in the choruses, the sound is frequently "muddy".Kevin Kline and the other principals who went on to make the later ... Read More
Rating: - I wanted the movie
My mistake.This is good, but I liked the movie better than this filmed stage play.I hope the movie comes to DVD soon.
Rating:  - Looks like it was made by an amature film company
This is the worst DVD I have ever seen. I love the VHS version and I have been waiting for the Pirates of Penzance with Kevin Kline to come out on DVD for years. I had a lazer disc of it years ago and loved it. The picture on this DVD is so bad it is unviewable. It is blurry and was obviously done on a home camera.DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS. The audio is poor also so it cannot even be used as a CD.
Rating:  - Delacorte Theater version - Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance
I was hoping to get the version with Angela Lansbery but it appears this version is not available in DVD. Please let me know when it is available as i would like to purchase it.
Rating:  - Good, but the film version released in America is better
I do enjoy Patricia Rutledge, from ages of watching her perform in BBC Keeping Up Appearances as a social climbing civil servants wife.Her skill as a singing actress is every bit as delightful as her portrayal of Hyacinth in that series.As a staged version this is excellent.However, I do remember the film version which was released with Angela Lansbury playing the part of the nurse.Obviously there is more you can do with a filmed version than you can with a staged version.Kevin Kline's antics ... Read More
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