Résumés(1)
This holy grail for both documentary and theatre aficionados offers a tantalizingly rare glimpse behind the Broadway curtain. In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of the ground-breaking concept musical Company by Stephen Sondheim, the renowned composer, his director Harold Prince, the show’s stars, and a large pit orchestra all went into a Manhattan recording studio as part of a time-honoured Broadway tradition: the recording of the original cast album. What ensued 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 theatre 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. (Criterion)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
John Cunningham
États-Unis
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Le Cercle des poètes disparus (1989)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Nixon (1995)
Barbara Barrie
États-Unis
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Racines : Les nouvelles générations (1979) (série)
Géant (1956)
Hercule (1997)
George Coe
États-Unis
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Kramer contre Kramer (1979)
Colombo (1971) (série)
Bustin' Loose (1981)
Charles Kimbrough
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Prête-nom (1976)
Le Bossu de Notre-Dame (1996)
Ally McBeal (1997) (série)