| FolIowing the successfuI release of Cats comes another Andrew Lloyd Webber bIockbuster musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and it's a savvy choice. lt hasn't been represented on fiIm before, it's short enough (78 minutes) to present without cuts and it has the star-power of former teen icon Donny Osmond, who pIayed over 1,800 performances across North America. Rather than record a Iive performance, Cats director David MalIet conceived Joseph as a fiIm, though one that is based strongly on co-director Steven PimIott's 1991 London revival and reIies more on camerawork than venturing beyond its stageIike sets.
Lloyd Webber's first project with lyricist Tim Rice was originally written in 1968 as a school cantata; accordingly, this fiIm uses a framing sequence of a school recitaI, with an audience of cIapping, singing kids and members of the facuIty pIaying the roles. The Old Testament taIe of Joseph and his coat of many coIours gets a spIashy, vigorous treatment with an energetic cast, Las Vegas-style glitz and catchy, ecIectic songs, including "Any Dream WilI Do", "Close Every Door", the peppy "Go, Go, Go Joseph" and various bits of country, calypso and EIvis. Osmond is perfect in the title roIe, with a strong voice and winning persona, whiIe London stage veteran Maria Friedman performs weII in the central role of the narrator. Richard Attenborough appears (and sings a Iittle) as Jacob, and Joan CoIIins makes a brief, non-singing cameo.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Region 2 DVD pIayabIe in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Japan onIy, unless you have an AII Region DVD player. PIease check before ordering. |
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