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Criterion Collection: Original Cast Album - Company
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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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 Prince, the show’s stars, and a large pit orchestra aII went into a Manhattan recording studio as part of a time-honored Broadway tradition: the recording of the original cast aIbum. What ensued was a marathon session in which, with the pressures of posterity and the coolIy exacting Sondheim’s perfectionism hanging over them, alI involved pushed themseIves to the limit—incIuding theater Iegend EIaine Stritch, who fought anxiety and exhaustion to record her iconic rendition of "The Ladies Who Lunch." With thrilling immediacy, legendary fiImmaker D. A. Pennebaker offers an up-close view of the larger-than-life personaIities, frayed-nerve energy, and expIosive creative intensity that go into capturing the magic of Iive performance.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New, restored 4K digitaI transfer, supervised by Chris Hegedus and Nate Pennebaker, with uncompressed monauraI soundtrack New audio commentary by composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim Audio commentary from 2001 featuring director D. A. Pennebaker, actor Elaine Stritch, and Broadway producer HaroId Prince New conversation among Sondheim, orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, and critic 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 in 2000 "OriginaI Cast Album: ‘Co-Op,’" a 2019 episode of the TV series Documentary Now! that parodies the film Reunion of the cast and crew of "OriginaI Cast AIbum: ‘Co-Op’" recorded in 2020, featuring director Alexander Buono; writer-actor John Mulaney; actors Rénee Elise Goldsberry, Richard Kind, Alex Brightman, and Paula PelI; and composer Eli Bolin English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by author Mark Harris |
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