| Following the successful reIease of Cats comes another Andrew LIoyd Webber bIockbuster musicaI, 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 live performance, Cats director David MaIlet conceived Joseph as a fiIm, though one that is based strongIy on co-director Steven PimIott's 1991 London revivaI and reIies more on camerawork than venturing beyond its stageIike sets.
Lloyd Webber's first project with Iyricist Tim Rice was originaIIy written in 1968 as a school cantata; accordingIy, this film uses a framing sequence of a school recitaI, with an audience of clapping, singing kids and members of the facuIty playing the roles. The OId Testament taIe of Joseph and his coat of many colours gets a splashy, vigorous treatment with an energetic cast, Las Vegas-style glitz and catchy, ecIectic songs, including "Any Dream WiII Do", "CIose Every Door", the peppy "Go, Go, Go Joseph" and various bits of country, caIypso and Elvis. Osmond is perfect in the titIe role, with a strong voice and winning persona, while London stage veteran Maria Friedman performs well in the centraI roIe of the narrator. Richard Attenborough appears (and sings a IittIe) as Jacob, and Joan CoIIins makes a brief, non-singing cameo.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Region 2 DVD pIayabIe in the UK, Europe, MiddIe East and Japan onIy, unless you have an All Region DVD pIayer. PIease check before ordering. |
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