A short blurb from Acorn Media about Camelot with Richard Harris-
Experience Camelot’s “one brief, shining moment” as Lerner and Loewe envisioned it-live on a Broadway stage. Working at the top of his talent, Richard Harris heads an all-star cast in one of Broadway’s wittiest, most literate musicals, filled with memorable tunes.
I remember I had a friend that had HBO back in the early 1980’s which was a big thing back then and I can remember watching a portion of the Camelot performance and was enthralled by the show! Starring the late great Richard Harris, watching the performance again, I enjoyed it immensely. This DVD captures the greatness that was shown in 1983. Along with biographies of Richard Harris and Lerner and Loewe, it also has a neat feature where you can pick out any song in the show and jump to that scene! There is also a DVD-Rom feature with a reprint of the original Playbill from the show. When the original run of the show was coming to an end, it was said that Richard Harris was “sleepwalking” through his role but with this DVD he was at the top of his game.
VIDEO
The video quality is great! The performance was done on videotape but there were no dropouts of picture at all. Excellent quality. The performance runs approx 147 minutes
Audio
Was originally recorded in Mono. It is also Mono on this set.
Disc 1- 1. “Camelot”-Musical
Extras
Disc 1: Paper insert with production notes by Meg Bussert- (Text Only)
DVD-Rom of Original Playbill-PDF file
Biographies of Lerner & Loewe and Richard Harris
Song Index-You can jump to your favorite song!
Verdict
What a wonderful DVD this is! To finally have Camelot available for new generations to watch and enjoy. Defiantly get it to complete your Broadway collection.
Rating; *****!
Experience Camelot’s “one brief, shining moment” as Lerner and Loewe envisioned it-live on a Broadway stage. Working at the top of his talent, Richard Harris heads an all-star cast in one of Broadway’s wittiest, most literate musicals, filled with memorable tunes.
I remember I had a friend that had HBO back in the early 1980’s which was a big thing back then and I can remember watching a portion of the Camelot performance and was enthralled by the show! Starring the late great Richard Harris, watching the performance again, I enjoyed it immensely. This DVD captures the greatness that was shown in 1983. Along with biographies of Richard Harris and Lerner and Loewe, it also has a neat feature where you can pick out any song in the show and jump to that scene! There is also a DVD-Rom feature with a reprint of the original Playbill from the show. When the original run of the show was coming to an end, it was said that Richard Harris was “sleepwalking” through his role but with this DVD he was at the top of his game.
VIDEO
The video quality is great! The performance was done on videotape but there were no dropouts of picture at all. Excellent quality. The performance runs approx 147 minutes
Audio
Was originally recorded in Mono. It is also Mono on this set.
Disc 1- 1. “Camelot”-Musical
Extras
Disc 1: Paper insert with production notes by Meg Bussert- (Text Only)
DVD-Rom of Original Playbill-PDF file
Biographies of Lerner & Loewe and Richard Harris
Song Index-You can jump to your favorite song!
Verdict
What a wonderful DVD this is! To finally have Camelot available for new generations to watch and enjoy. Defiantly get it to complete your Broadway collection.
Rating; *****!
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