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 enlarge | Director: Harold Prince
Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, Len Cariou, Lesley-anne Down, Hermione Gingold
Studio: Henstooth Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 32727
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 120
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: HEND4108D
UPC: 759731410823
EAN: 0759731410823
ASIN: B00003CWT3
Theatrical Release Date: March 8, 1978
Release Date: June 5, 2007
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 a little night music June 12, 2007
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
I AM RETURNING MY COPY OF "A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC". FIRST OF ALL IT STATES ON THE DVD THAT IT IS IN THE WIDESCREEN FORMAT, IT IS NOT, IT IS FULL SCREEN. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY GOT THIS PRINT BUT THERE IS A BLACK LINE GOING DOWN THE PICTURE FOR ALMOST ALL OF THE FILM. THE SOUND IS BAD AND THERE ARE TWO PLACES WHERE THE A BIG BLACK LINE SHOWING TH AGE OF THE FILM. I TRIED TO FIND OUT WHERE HEN'S TOOTH VIDEO IS LOCATED AND THERE WAS NO WEBSITE FOR THEM. THIS IS AWFUL THAT A FILM OF THE CALUBLAR HAS BEEN LOST. WHERE IS THE MASTER STORED? I AM SURE THAT SOMEONE HAS IT.
THEY WERE ABLE TO RESTORE "MY FAIR LADY". THIS FILM NEEDS SONE RESTORING BEFORE IT IS LOST FOREVER, OR IT IS TIME TO REDUE IT AGAIN WITH A DIFFERENT CAST.
 Collectors, Beware! June 7, 2007
43 out of 47 found this review helpful
This DVD is a major disappointment. Like so many other Sondheim fans, I'd been looking forward to this release because the 1978 film is--for better or worse--a rare record of one of my favorite Broadway shows. But, the film itself aside, this DVD is a problem. It is not professionally done. It's supposed to be a new, widescreen print in Dolby stereo, but it isn't. It's a terrible, scratchy old print, and the "widescreen" is apparently stretched out from a fullscreen TV print. The framing is so bad that the opening titles are all cut off, like on an old TV print. And the soundtrack is mono--not even very clear mono. There are more glitches and scratches and sudden jumps (indicating reel changes on old movie theater equipment) than you can count.
I swear, this looks and sounds like it was taken from a TV broadcast with second-rate equipment. Try pausing the picture, and you'll see the horizontal lines that indicate a broadcast on an obsolete TV. And there's a vertical slash down the entire center of the picture for much of the running time, projector damage from long ago. They didn't use the laser disc or VHF recordings, both of which are in much better shape, to make this DVD. Is this legal? Who is "Hen's Tooth Video," anyway?
I don't know what we can do about this, but you really want to think twice before ordering this title. I'm furious, and you will be, too. What a rip-off!
 A Well Meaning Adaptation May 28, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Like Sweet Charity almost a decade before, A Little Night Music was a musical adaptation of a foriegn language film, Ingmar Bergmans' classic Smiles of a Summer Night.
The Broadway musical was set in Stockholm but for the film they moved the action to Vienna and the beautiful Vienna Woods. But the story remains the same.
Lawyer Frederick Eggerman had a torrid affair with actress Desiree Armfeld but is now married to the virtuous Anne. Anne's best friend is the world wise Charlotte. Charlotte's husband, Count Carl Magnus is Desiree's current lover.
When Desiree returns to town, a series of events are set in motion and no one's life will be the same.
Elizabeth Taylor takes over the role of Desiree (originated by Glyniss Johns). While she tries her hardest, this is a complex score and even the simplist of songs needs a trained voice. Liz gives the best performance performance but her singing lets her down.
On the other hand, Diana Rigg takes over the role of Charlotte with flair. Her Charolette becomes the center of the film.
Three original cast members reprise their roles. Len Cariou, as Frederick, has the least demanding acting role but the most complex singing role. And Cariou has the voice to carry it off (well he was the original Sweeney Todd). Laurence Guittiard, as Carl-Magnus, has the comedy relief role and also the most complex song, In Praise of Women. And finally the incomperable Hermionie Gingold as Madame Armfeldt, Desiree's courtesean mother. She has not lost any of here grace or beauty. This role is almost a reprise of her role in Gigi but 20 years later!
Also back is the creative team, director Harold Prince and writer Hugh Wheeler. This is probably the biggest misstep of the movie. Prince is a great theatrical director but does not have a lot of movie experience and does not take full advantage of the medium.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design (Florence Klotz who also won the Tony for the same.)
This film is a nice bit of nostalgia and is a must for true muscial comedy fans.
An unfortunate mess April 26, 2007
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
When the camera tracks for a full minute just to get to the double doors for Taylor's entrance, you know you're in for a slow. plodding time. Prince proved he may be a genius on the stage but is pretty clueless when it comes to movies; he took what was essentially bullet-proof material and made it dull. Poor Sondheim -- this is almost as appalling as the film version of FORUM.
WOW! Coming to DVD at last! April 17, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I saw this filmed version of Sondheim's "Little Night Music" back in the 70's and I was enchanted! I haven't seen a staged version, but, as a Stephen Sondheim fan, I didn't feel cheated by the film. Elizabeth Taylor is just fine and she is more than ably supported by an extraordinarily appealing cast. So I anxiously await the DVD release; any copy of it will be superior to the look of the VHS version; and it's a great musical that deserves to be seen by a larger audience.
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