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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
List Price: $24.95
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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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It's Sondheim, It can't Help But Be Great July 26, 2001
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
There is a lot that can be said is wrong with this film: it's too stagey, the video print that I have is fuzzy, Elizabeth Taylor isn't known as a great singer BUT this is the only visual recording of this Broadway musical comedy written by America's greatest Broadway composer.What can be said other than that it should be in the collection of any serious student of American musical art? It should certainly be in the collection of any fan of Stephen Sondheim's work. The music and the lyrics are beyond compare. The presentation may not be the best but, for the moment, there is no other visual presentation. More of Mr. Sondheim's work should be made available on video & DVD!
 Amusing story with great music. April 4, 2001
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have the video and would love for it to be released on DVD. It's mildly entertaining with some great musical features. Lesley-Anne Down is very good as the virginal wife of an older man. The interwoven relationships of the characters presents an amusing (if somewhat disturbing) situation when mismatched lovers find themselves vacationing together in the country. Even if the story doesn't keep you interested, the musical score should.
Liz and Diana superb in a not-so-cinematic film version March 30, 2000
41 out of 49 found this review helpful
I am reviewing this on the basis of having seen the film in the theater and I now own the laser version. Someone like Ingmar Bergman would have made it more cinematic but it is worth having because of Elizabeth Taylor and Diana Rigg. I think Elizabeth is a perfect Desiree and Rigg is ideal. Had the film been a commercial success she might have received an Oscar nomination. Several songs are cut including the chorus' comments throughout but I still find it fun."A Weekend in the Country" is perfectly done and one wishes Hal Prince had directed the whole movie that well. And to date it is the only Sondheim show to be filmed. I hope it comes back on DVD with scenes that were left out.. There is a still of Diana Rigg smoking a cigar that did not make it in the movie.
 PBS please March 11, 2000
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
Actually I want to have a dvd edition of the musical play that was broadcast (too long to video tape,) a few years ago on PBS! The movie was fine, but art lovers everywhere want the real thing! I think mankind deserves real broadway masterpieces shown as they exist on the stage!
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