The theatre itself is quite beautiful and the seats were confortable. Jim ridley has called cherbourg the most affecting of movie musicals, and perhaps the. Based on the 1964 film of the same name directed by jacque demy. And in fine form it is, with the excellent restoration given a high quality bluray treatment and package. A sui generis creation from the mind and heart of a true visionary, it was, essentially, an original film opera. Originally a brightly coloured movie that enjoyed huge international. We paid tribute tonight to the late michel legrand whose melodies were in our head. Every word of demys screenplay was sung, to michel legrands exquisite jazzpop score, and its.
Umbrellas of cherbourg an opera, a musical, theater or anything in between. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. In 1979, an englishlanguage stage adaptation, with lyrics translated by sheldon harnick, premiered at the public theater in new york city. Given a piece of music, it is interesting to count how many times each of the individual twelve musical notes is played, and understand their relative weight, or importance, in the piece. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. The umbrellas of cherbourg is a 1964 musical romantic drama film directed and written by. This 2 disc set contains the entire audio of the movie. Every line of dialogue is sung and you cant help humming along. Michel legrands score is so enchanting, it stays with you.
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