Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (London Stage Revival)

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (London Stage Revival)
by Trevor Nunn

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (London Stage Revival)
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Actor: Hugh Jackman, Jimmy Johnston, Josefina Gabrielle, Maureen Lipman, Shuler Hensley
Director: Trevor Nunn
Brand: Image Entertainment
Cinematographer: Paul Wheeler
Editor: Keith Palmer
Producer: Andy Picheta
Producer: Chris Hunt
Producer: Richard Price
Writer: Lynn Riggs
Writer: Oscar Hammerstein II
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment

Movie Reviews of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (London Stage Revival)

Movie Review: Stage Production or A Movie Production?
Summary: 2 Stars

In my opinion, this remake of a classic stage production, which is also a classic movie, couldn't decide which it wanted to be. It tried to be a stage production filmed in front of a "live" audience, but there were scenes that could not possibly have been done for a "live" audience. Though the audience was shown, on occasion, as if they were there, they never really seemed to "get" any of the jokes. It should have been one or the other. Trying to be both lost it for me. Adding smoking and tobacco chewing didn't help either.

Summary of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (London Stage Revival)

Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 05/27/2008 Run time: 180 minutes Rating: Nr
When Mary Rodgers, daughter of the composer Richard Rodgers, was reported as saying she never wanted to see another Oklahoma!, it was her way of paying the highest tribute to Trevor Nunn's production at the Royal National Theatre which was subsequently taken into the studio and filmed. The camera follows the playgoers into the auditorium of the Olivier where in their company we watch the show and applaud the numbers as the real thing. Nunn treats Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration with the utmost seriousness, restoring the full text so that it comes across as a drama indebted to Eugene O'Neill. Although Oklahoma! unfolds at a leisurely pace, it is extraordinary how one is drawn into the drama under Nunn's direction.

There's seldom a wish for true locations as the pace picks up and we move into the claustrophobic company of Judd Fry in his riveting encounter with the cowboy Curly. The close-up camera work affords an experience the theatre can't bring and also pays handsome dividends in appreciating Susan Stroman's intricate and lively choreography. Her dancers are a fine team, notably Jimmy Johnston who is outstanding as Will Parker leading the Kansas City ensemble. Hugh Jackman (X-Men) as Curly matches him in vocal prowess and looks, and Shuler Hensley sings the tricky role of Judd Fry very well. It's harder to place Peter Polycarpou's Pedlar, a considerably larger role than in the film version, whose accent strays from London's East End to the plains of Europe. Maureen Lipman, rightly deemed the lynchpin of the musical by Nunn, is a joy to watch as Aunt Eller. Laurey (Josefina Gabrielle) and Ado Annie (Vicki Simon) are good but not special. Aside from an abrupt start to Act Two and the occasional voice off microphone, the production sounds good with a larger orchestra present than in the theatre. An Oklahoma! on an epic scale. --Adrian Edwards

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