The Mikado /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
Edition:	Special ed.
Imprint:	[United States] : The Criterion Collection, c2011.
Description:	1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English
Series:	The Criterion collection ; 559 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 559.
Subject:	Operas. Man-woman relationships. Princes. Japan. Filmed operas. Musical films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Comedy films. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Filmed operas. Musical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8356216

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Other authors / contributors:	Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911. Schertzinger, Victor. Green, Martyn, 1899-1975. Granville, Sydney. Baker, Kenny, 1912-1985 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Criterion Collection (Firm)
ISBN:	9781604653991 160465399X
Notes:	Title from container. Videodisc release of the 1939 motion picture. Special features: New video interviews with director Mike Leigh and Mikado scholars Josephine Lee and Ralph MacPhail, Jr. ; short silent film promoting the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's 1926 stage performace of The Mikado ; deleted scene with Ko-Ko's "I've got a little list" song ; excerpts from 1939 radio broadcasts of the stage productions The Swing Mikado and The Hot Mikado ; booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien. Martyn Green, Sydney Granville, Kenny Baker ; The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. DVD, fullscreen, mono. Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Summary:	The legendary Gilbert and Sullivan troupe, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, joined forces with Hollywood for this 1939 Technicolor version of the fabled comic opera, the first complete work by the famed duo to be adapted for the screen, directed by musician and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Victor Schertzinger. The result is a lavish cinematic retelling of the British political satire set in exotic Japan.
Standard no.:	715515069212
Publisher's no.:	559 The Criterion Collection

Review by Library Journal Review

The original Gilbert and Sullivan opera troupe's staging of The Mikado has been lovingly preserved in this sumptuous-looking, early Technicolor production of the classic comic operetta. In a departure from his realistic portraits of contemporary working-class Brits, Mike Leigh (Naked; Life Is Sweet; Secrets and Lies) offers a delightful period piece with Topsy-Turvy, an Oscar-winning (costume design and makeup) dramatization of the creation of the duo's crowning achievement. Not just for opera buffs. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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The Mikado /

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