Try to remember [videorecording] : the Fantasticks / a Still Moving Pictures, Inc. & Mad Dog Films, Inc. production ; produced by Eli Kabillio and James A. Ruggiero ; directed by Eli Kabillio

Additional Titles:: Fantasticks and Try to remember the Fantasticks
Published:: New York, NY : Zeitgeist Films, [2004]
Physical Description:: 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators:: Kabillio, Eli, Orbach, Jerry, Abraham, F. Murray, Montalbán, Ricardo, Gould, Elliott, Minnelli, Liza, Schmidt, Harvey, Still Moving Pictures, Inc, Mad Dog Films, Inc, and Zeitgeist Films

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Language Note:

Closed-captioned.

Summary:

A recounting of the history of The Fantasticks which ran off-Broadway for nearly 42 years. The show played eight times a week for a total of 17,162 performances. Interviews with stars who got their start in the show, which opened May 3, 1960 and closed on Jan. 13, 2002. Also includes interviews with the composer, Harvey Schmidt, the lyricist, Tom Jones, the original producer, Lore Noto, and members of the cast from the final performance. Includes excerpts from the final performance.

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Genre(s):

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Audience Notes:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Note:

Premiered as the lead-off film of the film festival, VisionFest '03.
Special features: Deleted scenes; Fantasticks ephemera gallery with vintage posters and photos; original theatrical trailer.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Director of photography, David Sperling ; editor, Sean Casey.

Participant/Performer Note:

Interviews with past and present cast members: Jerry Orbach, F. Murray Abraham, Ricardo Montalban, Elliott Gould, Liza Minnelli, Glenn Close, Richard Chamberlin, John Carradine, Jim Cook, David Edwards, Jeremy Ellison-Gladstone, Ira Joe Fisher, Rita Gardner, Natasha Harper, Tom Jones, Lore Noto, Harvey Schmidt, William Tost, Bill Weedan.

Data/Place of Event:

Final performance by the Sullivan Street final cast and crew.

Technical Details:

DVD, region 1, NTSC, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.

Source of Acquisition:

Arts & Humanities copy: Purchased with funds from the Hastings Libraries Endowment; 20056.

Endowment Note:

The Hastings Libraries Endowment

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