Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 2000 N/R, 81 min. Genre: Musical
Director: David Mallet, Steven Pimlott Cast: Donny Osmond, Richard Attenborough, Joan Collins, Maria Friedman, Robert Torti, Christopher Biggins, Alex Jennings, Ian McNeice, Nicholas Colicos
Donny Osmond performs exuberantly in his starring role as Joseph in this musical extravaganza based on the Biblical story. Music by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber ensures the quality of this one.
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The Tempest 1979 R, 95 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Derek Jarman Cast: Peter Bull, David Meyer, Neil Cunningham, Heathcote Williams, Toyah Willcox, Richard Warwick, Karl Johnson, Jack Birkett, Christopher Biggins, Peter Turner, Ken Campbell, Claire Davenport, Helen Wellington-Lloyd, Elisabeth Welch, Kate Temple
Loosely based on Shakespeare's play, this film version focuses on what ensues after the King of Naples (Peter Bull) and his family are shipwrecked by a tempest at sea and washed ashore on an island occupied by his exiled son Prospero (Heathcote Williams) and Prospero's daughter Miranda (Toyah Willcox). Prospero is a sorcerer and uses the help of the airy spirit Arial (Karl Johnson) to turn his world into an idyllic place. Now, Prospero's existence is threatened with the arrival of the shipwrecked survivors and those who seek revenge.
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| 1. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2000)
2. The Tempest (1979)
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