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Kiss Me Kate [DVD] [2007]

Brent Barrett (Actor), Rachel York (Actor) | Rated: Exempt | Format: DVD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Brent Barrett, Rachel York, Nancy Kathryn Anderson, Michael Berresse, Nicholas Colicos
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.77:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: TDK
  • DVD Release Date: 24 Oct 2003
  • Run Time: 146 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000CNTKQ
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 70,222 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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One of Cole Porter’s best-known musicals showcasing some of his greatest songs - Too Darn Hot, So In Love, Why Can’t You Behave, Wunderbar, Another Op’nin, Another Show - and based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Filmed live in front of the Victoria Palace Theatre audience in August 2002, this show boasts a cast including Brent Barrett and Rachel York, veterans of the multiple award-winning North American production, as well as one of Hollywood’s current leading heart-throbs, Colin Farrell. This London revival won the 2001 London Evening Standad Theatre Award for Best Musical and the 2001 Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical.

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"With his warm, radiant baritone, Brent Barrett is perfection as Fred/Petruchio, delivering a drolly winning send-up of macho swagger that enhances his romantic appeal" -- The Independent

"With its blissfully tuneful score, superbly witty lyrics and great charge of Broadway energy, this blazingly confident show shines like a beacon" -- Daily Telegraph

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant theatre 4 Aug 2007
By FunkyKitten007
Format:DVD
I went to see this live in the West End and I loved it! I was waiting for it to tour but it didn't come near me, so I was so pleased when the BBC showed it at Christmas. I taped it, and it's wearing out now, so I've got the DVD, and I have to say I love it love it love it!!

The acting is brilliant, the songs are funny, naughty and catchy, the costumes are vibrant. Yes, the camera angles do take a little something from the theatre atmosphere, but the fact that this was filmed from a theatre might encourage more people to go and see things live.

This has always been one of my fave musicals (next to 7 Brides) and I like the stage version much more than the Howard Keel film. The whole thing is a delight for young and old alike. Buy this DVD or go see it on the stage - you won't regret it!
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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing stage performance 3 Jan 2004
By Professor D O Tall
Format:DVD
This, for me, is the best version of any stage musical I have ever seen on DVD. Looking through the whole catalogue of musicals, most are screen versions, with their overlay of lush orchestrations and hollywood razz-ma-tazz. But this is the real thing. It is suffused with the spirit of the theatre. Acting is big and telegraphed for a large live audience, but because it is a stage performance (of a Shakespeare Play within a Play), this is perfectly natural. The vocal performances are highly characterized, with the words and meanings given careful pointing, so that a fun song (like Wunderbar) can be uplifting, humorous and poignant in turn. I have myself conducted this musical, in a highly creditable amateur performance, and I followed the DVD through with my own score in which I have pasted the libretto. I delighted in the constant subtleties of delivery. The songs are faithfully presented in the usual sequence with one additional number, with rewritten underscore between the songs The orchestrations are magnificent with refreshing new versions of the dance numbers. The overture and entracte are replaced by attractive new stagings. The band is terrific with its balance of saxophones, brass and small string section so characteristic of a pit orchestra. The libretto is wittily updated and beautifully delivered. And shining throughout the whole production is the original combination of music and lyrics by Cole Porter in one of the greatest musicals of all time. Enjoy!
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - Despite the Missing Overture 30 Dec 2003
By A Customer
Format:DVD
I saw the show in London with the same cast and spent a wonderful evening. It was directed by Michael Blakemore (who, at the 2000 Tony Awards not only got an award for this show, but also for his work on the play 'Copenhagen') and packs a wonderful punch. Rachel York not only looks stunning, she sings and acts excellently as well (Sondheim fanatics may know her from the original cast recording of 'Putting It Together' - also very recommendable) and together with Brent Barrett she forms a superb team. Barrett sings very well and is a wonderful and virile Fred. The rest of the cast are on the same level.
What is, however, galling (and what accounts for one star being subtracted from the maximum five) is the absence of the overture - obviously modern audiences cannot be expected to sit quietly for seven minutes; so the show starts with 'Another op'nin, Another show'.
This DVD is a winner. Buy it if you want to spend a blissful couple of hours.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars just good
good quality dvd and performance.one of the best version I saw. but it is a show to see on scene .not convincing on small screen
Published 1 month ago by CHRISTIANE LOMBARDY TERRAS
4.0 out of 5 stars About as Good As It Could Be
This is just about my favourite of the Broadway musicals, mainly thanks to the superlative songwriting. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Barista 1
5.0 out of 5 stars Stage beats film.
Excellent sound , fine singing,good staging.10 out of 10.Way better than the MGM motion picture,I think.The songs are wonderful.Most enjoyable.
Published 2 months ago by dq
5.0 out of 5 stars a delightful new version of a classic
When I ordered this version of 'Kiss Me Kate', I wondered whether it could live up to the original, particularly the Howard Keel part. I need not have worried! Read more
Published on 14 April 2011 by M. Gordon
4.0 out of 5 stars Kiss Me Kate - Stage Production; DVD
Stage Production of this musical is just what I wanted. The description of product was good; delivery time excellent; packaging v.good. V.good experience
Published on 27 Dec 2010 by Tizzy
5.0 out of 5 stars Misleading about Colin Farrell
I saw this musical visiting London in august 2002, the same month this DVD was recorded.
Still one of the best shows I have seen, and I can recommend this DVD to everyone. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2010 by Eduard Cabuy
4.0 out of 5 stars kiss me
Live recordings of theatre productions are very difficult to sucessfully achieve, however I feel that this is a very good recording and very worthwhile viewing excepting that some... Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2009 by Philip Murray
2.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Show Ruined By Bad Camera .
To show only the heads of performing dancers was rediculous and to suddenly jump from left view to right view and even from behind, is not what the cast wanted to show to a frontal... Read more
Published on 13 April 2007 by Alan Alfred
5.0 out of 5 stars kiss me kate
this is an absolout cracker you could watch it agian and agian

this breathtaking dvd will blow you away whit thrill its so good

all the songs are great your'll love it

Published on 3 Dec 2003 by "schools_out_4eva"
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