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Sanford Sylvan (Actor), Christopher Maltman (Actor), Penny Woolcock (Director) Rated: Exempt Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Sanford Sylvan, Christopher Maltman, Yvonne Howard, Tom Randle, Kamel Boutros
  • Directors: Penny Woolcock
  • Writers: Alice Goodman
  • Producers: Abi Bach, Jan Younghusband, Madonna Baptiste
  • Format: Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Decca
  • DVD Release Date: 9 Feb. 2004
  • Run Time: 120 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000D9R0E
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 78,936 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Feature adaptation of the opera that offers a fictionalised version of the 1985 hijacking which resulted in the murder of Leon Klinghoffer. The hijacking, carried out by the Palestine Liberation Front as part of the ongoing territorial dispute between Israel and Palestine, targeted the passenger liner, 'Achille Lauro'. Klinghoffer (Sanford Sylvan), a Jewish American onboard the vessel, was an unfortunate victim of the dispute.

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4.0 out of 5 starsHard viewing but rewarding...
By Ben Whitehouse VINE VOICE on 3 Jan. 2008
Format: DVD
The opera tells the true story of the hijacking of the passenger liner Achille Lauro by the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985, and the resulting death of Jewish-American passenger Leon Klinghoffer. It was the center of a great controversy when it was performed in the United States in late 1991 and early 1992. The DVD is the Channel 4 television version, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adams, was directed by Penny Woolcock in 2003.

This isn't easy viewing in terms of content but the resonances between the events of 9/11 and here are very interesting. The various abstract arias overlaid with news footage and created scenes are moving, striking and articulate the displaced Palestianian refugees and also the displaced Jewish survivors of the Holocaust.

Adams' opera is spare, taut and every moment is essential viewing. This isn't something to be passive watching this is something that requires effort and attention.
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4.0 out of 5 starsWell worth watching
By A Customer on 21 Sept. 2005
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
The Death of Klinghoffer is the story of the death of Leon Klinghoffer during the kidnapping of the Achille Lauro. The benefit of seeing the film of the opera is that it gives much more background the the staged version of the opera. However, it is also more gory in that Leon Klinghoffer's death is also seen while on stage this happens off-stage. While you may not want to sympathise with the terrorists this film gives both sides of the argument and leaves you to make your own decision.
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2.0 out of 5 starsAn Adams failure
By Pdon on 14 May 2015
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I am somewhat at a loss as to how to review this opera production. The concept is brilliant although the story is weak and underdeveloped. The music is Adams at his best. The filming is dreadful. I would have preferred a stage production. There were times when I visibly cringed other times I was moved to tears. If Adams wanted to put both sides of this story equally then he failed as I came away despising the terrorists. Perhaps on the whole he just got it wrong.
Glad I've seen it but I shall not repeat the experience
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe opera has lost a lot prudence in this film
By Dr Jacques COULARDEAU on 26 Sept. 2014
Format: DVD
As for the original opera and the music I would advise you to check my review of the original production as performed in Lyon, the Death of Klinghoffer’s set of two CDs with libretto, posted on most Amazon sites. The ASIN of the product there is B000005J1B. I am going to insist here on what makes this film different, original.

This is not a filmed opera production but a film shot and constructed on the basis of the opera by John Adams. You will be disappointed because the music is not kept entirely the way it should be. Some passages are cut off, like the Ocean and the Desert Choruses, and the Hagar Chorus has been replaced by some TV presentation that is not in the line of the original opera since it introduces Isaac in a chorus – which is not a chorus anymore – that was exclusively centered on Hagar and Ishmael. This does not balance the tale. This betrays the tale as we are going to see. The worst adaptation/distortion is the use of plain spoken words and sentences instead of the sung equivalent. These sections that are no longer sung are just not in the line of the opera which was sung from beginning to end, even if with some sections sounding more like a dirge with a recitative feel, but it was entirely sung.

The second remark is that to add pictures to the music, pictures that are not the direct stage work of the singers, makes the film very difficult to understand. A film of that type is visual first of all and since we are visual dominant we see these added images first and they dominate the rest, the music, the words and the real setting.Read more ›
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