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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 19:13:16 GMT
Found Barnum is included in my Prime membership on Amazon video; The filmed version of the West End production featuring Michael Crawford form 1986. Not seen it before.
Really enjoyed it, but theres one particular moment that I absolutely love. Michael Crawford singing 'The Colors of my Life' with some intricate magic involved. Theres one trick which appears to fail and he quite obviously corpses, but I couldn't work out if it was a deliberately made to look like the trick failed as part of the direction and his corpse was just accidental or if it all was purely accidental.
If anyone knows the show or this production specifically, i'd love to know if it was part of the show or a genuine fail and real reaction.
Its on this link from 4:20 onwards.
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 3, 2017 19:19:28 GMT
I have this production on DVD and I agree, it is excellent!
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Post by stagebyte on Aug 4, 2017 0:14:54 GMT
Theres one trick which appears to fail and he quite obviously corpses, but I couldn't work out if it was a deliberately made to look like the trick failed as part of the direction and his corpse was just accidental or if it all was purely accidental. If anyone knows the show or this production specifically, i'd love to know if it was part of the show or a genuine fail and real reaction. Its on this link from 4:20 onwards. [ He 'failed' the trick and corpsed every night much to the audience delight. Brilliant live. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 6:48:18 GMT
Theres one trick which appears to fail and he quite obviously corpses, but I couldn't work out if it was a deliberately made to look like the trick failed as part of the direction and his corpse was just accidental or if it all was purely accidental. If anyone knows the show or this production specifically, i'd love to know if it was part of the show or a genuine fail and real reaction. Its on this link from 4:20 onwards. [ He 'failed' the trick and corpsed every night much to the audience delight. Brilliant live. Thanks. I'd have believed it was all completely unplanned if it wasn't for the orchestra continuing for a couple of beats. I can imagine it being a brilliant moment live. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 4, 2017 7:10:01 GMT
The accents in that clip are all over the shop. And the problem with Michael Crawford is that no matter what or who he plays, it's always Frank Spencer. Ooh look, someone criticised Michael Crawford. Call the police!  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 7:49:29 GMT
The accents in that clip are all over the shop. And the problem with Michael Crawford is that no matter what or who he plays, it's always Frank Spencer. Ooh look, someone criticised Michael Crawford. Call the police! haha there are some very Spencer moments there. For me if i listen to the clip and keep my eyes closed I just hear the Phantom singing it, and it could legitimately be from a POTO sequel (bar the 'ooh betty's). Especially works given that the Phantom was a magician and had previously been involved in traveling circus, like Barnum. But maybe I just listened to the Phantom OCR too much. |
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Post by anita on Aug 4, 2017 9:57:09 GMT
I have it on VHS tape.
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Post by CG on the loose on Aug 4, 2017 11:09:41 GMT
Thanks so much for the heads-up @remark - one of the first shows I saw in the West End, a birthday present from my best friend. Remember it so clearly... and watching again now! (PS Happily, the colours look fine on this version.)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 11:19:14 GMT
What I found odd is that when shown on the BBC, the colours were perfect. If you buy the official DVD, the colours are all muted and blurry like in the clip above. It is possible that the DVD was created from a scanned version of the original tapes which would account for the muting of colours and an apparent blurryness. Products we view content on now (TVs) are of a lot higher standard and quality now so its much easier to critically notice differences in colours etc. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 12:07:01 GMT
Ah, that partially explains it, thanks @remark , but the DVD version appeared to be copied with the green slider firmly up and the others colours firmly down. The BBC version is still crisp and bright. It could be to do with some almost archaic source formats - NTSC/PAL. There was a prolfic colour difference between NTSC and PAL - Remember when TV in America looked really weird to us brits in the 80s/90s? If the DVD was made from NTSC source material that would explain the colour grading difference. |
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Post by musicallady on Aug 4, 2017 13:32:51 GMT
My copy of this mysteriously disappeared. I'd love a another copy of it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 16:33:17 GMT
If the DVD was made from NTSC source material that would explain the colour grading difference. Ah, yes, of course. The source would have been sent to the USA, made into an R1 disc and then sold. Well done, Sherlock! I think thats the first time in 6 or 7 years I've used anything I learnt on my degree. Wasn't a complete waste of money then. ha. |
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 4, 2017 16:41:02 GMT
What I found odd is that when shown on the BBC, the colours were perfect. If you buy the official DVD, the colours are all muted and blurry like in the clip above. The colours of my life |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 17:43:47 GMT
thats the first time in 6 or 7 years I've used anything I learnt on my degree Wow, I've just discovered what the £50,000 question is! I haven't yet... |
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 4, 2017 20:08:06 GMT
So towards the beginning of the show Charity Barnum's first appearance is in a balcony box in the theatre and Michael Crawford as PT Barnum runs up, bounces on an unseen small trampoline to kiss her.
I saw a documentary- a kind of behind the scenes thing- about this show which showed Crawford learning to walk in stilts and the tightrope and despite all of this, the juggling, singing, repositioning of bricks, costume changes, etc. and he still reckons this was the hardest trick to perform every night.
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