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List Price: $24.99 | | Label: Image Entertainment
Salesrank: 8221
Released: November 18, 2003 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 05/27/2008 Run time: 180 minutes Rating: Nr
Description of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (London Stage Revival):
When Mary Rodgers, daughter of the composer Richard Rodgers, was reported as saying she never wanted to see another Oklahoma!, it was her way of paying the highest tribute to Trevor Nunn's production at the Royal National Theatre which was subsequently taken into the studio and filmed. The camera follows the playgoers into the auditorium of the Olivier where in their company we watch the show and applaud the numbers as the real thing. Nunn treats Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration with the utmost seriousness, restoring the full text so that it comes across as a drama indebted to Eugene O'Neill. Although Oklahoma! unfolds at a leisurely pace, it is extraordinary how one is drawn into the drama under Nunn's direction.
There's seldom a wish for true locations as the pace picks up and we move into the claustrophobic company of Judd Fry in his riveting encounter with the cowboy Curly. The close-up camera work affords an experience the theatre can't bring and also pays handsome dividends in appreciating Susan Stroman's intricate and lively choreography. Her dancers are a fine team, notably Jimmy Johnston who is outstanding as Will Parker leading the Kansas City ensemble. Hugh Jackman (X-Men) as Curly matches him in vocal prowess and looks, and Shuler Hensley sings the tricky role of Judd Fry very well. It's harder to place Peter Polycarpou's Pedlar, a considerably larger role than in the film version, whose accent strays from London's East End to the plains of Europe. Maureen Lipman, rightly deemed the lynchpin of the musical by Nunn, is a joy to watch as Aunt Eller. Laurey (Josefina Gabrielle) and Ado Annie (Vicki Simon) are good but not special. Aside from an abrupt start to Act Two and the occasional voice off microphone, the production sounds good with a larger orchestra present than in the theatre. An Oklahoma! on an epic scale. --Adrian Edwards
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (London Stage Revival) Reviews:
Stage Production or A Movie Production? 
2009-11-27 - In my opinion, this remake of a classic stage production, which is also a classic movie, couldn't decide which it wanted to be. It tried to be a stage production filmed in front of a "live" audience, but there were scenes that could not possibly have been done for a "live" audience. Though the audience was shown, on occasion, as if they were there, they never really seemed to "get" any of the jokes. It should have been one or the other. Trying to be both lost it for me. Adding smoking and tobacco chewing didn't help either.
Greatest Version of Oklahoma Ever!!! 
2009-10-31 - This movie is phenomenal! Hugh Jackman does such a great job. He is the best Curly to ever take the stage, and this movie is a definate buy for a Jackman Junkie or fans of Musicals. The talent that comes from this film is incredible. It is easily the greatest version of Oklahome ever!
Excellent
2009-10-28 - I use this play in my classroom. We talk about the beginnings of American Musical Theatre as well as Western Expansion. I used to have to depend on the old movie version of the play, but this is so much better! The performances are lovely and the staging truly gives us a sense of being in a theatre, which is great in a school where the students can't always get to live theatre.
Oklahoma! is okay!
2009-07-13 - Having seen many versions of Oklahoma! throughout my life, movie and stage, and even having been in a version, I have to say this is one of the best versions I have seen, if not THE best. Hugh Jackman, surprisingly, is very good as Curly, although, I have to admit to wanting to see a littlw Wolverine action in the fight scenes, still, an incredible performance. Shuler Hensley is really very good as Jud Fry. And Maureen Lipman does a great job as Aunt Eller.
I'm happy to add this version of Oklahoma! to my collection of favorite musicals.
No ENGLISH closed captions for the hearing impaired 
2009-05-23 - NO ENGLISH CLOSED CAPTION FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED. WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE. OH WELL.
WHEN ARE YOU GUYS - THE PRODUCTION COMPANIES GOING TO WAKE UP?
But got this one anyhow and turned it up louder than loud. Hugh Jackman can sing for me anytime, as well as the man who played Judd. yummy.
The blonde girl in the chorus can really sing and should have the part of Laurie. the girl who played Laurie was ok but the other girl was way better. She has a Beautiful, sweet, clear voice and is better looking too.
