Category: Music
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Follies: In Concert
A backstage documentary film including footage from the legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. The plot of the musical centers around a reunion of showgirls who appeared in an annual Follies extravaganza when it was staged between the wars.
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The Collar and the Bracelet
In 1933 in the village of Karnak in Luxor, sad lives with her husband Bakhit Bishari paraplegic and TB disease.
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Horowitz in Moscow
A recording of Horowitz’s historic 1986 recital in Moscow, the program also includes highlights of his return to his native Soviet Union–his first visit in 61 years.
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Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
In this Pacific Northwest Ballet performance, it is Christmas Eve and festivities are underway. Clara is excited when her godfather arrives with a bag full of gifts, one of which is an intriguing wooden nutcracker. That night, while the household sleeps, Clara visits the Christmas tree to inspect her nutcracker and soon finds herself immersed…
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Lohengrin
Wagner’s Romantic opera demands singing actors who can truly inhabit their parts, and that’s just what we have here. Is it possible for a Knight of the Holy Grail to look more enticing than Peter Hofmann? No wonder Elsa (Eva Marton) falls in love at first sight. Marton’s heroine is innocent, but she is also…
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L’Unique
A famous rock singer is being overtaken. Vox, the album and live producer of the singer, prepares a real revolution with the help of a scientist. With holography, they would like to create the perfect copy of the star.
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Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson
A concert film directed by and featuring the music of Laurie Anderson, filmed at the Park Theater in Union City, New Jersey, during the summer of 1985. The film includes songs from her 1984 album 1984’s “Mister Heartbreak” and selections from her 1983 “United States” show, along with eclectic, experimental visuals blending film, animation, dance…
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La Fille du Régiment
Australian Opera Chorus and Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra production of Donizetti’s opera
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Jack Vosmyorkin, American
Jack Vosmyorkin, young American with Russian origins decides to return to Russia in order to watch October Revolution in action.
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Population: 1
A defense contractor who somehow becomes the sole survivor of a nuclear holocaust. In his solitude, he traces the history of U.S. civilization in the 20th century through musical numbers.
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Knights of the City
A street Gang that is also a rap group tries to get a record contract.
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Bokra Ahla Men El-Naharda
Nemat (Lebleba) is a girl searching for her mother who has been away from her for fifteen years and has traveled to Casablanca. Nemat is upset with her father Afifi Bey (Ahmed Mazhar) who does not want to help her, so she decides to return to Egypt to get her mother’s inheritance. She meets Ahmed…
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Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
Admired as one of the best lyricists of pop rock, Bob Dylan has his name recorded in music history. During his four decades career, he has been through many facets: from acoustic to electric guitar; from politicized to religious lyrics; from minimalist to very highly sophisticated arrangements. And his characteristic voice, for some, hoarse and…
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Hail the New Puritan
A fictionalized portrait of the British dancer and choreographer Michael Clark, depicting a day in his life as he and his company prepare for a performance.
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Van Halen – Live Without a Net
Recorded live at the New Haven Veteran’s Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut on 27 AUG 1986 and released on video the following year, Live Without a Net captures Van Halen during their 5150 tour.
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Disney’s DTV Valentine
A Valentine’s Day special featuring rock and roll music set to scenes from Disney animation.
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A Smoky Mountain Christmas
A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman — and a witch.
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Electric Blue 36
A vampire and his son are on the prowl at a local strip club. Learning the ropes as a vampire becomes difficult when the son falls for a pretty dancer.