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#1

"Broadway: The Golden Age" Film

Posted: 11/25/05 at 5:39am

I was just browsing the net and I found there exists a film, dated 2004 and called "Broadway: The Golden Age- By The Legends Who Were There". I cannot seem to yet find anything else about this other than it is an unrated documentary by Rick McKay and runs 111 minutes, But wait, here's the cast list:
CAST

Edie Adams -
Bea Arthur -
Carol Burnett -
Elizabeth Ashley -
Kitty Carlisle Hart -
Jerry Herman -
Jeremy Irons -
Michele Lee -
James Naughton -
Janis Paige -
Stephen Sondheim -
Leslie Uggams -
Gwen Verdon -
Alec Baldwin -
Carol Channing -
Cy Feurer -
Farley Granger -
Mimi Hines -
Anne Jackson -
Hal Linden -
Patricia Neal -
Donald Pippin -
Kim Stanley -
Betsy Von Furstenberg -
Kaye Ballard -
Betty Comden -
Adolph Green -
Arlene Dahl -
Phil Ford -
Al Hirschfeld -
Derek Jacobi -
Miles Kreuger -
Shirley MacLaine -
Ann Miller -
Gretchen Wyler -
Tommy Tune -
Vincent Sherman -
Gena Rowlands -
Chita Rivera -
Rex Reed -
Jerry Orbach -
Robert Morse -
Donna McKechnie -
Carol Lawrence -
Angela Lansbury -
John Kenley -
Kim Hunter -
June Havoc -
Julie Harris -
Robert Goulet -
Nanette Fabray -
Hume Cronyn -
Elaine Stritch -
Eva Marie Saint -
Martin Landau -
Betty Garrett -
Hal Prince -
Phyllis Newman -
Jane Powell -
Elliott Reed -
Maureen Stapleton -
Eli Wallach -
Betsy Blair -
Barbara Cook -
Charles Durning -
Tammy Grimes -
Celeste Holm -
Lainie Kazan -
Karl Malden -
Liliane Montevecchi -
Fayard Nicholas -
Charles Nelson Reilly -
Tony Roberts -
Tom Bosley -
Carol Cook -
Fred Ebb -
Ben Gazzara -
Uta Hagen -
Rosemary Harris -
Sally Ann Howes -
Joan Kobin -
Frank Langella -
Arthur Laurents -
Patricia Morison -
Harold Nicholas -
Diana Rigg -
Mary Rodgers -
Marian Seldes -
Now, If this thing is on DVD I MUST find a copy, Has ANYONE out there seen it and, if so, any exceptional content?
"It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance." - Elizabeth Taylor
#2

re: 'Broadway: The Golden Age' Film

Posted: 11/25/05 at 8:08am

This is a GREAT documentary that everyone on this board should own. It is available on DVD (got mine thru amazon.com) and at this time, there are two sequels planned.
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#4

re: 'Broadway: The Golden Age' Film

Posted: 11/25/05 at 8:51am

there are some GREAT clips from both musicals and straight theatre. I watch this ALL THE TIME. When are the sequels supposed to come out? I thought the "Next Generation" was supposed to be out at the end of this year, but I haven't heard anything about it.
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#5

re: 'Broadway: The Golden Age' Film

Posted: 11/25/05 at 9:07am

I LOVE bway: the golden age

both the interviews and (very rare) clips are amazing. definately worth owning
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#6

re: 'Broadway: The Golden Age' Film

Posted: 11/25/05 at 10:54am

Brilliant documentary.

Great stories, great people, great photos and great footage.

Did I mention it was great?
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#8

re: 'Broadway: The Golden Age' Film

Posted: 11/25/05 at 12:38pm

I saw this at the Anjelika--and of course, cried and laughed alot. And Stritchie has the last word; doesn't she always?
#9

re: 'Broadway: The Golden Age' Film

Posted: 11/25/05 at 12:46pm

I also think it is a great film. According to the website a sequel will be coming out in 2006. www.broadwaythemovie.com is the website I think.
Its not where you start its where you finish..
#10

re: 'Broadway: The Golden Age' Film

Posted: 11/25/05 at 12:47pm

I saw this at the theater as well - all it did was depress me with the realization that I was born about 40 years too late.

There are clips from the new one on the DVD.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

Updated On: 11/25/05 at 12:47 PM

#12

re: 'Broadway: The Golden Age' Film

Posted: 11/25/05 at 10:16pm

You can rent this DVD from the Blockbuster OnLine service. Mine is on its way to me. I ordered it not knowing what it was and now I'm excited to get it!
<-- Tevye, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, March 2018
#13

re: 'Broadway: The Golden Age' Film

Posted: 11/25/05 at 10:26pm

It's a shame people have never heard of this. A year ago it was all we could talk about here on BroadwayWorld.com.

It is an EXTREMELY GOOD documentary that had a release in LA/NY and a select few other cities.

There are two sequels in the works:
1) BROADWAY - MORE OF THE GOLDEN AGE
2) BROADWAY - THE NEXT GENERATION

For information on all of Rick McKay's BROADWAY documentaries, visit http://www.broadwaythemovie.com

I wouldn't worry about renting it. Go ahead and buy it via Amazon.com. You won't be sorry. When I bought it, I watched it twice in a row - I HAD to see it again. And the bonus features - the HOURS worth of bonus features - are BRILLIANT!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
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#14

re: 'Broadway: The Golden Age' Film

Posted: 11/25/05 at 10:29pm

I just watched the clips and am getting the DVD, I had just come across it and had never heard a thing about it, I hope he does the follow ups too, Sounds great! Thanks!
"It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance." - Elizabeth Taylor
#16

re: 'Broadway: The Golden Age' Film

Posted: 11/26/05 at 5:10am

This isn't a film you want to rent - it's definitely a keeper. I pop it in and watch it whenever I'm in the mood to travel back to the golden age - at least in my mind. I can't count the number of times I've watched it. It's the best film on Broadway I've ever seen.
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#17

re: 'Broadway: The Golden Age' Film

Posted: 11/26/05 at 8:25am

Yay for Scout in the avatar!

I watch it whenever I'm in the "mood" too. This and the BROADWAY - THE AMERICAN MUSICAL documentary but that's more of a historical series. GOLDEN AGE is more opinionated.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
#18

re: 'Broadway: The Golden Age' Film

Posted: 11/26/05 at 2:08pm

Wonderful Documentary. I loved the glimpes of LANSBURY in MAME, and the sections on Kim Stanley and Laurette Taylor are inspirations.

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