Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
#1Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:10pm
Per the PBS website at 8 p.m.. I noticed it on the WETA website also (that PBS in WAshington DC)
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#2re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:48pmAnd the DVD comes out on the 6th.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#2re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/1/09 at 1:06pm
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Release Date: January 6, 2009
Run Time: 141 minutes
Now on DVD, this romantic Broadway hit starring Oscar winner Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda), Jennifer Garner (Juno) and Daniel Sunjata (TV's Rescue Me), wowed both critics and audiences. This classic tale of romance and tragedy tells the touching story of the big-nosed poet and philosopher Cyrano who feeds the handsome but empty-headed Christian the honey'd words to win the love of the beautiful Roxanne.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#3re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/1/09 at 2:10pm
I have my DVD copy on pre-order, as I'll be out of the country for the next month beginning Monday.
I was hoping it would be shipped early so I could watch it on the plane, but no.
#4re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 11:45amJust a little reminder for those who don't have the dvd.
Misha77
Swing Joined: 10/23/06
#5re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 2:40pm
I'm so excited to watch this tonight.
I feel like I've waited forever, haha.
#8re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 6:31pm
I'm really excited for this. 
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"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
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SporkGoddess
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#9re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 6:34pmPBS isn't loading for me! Is it at 9 EST?
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
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#10re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 6:41pmI live in New Jersey and have DishNetwork. For me, it is on local channel 13 from 8:00 - 10:30 PM.
#11re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 6:42pmOn WHYY in Philadelphia it's on at 9pm and on WNET in NYC it's on at 8pm
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#12re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 7:48pm
Okay, it FINALLY loaded and it's on at 8 PM here.
Thanks 
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#13re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 8:18pmOnly 18 minutes into it and i love it so much. This, in my opinion, was the best play I saw last year. I'm so glad it was filmed!!
#14re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 8:36pmThis is a lot better than I remember it being. Maybe my perception of the show was skewed. I was sitting in the last row of the mezzanine and I think I missed a lot of the subtlety of movement and facial expressions, as well as some of the dialogue. I'm enjoying the camera work too.
#15re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 8:42pmAny screen-to-stage actors should take a cue from Jennifer Garner. She's excellent.
#16re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 8:43pmRegrettably, I'm falling asleep...
#17re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 8:44pmI forgot how much I loved this play... and this production. It's so great to be able to see it again! Thank God for PBS!
#18re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 8:47pmI forgot it was on tonight---but luckily I'll be able to catch it tomoorow night!
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#19re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 8:48pm
"Any screen-to-stage actors should take a cue from Jennifer Garner. She's excellent."
I agree. I hope she works on Broadway again. This cast was perfection.
gilvisto
Understudy Joined: 8/2/08
#20re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 9:00pm
SPOILER ALERT: (if you can spoil a classic)
I disagree with you. I thought Jennifer's performance was over-the-top to the point of being distracting. I felt the same way about Le Bret, and at certain points Le Guiche. Given that I know Garner and the others can do better, I am guessing that it was the director's choice to intentionally "dumb down" the masterpiece as to make it more accessible to the average theater-goer. While I understand this decision, it saddens me. This particular adaptation was not my favorite either, several of my favorite lines were cut, and the death scene was re-arranged. I guess it was for dramatic irony (you learn Cyrano is dying before you see him in Act V), but I felt the original version (with the audience learning about what happened an hour before supper on the night of the 26th in the middle of the scene) was much more poignant.
I also was confused as to why Ragueneau seemed a much smaller part than I remember him. They cut his recipe and his arrival at Arras seemed much more casual than I envision it (I have read three different translations and watched three others, now that this one is included)...
I was disappointed by a great deal of it, but perhaps my expectations were too high...
Now for the good points:
Kevin Kline was brilliant. He pegged the attitude of a great hero of mine, and I loved it.
The set was also brilliant. The balcony scene's staging was the best version I've ever seen, and better than any I've imagined.
The story still made me cry.
It's not impossible...
Updated On: 1/7/09 at 09:00 PM
Roscoe
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#21re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 9:05pmAfter an hour I'm ready to turn it off. Some really painfully bad acting from everybody except Kline, who is just a joy to watch. The direction for television is really bad, and there are some pretty obvious cuts made to the stage production: beginnings of scenes have been cut, fade ins are happening on scenes that have clearly been going on for some time.
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gilvisto
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#22re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 9:08pmOh, please do endure the bad parts. It's still Cyrano.
It's not impossible...
#23re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 9:09pmReady to turn it off? I can't wait to watch it a second time. The camera work is wonderful!
WiCkEDrOcKS
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#24re: Cyrano de Bergerac on PBS January 7
Posted: 1/7/09 at 9:21pm
I'm very, very sorry I missed this production.
Its fantastic so far...just fantastic. Sunjata is pretty terrible but besides that everything else is wonderful. Kline is brilliant and Garner is great.
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