Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
#0Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 1:34pm
Would this Amazon link be to the film, or to the stage version?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00062J07G/qid%3D1118424553/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-0734179-2050532
I never knew the stage version was available on DVD. Wonder if any other shows from the past were recorded for release (as opposed to recorded for the Library) - but never put it on VHS.
--Aristotle
Act4ever
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/04
#1re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 1:40pm
above it it says "the original sensation, Oh Calcutta" and the subtitle says "The Worlds Longest Running Erotic Stage Musical" so maybe it is the stage version?? interesting.
Updated On: 6/10/05 at 01:40 PM
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 1:44pmThe stage version was at one time available on VHS. I'm assuming this is just a transferrence to DVD.
#3re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 1:56pm
Are you sure? In this article, he says an 80's VHS released was supposed to happen, but presumably didn't.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/l.cfm?id=75390
--Aristotle
#4re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 2:01pmYes, there was a home video release of Oh! Calcutta! Remember seeing it -- it had Bill Macy in it.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#5re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 2:06pm
"Directed by Levy, the film version is for the most part a tape of the stage production, apparently made in 1972. I'm not sure that the movie ever had theatrical exhibition, and may have been shot for closed-circuit television, an early form of cable."
This version was released on VHS. I have rented it from the video store. TLA Video in the West Village used to have a copy of it.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 2:09pmThe package for the DVD is different. The VHS had the woman with towel around her waist, but nothing on top.
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#7re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 2:12pmWhat took the place of the Edison Theatre? I can't remember.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 2:14pm
"What took the place of the Edison Theatre? I can't remember."
I think it's now a cabaret club.
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#10re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 2:26pmKen Mandelbaum is reviewing this very DVD today over at Broadway.com. Odd coincidence, huh?
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#11re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 3:24pmI own the video -- just terrible.
#12re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 3:36pmthank you Margo, I won't get it then......
november
Featured Actor Joined: 5/17/05
#13re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 3:39pmIt was a very unusual show I remember seeing it on B'way yrs ago 36 yrs ago I think
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#14re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 3:49pmI agree with Margo. This has to be one of the worst videos to sit through. Horrible sketches. Horrible nudity. Horrible show. Doesn't even have any camp value.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#15re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 5:36pmThe Edison Theatre was the ballroom of the Edison Hotel. It is now "The Supper Club".
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#16re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:27pmInteresting historical document, though, and several of the original cast are in it including the late George Welbes.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#17re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:03pm
Where was the Eden theatre that Oh, Calcutta premiered at?
What does the title refer to?
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#18re: Oh! Calcutta! is on DVD?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:15pmI believe it is a French pun...I know I'll get the spelling wrong..Oh! Quelle que t'as!...loosely translated as "Oh! What a nice ass!"
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