Try to remember : the Fantasticks / a Still Moving Pictures, Inc. & Mad Dog Films, Inc. production ; produced by Eli Kabillio and James A. Ruggiero ; directed by Eli Kabillio.

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A recounting of the history of The Fantasticks which ran off-Broadway for nearly 42 years. The show played eight times a week for a total of 17,162 performances. Interviews with stars who got their start in the show, which opened May 3, 1960 and closed on Jan. 13, 2002. Also includes interviews with...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Zeitgeist Films
Other Authors: Kabillio, Eli
Orbach, Jerry
Abraham, F. Murray
Montalbán, Ricardo
Gould, Elliott
Minnelli, Liza
Schmidt, Harvey
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: New York, NY : Zeitgeist Films, [2003], ©2003.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Schmidt, Harvey. > Fantasticks.
Musicals > United States > History and criticism.
Musicals > Production and direction > United States.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary > Feature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Fantasticks (Schmidt, Harvey)
Musicals.
Musicals > Production and direction.
United States.
Genre:
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Feature.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Fantasticks.
Try to remember the Fantasticks.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A recounting of the history of The Fantasticks which ran off-Broadway for nearly 42 years. The show played eight times a week for a total of 17,162 performances. Interviews with stars who got their start in the show, which opened May 3, 1960 and closed on Jan. 13, 2002. Also includes interviews with the composer, Harvey Schmidt, the lyricist, Tom Jones, the original producer, Lore Noto, and members of the cast from the final performance. Includes excerpts from the final performance.
Note:Premiered as the lead-off film of the film festival, VisionFest '03.
Special features: Deleted scenes; Fantasticks ephemera gallery with vintage posters and photos; original theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CL2 D0046250 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Credits:Director of photography, David Sperling ; editor, Sean Casey.
System Details:DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
Participant or Performer:
Interviews with past and present cast members: Jerry Orbach, F. Murray Abraham, Ricardo Montalban, Elliott Gould, Liza Minnelli, Glenn Close, Richard Chamberlin, John Carradine, Jim Cook, David Edwards, Jeremy Ellison-Gladstone, Ira Joe Fisher, Rita Gardner, Natasha Harper, Tom Jones, Lore Noto, Harvey Schmidt, William Tost, Bill Weedan.
Event Details:
Final performance by the Sullivan Street final cast and crew.