Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "rock opera"

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Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band ** (1978, Peter Frampton, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Frankie Howerd, Paul Nicholas, George Burns, Donald Pleasence, Carol Channing, Steve Martin) – Classic Movie Review 11,518

Director Michael Schultz’s 1978 film Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band features Seventies pop superstars the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton, who impersonate the Beatles in this daft musical comedy that features new versions of […]

Aug, 26

Jesus Christ Superstar *** (1973, Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Bob Bingham, Josh Mostel) – Classic Movie Review 5676

Director Norman Jewison’s greatly maligned 1973 movie of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical – or rock opera as there are no spoken lines and everything is sung – is valuable as an impressive attempt […]

Jun, 27

Phantom of the Paradise **** (1974, Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, George Memmoli, Gerrit Graham) – Classic Movie Review 4433

Writer-director Brian De Palma’s technically imaginative 1974 film revision of The Phantom of the Opera updates the horror old story to modern-day America and the pop scene of the early Seventies, turning it into a […]

Sep, 28

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