Subgenre Sampler
Performing Arts: 239 Films to Buy & Rent
- Best of Victor Borge: Act One & Two, The (1990)
- Feat. Victor Borge
- A collection of live performances and routines from the inimitable Victor Borge – raconteur, pianist, comedian and more.
- Discovering Hamlet (1990)
- Dir. Mark Olshaker
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Patrick Stewart
- Invaluable documenting of Derek Jacobi's 1988 production of Hamlet with a young Kenneth Branagh in the lead. Focussing solely on the rehearsal…
- Hamlet (1990)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates…
- Mel Gibson pulls off a creditable lead performance as the melancholy Dane, certainly aided by the director's eye for detail, and top supporting…
- Hamlet (1990)
- Dir. Kevin Kline
Feat. Kevin Kline, Diane Venora
- A traditional stage version of Shakespeare's classic, essentially filming Joseph Papp's 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival production. Kline is…
- Three Tenors, The (1990)
- Feat. Luciano Pavarotti, Michael Carreras, Placido Domingo
- Three of the greatest living voices assemble for one formidable concert appearance at the Terme di Caracalla in Rome. Arias include Nessum Dorma, O…
- Henry IV (1989)
- Dir. Michael Bogdanov
Feat. Michael Cronin, Barry Stanton, Michael Pennington…
- Michael Pennington and The English Shakespeare Company’s internationally acclaimed production of Henry IV tells of the aftermath of Henry…
- Henry V (1989)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed…
- A remarkable achievement from Kenneth Branagh both as actor and first–time director, he brings a new vitality to Shakespeare's most energetic…
- Henry V (1989)
- Dir. Michael Bogdanov
Feat. Barry Stanton, Michael Pennington, Andrew Jarvis…
- Michael Pennington and The English Shakespeare Company’s internationally acclaimed production of Henry V – England's greatest warrior king…
- Henry VI (1989)
- Dir. Michael Bogdanov
Feat. Barry Stanton, Michael Pennington, June Watson…
- Michael Pennington and The English Shakespeare Company’s internationally acclaimed production of Henry VI – the tragic history of a king who…
- King Richard II (1989)
- Dir. Michael Bogdanov
Feat. Colin Farrell, Michael Pennington, Michael Cronin…
- Michael Pennington and The English Shakespeare Company’s internationally acclaimed production of King Richard II – who became England's…