Subgenre Sampler
Performing Arts: 239 Films to Buy & Rent
King Richard III (1989)
- Dir. Michael Bogdanov
Feat. Michael Pennington, Roger Booth, June Watson…
- Michael Pennington and The English Shakespeare Company’s internationally acclaimed production of King Richard III. The final installment of the…
Mack the Knife (1989)
- Dir. Menahem Golan
Feat. Raul Julia, Richard Harris, Julie Walters…
- Muddled adaptation of The Threepenny Opera is notable for some pretty inept dance sequences and some rather overt mugging by some well–known…
La Boheme (Puccini) (1988)
- Dir. Brian Large
Feat. Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti
- Superlative production of one of the greatest operas, conducted by Tiziano Severini.
Three Seats for the 26th (1988)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Yves Montand, Mathilda May, Francoise Fabian
- Musical maestro Jacques Demy's last picture was this pseudo–documentary conceived around singer and actor Yves Montand, who returns to his home…
Turandot (Puccini) (1988)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Placido Domingo
- One of the finest versions of Puccini's opera is this filmed version of 1988 Metropolitan Opera production featuring Placido Domingo, Eva Marton and…
Twelfth Night (1988)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Richard Briers, Caroline Langrishe
- Kenneth Branagh restages his Renaissance Theatre production of the popular comedy for Thames Television with a top cast of English thespians.
Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, The / The Rainbow (1988-1992)
- Dir. Katie Mitchell, Stuart Burge
Feat. Zoe Wanamaker, Stephen Dillane, Colin Firth…
- A 1992 BBC "Performance" theatre production of The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, D.H. Lawrence's portrayal of a woman married to a loutish miner whom she…
Aria (1987)
- Dir. various
- This original concept film marries an impressive array of big–league (art) director's; Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean…
Carmen (Bizet) (1987)
- Dir. Brian Large
Feat. Agnes Baltsa, Jose Carreras
- Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.
Complete Talking Heads, The (TV Miniseries) (1987-1998)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Alan Bennett
Feat. Alan Bennett, Stephanie Cole, Thora Hird…
- Much–feted 1980s TV series comprising a series of six stage monologues by renowned playwright Alan Bennett, devised to depict various suffering…