Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (film)
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Directed by | Universal Pictures (UK) Limited |
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Running time | 1 hour 16 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a 1999 British
Plot
The film depicts Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat being performed to a primary school assembly hall, where the children become the chorus of the musical while the teachers and staff become its characters.
The audience are introduced to
Pharaoh himself has been having some confusing dreams. Upon hearing about Joseph, Pharaoh calls him to interpret his dreams, which Joseph interprets as seven plentiful years followed by seven years of famine. Impressed, Pharaoh puts Joseph in charge of planning for the famine, and he rises to Vizier of Egypt. Back in Canaan, Joseph's family are suffering in the famine, and his brothers begin to regret their actions. They travel to Egypt and beg Joseph for supplies, not recognising him. He tests them by setting up the youngest, Benjamin, to accuse him of theft, and the brothers beg Joseph to let him go. Seeing their change of heart, Joseph reveals his identity, and is joyously reunited with his family.
Cast
- Joseph
- Maria Friedman as Narrator
- Richard Attenborough as Jacob
- Ian McNeice as Potiphar
- Mrs. Potiphar
- Robert Torti as Pharaoh
- Christopher Biggins as The Baker
- Alex Jennings as The Butler
- Nicolas Colicos as Reuben
- Jeff Blumenkrantz as Simeon
- David J. Higgins as Levi
- Shaun Henson as Naphtali
- Patrick Clancy as Issachar
- Martin Callaghan as Asher
- Sebastien Torkia as Dan
- Michael Small as Zebulun
- Peter Challis as Gad
- Nick Holmes as Benjamin
- Gerry McIntyre as Judah
- Amanda Courtney-Davies as Wife/Apache Dancer
Musical numbers
Act One
- "Prologue" – Narrator
- "Any Dream Will Do" – , Male Ensemble, Children
- "Close Every Door" – Joseph, Ensemble Children
- "Go, Go, Go Joseph" – Joseph, Narrator, Butler, Baker, Ensemble, Children
Act Two
- "Pharaoh Story" – Narrator, Ensemble, Children
- "Poor, Poor Pharaoh" – Joseph, Narrator, Pharaoh, Butler, Ensemble
- "Song of the King" – Pharaoh, Ensemble, Children
- "Pharaoh's Dreams Explained" – Joseph, Ensemble, Children
- "Stone the Crows" – Joseph, Narrator, Pharaoh, Female Ensemble
- "Those Canaan Days" – Simeon, Jacob, Brothers
- "The Brothers Come To Egypt/Grovel, Grovel" – Joseph, Narrator, Brothers, Female Ensemble, Children
- "Who's the Thief?" – Joseph, Narrator, Brothers, Female Ensemble, Children
- "Benjamin Calypso" – Judah, Brothers (but Benjamin), Female Ensemble
- "Joseph All the Time" – Joseph, Narrator, Female Ensemble, Children
- "Jacob in Egypt" – Ensemble
- "Any Dream Will Do (Reprise)/Give Me My Coloured Coat" – Joseph, Narrator, Ensemble, Children
- "Joseph Megamix" – Full Company
Release
The film was originally shot as a feature film, but ended up being released directly to video.
Reception
Reviews of the film were generally positive."[4] The film has been described by PBS as being a "lively interpretation."[5] Michael Dequina, online film critic for "TheMovieReport.com", described the film as a "sweet, candy-colored confection for the entire family."[6]
References
- ^ Mark Deming (2013). "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
- ^ "Donny Osmond and 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' coming to movie theaters (video)". M Live. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ "Lloyd Webber catalog repackaged for video". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ "Introduction". PBS. 5 April 2000. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". TheMovieReport. Retrieved 2013-11-10.