Company : original cast album
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Sondheim, Stephen, onscreen participant.
Prince, Harold, 1928-2019, onscreen participant.
Furth, George, 1932-2008, onscreen participant.
Shepard, Thomas Z. 1936- onscreen participant.
Pennebaker, D. A., film director,
Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2021].
Status
Central - Adult DVD/ Blu-ray
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Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2021].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
715515263214

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a documentary film in 1970.
General Note
Accompanying insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 690 cm, folded to 19 x12 cm) comprises full credits and essay by journalist and film historian Mark Harris.
General Note
Special features: New audio commentary by composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim; audio commentary featuring director D.A. Pennebaker, actor Elaine Stritch, and Broadway producer and director, Harold Prince (2001); new conversation among Sondheim, orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, and critic and television producer Frank Rich; new interview with Tunick on the art of orchestrating, conducted by author Ted Chapin; never-before-heard audio excerpts from interviews with Stritch and Prince, conducted by D.A. Pennebaker and Hegedus (2001); Original cast album : Co-Op (2019 episode of the TV series Documentary now! that parodies the film); reunion of the cast and crew of Original cast album : Co-Op (2020).
Creation/Production Credits
Musical numbers staged by Michael Bennett ; book by George Furth ; production director, Harold Prince ; cinematographers, Jim Desmond, Richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker.
Participants/Performers
Featuring, Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, George Furth, Thomas Z. Shepard, Dean Jones, Elaine Stritch, Barbara Barrie, George Coe, John Cunningham, Teri Ralston, Charles Kimbrough, Donna McKechnie, Charles Braswell, Susan Browning, Steve Elmore, Beth Howland, Pamela Myers, Merle Louise ; conductor, Harold Hastings.
Description
D. A. Pennebaker's up-close view of the recording of the original cast album for Stephen Sondheim's groundbreaking concept musical Company is the holy grail for both documentary and theater aficionados, a rare glimpse behind the Broadway curtain.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby monaural.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Sondheim, S., Prince, H., Furth, G., Shepard, T. Z. 1., Pennebaker, D. A., Feldman, C., Crichton, J., Jones, D., Stritch, E., Barrie, B., Coe, G., Cunningham, J., Ralston, T., Kimbrough, C., McKechnie, D., Braswell, C., Browning, S., Elmore, S., Howland, B., Myers, P., Louise, M., Hastings, H., & Sondheim, S. (2021). Company: original cast album (DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stephen, Sondheim et al.. 2021. Company: Original Cast Album. The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stephen, Sondheim et al.. Company: Original Cast Album The Criterion Collection, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Sondheim, Stephen,, et al. Company: Original Cast Album DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2021.

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