 |
|
 | |
 | |
|
|
| |
| |
A television remake of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic film, made as a stage version with an audience. I expected to dislike this version as a pale copy of the thrilling original, but it was surprisingly good.
Hugh Jackman is not as powerful a singer as he could be, but other performances were ample, and Maureen Lipman was excellent as Aunt Eller. Shuler Hensley was supreme as Judd Fry, infinitely more believable and truly scary than the sanitised Rod Steiger in the original.
Much of the spoken dialogue between the musical numbers differs from the 1955 version, actually remaining true to the Broadway (stage) version which this returns to. In my opinion it is the better for it, with the development of the plot better and more logically worked out. This is notwithstanding the stage setting, with no attempt to cut in external shots, which were not well accomplished in the original film.
As in the 1955 version, Will Parker has to raise $50 quickly, and is selling some of his treasured possessions, intended for Annie after his wedding, to the pedlar, Ali Hakim. Looking through the goods, Hakim holds up a fine nightgown to himself and says, "That's a cracker ... "
Parker snatches it from him and holds it up to himself and says, "Get your hands off of that ... that was for our wedding night."
Hakim quips, "It don't fit you so good."
Ali Hakim is played by Peter Polycarpou, well known to British television viewers as one of the jailed husbands in the series, Birds of a Feather.
HF January 2004
 |
This Page: Oklahoma! (1999)Return to Alphabetical Index PageReturn to Home Page |
Hazel Freeman's |
 |
Jenni Olson |
and hosted at |
|
Visitors from the US and Canada can help support this site by shopping for LGBT DVDs using this WolfeVideo.com affiliate link. The commission we earn from your purchases will directly support the continued existence of this website. Thank you!
