{"product_id":"company-criterion-blu-ray","title":"Company - Original Cast Album","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Criterion:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis holy grail for both documentary and theater aficionados offers a tantalizingly rare glimpse behind the Broadway curtain. In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking concept musical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCompany,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the renowned composer and lyricist, his director Harold Prince, the show’s stars, and a large pit orchestra all went into a Manhattan recording studio as part of a time-honored Broadway tradition: the making of the original cast album. What ensued was a marathon session in which, with the pressures of posterity and the coolly exacting Sondheim’s perfectionism hanging over them, all involved pushed themselves to the limit—including theater legend Elaine Stritch, who fought anxiety and exhaustion to record her iconic rendition of “The Ladies Who Lunch.” With thrilling immediacy, legendary filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker offers an up-close view of the larger-than-life personalities, frayed-nerve energy, and explosive creative intensity that go into capturing the magic of live performance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-feature-title-field=\"\" class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eBLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-special-features-field=\"\" class=\"product-features-list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by Chris Hegedus and Nate Pennebaker, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew audio commentary by composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary from 2001 featuring director D.A. Pennebaker, actor Elaine Stritch, and Broadway producer and director Harold Prince\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew conversation among Sondheim, orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, and critic and television producer Frank Rich\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with Tunick on the art of orchestrating, conducted by author Ted Chapin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNever-before-heard audio excerpts from interviews with Stritch and Prince, conducted by D. A. Pennebaker and Hegedus in 2001\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e“Original Cast Album: Co-Op,”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea 2019 episode of the TV series\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDocumentary Now!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethat parodies the film\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReunion of the cast and crew of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Original Cast Album: Co-Op”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecorded in 2020, featuring director Alexander Buono; writer-actor John Mulaney; actors Renée Elise Goldsberry, Richard Kind, Alex Brightman, and Paula Pell; and composer Eli Bolin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by author Mark Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew cover by Raphael Geroni\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 quillgray\"\u003eFilm Info\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"film-meta-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Country\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"countryOfOrigin\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"name\"\u003eUnited States\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1970\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-duration-field=\"\"\u003e53 minutes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-aspect-ratio-field=\"\"\u003e1.33:1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Language\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"name\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpine #1090\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Blue Rose Video \u0026 More","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52458749231421,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1002\/8158\/1885\/files\/Company.jpg?v=1785254326","url":"https:\/\/bluerosevideo.com\/products\/company-criterion-blu-ray","provider":"Blue Rose Video \u0026 More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}