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Omnibus

Title: Omnibus: The making of Sunset Boulevard [videorecording] / Associate producer, Jenny King ; executive producer, Roger Thompson ; produced and directed by Alan Benson ; [produced for] BBC-TV.
Publication: London, c1993.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (65 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Summary

Documentary on the creation of the stage musical Sunset Boulevard, featuring interviews with composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, director Trevor Nunn, performer Glenn Close, and others involved with the production. Includes performance sequences from the London and Los Angeles productions, clips from the 1949 film on which the musical was based, and interviews with actress Nancy Olson, who co-starred in the movie, and former President Ronald Reagan, who discusses his friend William Holden, the film's leading man.
Following the documentary, there are brief segments from British television news programs concerning the West End production of Sunset Boulevard. Includes an interview with Betty Buckley and John Barrowman, who appeared in the revised London production of the show in 1994. Barrowman performs the show's title song. Also includes brief performance footage featuring Patti LuPone, who appeared in the London production in 1993.

Alternative Title

Making of Sunset Boulevard

Subjects

Genre/Form

Documentaries and factual works.
Television.
Interviews.

Note

Audio quality is erratic. Low buzz throughout.
Episode of Omnibus ends at 50:11. News segements begin at 50:21 and continue to 65:00.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

Interviews: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton, Glenn Close, Trevor Nunn, Nancy Olson, George Perry, Ronald Reagan, Sondra Farrell Bazrod, Don Black, Mike Ockrent, A. C. Lyles, John Barrowman, and Betty Buckley.

Event (note)

Originally broadcast on BBC-TV, London, England, 1993.

Call Number

NCOX 943

OCLC

965552461

Title

Omnibus: The making of Sunset Boulevard [videorecording] / Associate producer, Jenny King ; executive producer, Roger Thompson ; produced and directed by Alan Benson ; [produced for] BBC-TV.

Imprint

London, c1993.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

Interviews: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton, Glenn Close, Trevor Nunn, Nancy Olson, George Perry, Ronald Reagan, Sondra Farrell Bazrod, Don Black, Mike Ockrent, A. C. Lyles, John Barrowman, and Betty Buckley.

Event

Originally broadcast on BBC-TV, London, England, 1993.

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Added Author

King, Jenny, producer.

Thompson, Roger, producer.

Benson, Alan, producer.

Benson, Alan, director.

Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948- interviewee.

Hampton, Christopher, 1946- interviewee.

Close, Glenn, 1947- interviewee.

Close, Glenn, 1947- performer.

Nunn, Trevor, interviewee.

Olson, Nancy, 1928- interviewee.

Perry, George, 1935- interviewee.

Reagan, Ronald, interviewee.

Bazrod, Sondra Farrell, interviewee.

Black, Don, interviewee.

Ockrent, Mike, interviewee.

Lyles, A. C., 1918-2013, interviewee.

Barrowman, John, 1967- interviewee.

Barrowman, John, 1967- performer.

Buckley, Betty, interviewee.

Buckley, Betty, performer.

Korn, Paul, donor.

British Broadcasting Corporation, producer.

Research Call Number

NCOX 943

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