Camelot Winner Mentions Broadway Recording
May 11th 2012 15:11
We have picked our winner! Martin Willet is the lucky guy to score this memorable movie. Martin mentioned that he has the original cast album from the Broadway show with Richard Burton, Julie Andrews and Robert Goulet.
With that, I wonder if Burton would have out performed Harris in the movie - no telling. What about Andrews?
Camelot is a movie every movie lover wants in their library. The oft-told tales of Arthurian legend have always been fertile ground for art. With countless books, films and songs on the subject, there have been many interpretations of Merlin, the Knights of the Round Table, and the glories of the kingdom of Camelot and the doomed love triangle of King Arthur, Lady Guenevere and Sir Lancelot du Lac.
The musical Camelot, however, remains the most iconic. Consider the historical context of the piece. Originated for the stage in 1960, Camelot coincided with the presidency of a young John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was a big fan of Camelot; he identified with King Arthur and, according to the First Lady, she and the President would often listen to the soundtrack before going to bed at night. Tragically, and ironically, just as Arthur’s rule lasted for “one brief, shining moment,” so did Kennedy’s and the press forever linked the two legendary leaders many hundreds of years apart. Camelot is emblematic of JFK and, as such, it is emblematic of an era.
The celebrated movie is directed by Joshua Logan and starsRichard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero.
Such a lavish version of the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe Broadway success with the lead roles originally portrayed on Broadway by Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, and Robert Goulet. The musical, based on T.H. White's "The Once and Future King", chronicles the legend of King Arthur (Richard Harris) and his tortured love affair with his queen Guenevere (Vanessa Redgrave).
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