Dom Robinson reviews
Michael Flatley: Lord Of The Dance
Distributed by
Polygram
Cat.no: 047 810 2
Cert: E
Running time: 92 minutes
Year: 1996
Pressing: 1998
Region(s): 2 (UK PAL)
Chapters: 22 plus extras
Sound: MPEG Stereo
Languages: English
Subtitles: None
Fullscreen: 4:3
16:9-enhanced: No
Macrovision: Yes
Price: £17.99
Extras : Scene index, Biographies.
Director:
Producer:
Stage Director:
Original Music Score For Stage & Film:
Conducting And Orchestration:
Creator and Choreographer:
Cast:
(Riverdance )
Saoirse, the Irish Coleen: Bernardette Flynn
Don Dorcha, the Dark Lord: Daire Nolan
Morrighan, the Temptress: Gillian Norris
The Little Spirit: Helen Egan
Erin, the Goddess: Anne Buckley
Filmed Anne Dudley ,
one of the original line-up for The Art Of Noise and winner of an Oscar
for Best Original Score for the British smash-hit film "The Full Monty" ,
inspiring original music by Ronan Hardiman and exhilarating dance
starring the sensational Michael Flatley with supporting characters
Bernadette Flynn, Daire Nolan, Gillian Norris, Helen Egan and
Anne Buckley , Lord Of The Dance is a rare and magical experience.
Michael Flatley takes to the stage in a stunning Celtic dance spectacular which
re-tells Irish folk legend in a dazzling and updated style.
Join us when time stood still and Erin was goddess of all... The stories had
all been written and everyone knew their parts. But the ancient clans, sitting
in their stone circles, heard mumblings and the spirit's dream was troubled. A
new dark power had emerged to challenge the Lord Of The Dance.
There are 22 chapters and the listing is as follows :
Act One
1. Cry of the Celts
Act 2
1. Dangerous Game
The picture quality of this disc is damn-near perfect, with artifacts only
really noticeable on close-up inspection. This is quite important for a
production such as this which uses a whole spectrum of vibrant colours, not
least in the finale which is full of blue hues coming across perfectly.
There's also plenty to shout about in the sound department as the orchestra
kicks in and the dancing feet beat all around you.
In similar fashion to Dead Man Walking , the onscreen menus don't respond
too well when used in a PC DVD-ROM player, but the onscreen remote control
bypasses this problem perfectly well once you get used to it.
Another thing to note is that on playing the disc you can't skip past the
Polygram logo and copyright info.
Extras :
Chapters :
Cast and Production Notes :
Also Available :
Languages :
Overall,
Although DVDs have a large amount of space available on them, there's probably
not a lot more that could have gone on this disc, apart from make it a
double-bill with Riverdance . It's good to see, though, that Polygram
aren't restricting themselves to just one type of entertainment to release,
but are also broadening their range of titles with this and
The Original Three Tenors
Concert
FILM : ***
PICTURE QUALITY : ****½
SOUND QUALITY : ****
EXTRAS : *
PACKAGE : **
Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 1998.
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