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Annie [1999]

starring: Alicia Morton, Kathy Bates, Alan Cumming, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth
directed by: Rob Marshall

Release Date March 29, 2004
After reading other reviews slating this film for a less exciting ending and having missing songs.... please read up on the history of this musical. It is a stage production and this Disney version stays very true to the stage musical and score. There are still omissions, in particular the Herbert Hoover song by the homeless people and also the Tomorrow song in the White House. But in the main it is a much more realistic adaptation than the Aileen Quinn 1981 film which just changed huge chunks and added songs (like the hideous Let's Go to the Movies sequence instead of the much more captivating NYC). How anyone can prefer the 1981 version is beyond me, the characters of Annie, Grace and Warbucks are so much more likeable in this one and Kathy ... Read More:

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Private Practice: The Complete First Season (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Kate Walsh, Tim Daly, Audra McDonald, Paul Adelstein, KaDee Strickland
directed by: Arvin Brown, David Solomon, Helen Shaver, James Frawley, Jeffrey Melman

Release Date September 16, 2008
Ok, another spin-off series. expected it to be just ok. In fact i found it one of the best spin-offs I have ever watched. great new characters as well as Addison who we all hated at first but grew to love. Good and different new story lines. And best of all, a new love interest for Addison. Cant wait for season 2

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Wit [2001][Region 1][NTSC] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, Jonathan M. Woodward
directed by: Mike Nichols

Release Date September 11, 2001
The seller of this product is sending me the incorect region and has refused to reinburse me i would warn against buying from this seller.
Great film though

CD-Charts Position 4
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Weill/Brecht - Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny [2007]

starring: Patti LuPone, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Audra McDonald, Anthony Dean Griffey

Release Date November 26, 2007
The seller of this product is sending me the incorect region and has refused to reinburse me i would warn against buying from this seller.
Great film though

CD-Charts Position 5
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A Raisin in the Sun [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Paula Boudreau, Alexandra Cheron, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Elle Downs, Ron C. Jones
directed by: Kenny Leon

Release Date May 13, 2008
I bought this film on the strength that Sean Coombs had apparently acted in this and done well on broadway, but what a disappointment, I'm sure the version with Sidney Poitier would have been better although I havent watched it yet but this version is just slightly lack lustre and the actors don't appear to connect to their characters as well as they could have.

The story is set in 1950's Chicago and centres around Lena (Phylicia Rashid),her Son Walter (Sean Coombs) his wife Ruth and his sister Beneatha (Sanaa Lathan). Lena's husband died and she is due to receive a life insurance cheque for $10,000. Walter has designs on this money and wants his mother to give it to him to set up his own business, whilst his mother wants to give part ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 6
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Annie [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, Alan Cumming, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth
directed by: Rob Marshall

Release Date May 30, 2000
After reading other reviews slating this film for a less exciting ending and having missing songs.... please read up on the history of this musical. It is a stage production and this Disney version stays very true to the stage musical and score. There are still omissions, in particular the Herbert Hoover song by the homeless people and also the Tomorrow song in the White House. But in the main it is a much more realistic adaptation than the Aileen Quinn 1981 film which just changed huge chunks and added songs (like the hideous Let's Go to the Movies sequence instead of the much more captivating NYC). How anyone can prefer the 1981 version is beyond me, the characters of Annie, Grace and Warbucks are so much more likeable in this one and Kathy Bates is ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 7
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Bernstein - Wonderful Town [2002]

starring: Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Hampson, Audra McDonald, Wayne Marshall

Release Date December 04, 2006
This concert version of the Betty Comden/Adolph Green/Leonard Bernstein 1953 Broadway hit demonstrates just how much skilled, experienced professionals can accomplish. The three turned out the score in four weeks. The production was a vehicle for Rosalind Russell's star return to Broadway after years in Hollywood...and Russell couldn't sing. They fashioned a series of raucous, tender, funny, romantic songs, with Russell's efforts tailored to her comedy skills and limited vocal ability. The show was a smash, and so is this concert performance conducted by Simon Rattle.

Kim Criswell sings Ruth Sherwood and Audra McDonald sings her younger sister, Eileen. The book is based on Ruth McKenney's best seller My Sister Eileen. Ruth wants to be a writer, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 8
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Annie [1999]

starring: Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, Alan Cumming, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth
directed by: Rob Marshall

Release Date November 06, 2000
After reading other reviews slating this film for a less exciting ending and having missing songs.... please read up on the history of this musical. It is a stage production and this Disney version stays very true to the stage musical and score. There are still omissions, in particular the Herbert Hoover song by the homeless people and also the Tomorrow song in the White House. But in the main it is a much more realistic adaptation than the Aileen Quinn 1981 film which just changed huge chunks and added songs (like the hideous Let's Go to the Movies sequence instead of the much more captivating NYC). How anyone can prefer the 1981 version is beyond me, the characters of Annie, Grace and Warbucks are so much more likeable in this one and Kathy Bates is believable as ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 9
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Leonard Bernstein's New York

starring: Orchestra Of St. Lukes, Judy Blazer, Richard Muenz, Dawn Upshaw, Mandy Patinkin

Release Date February 10, 1997
After reading other reviews slating this film for a less exciting ending and having missing songs.... please read up on the history of this musical. It is a stage production and this Disney version stays very true to the stage musical and score. There are still omissions, in particular the Herbert Hoover song by the homeless people and also the Tomorrow song in the White House. But in the main it is a much more realistic adaptation than the Aileen Quinn 1981 film which just changed huge chunks and added songs (like the hideous Let's Go to the Movies sequence instead of the much more captivating NYC). How anyone can prefer the 1981 version is beyond me, the characters of Annie, Grace and Warbucks are so much more likeable in this one and Kathy Bates is believable as ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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Private Practice - Season 1

starring: Kate Walsh, Reef Karim, Tim Daly, Audra McDonald, Paul Adelstein
directed by: Mark Tinker

Release Date
After reading other reviews slating this film for a less exciting ending and having missing songs.... please read up on the history of this musical. It is a stage production and this Disney version stays very true to the stage musical and score. There are still omissions, in particular the Herbert Hoover song by the homeless people and also the Tomorrow song in the White House. But in the main it is a much more realistic adaptation than the Aileen Quinn 1981 film which just changed huge chunks and added songs (like the hideous Let's Go to the Movies sequence instead of the much more captivating NYC). How anyone can prefer the 1981 version is beyond me, the characters of Annie, Grace and Warbucks are so much more likeable in this one and Kathy Bates is believable as ... Read More: