1970THEATER
A CHRONICLE OF THE 18 1/2 HOUR MARATHON RECORDING SESSION. FILMED ON MAY 3, 1970, OF THE LANDMARK TONY AWARD-WINNING STEPHEN SONDHEIM-GEORGE FURTH-HAROLD PRINCE MUSICAL COMEDY "COMPANY". GOES BEHIND-THE-SCENES AT THE MAKING OF A BROADWAY CAST ALBUM RECORDING SESSION, WHERE THE CAST & CREATIVE TEAM WORK TOGETHER TO CAPTURE ON RECORD ONE OF THE MODERN MUSICAL THEATRE'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WORKS.
FEATURING ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS: DEAN JONES, BARBARA BARRIE, CHARLES KIMBROUGH, DONNA MCKECHNIE, & ELAINE STRICH.
IN ADDITION TO SONDHEIM, FURTH, PRINCE, & RECORD PRODUCER THOMAS Z. SHEPARD.
SONGS INCLUDE:
-COMPANY
-YOU COULD DRIVE A PERSON CRAZY
-GETTING MARRIED TODAY
-ANOTHER HUNDRED PEOPLE
-THE LITTLE THINGS YOU DO TOGETHER
-BEING ALIVE
-SIDE BY SIDE
-BARCELONA
-THE LADIES WHO LUNCH
GREAT FOOTAGE OF SETTING UP FOR A RECORDING SESSION. CONTROL BOOTH, MIXING BOARD. COULD PASS FOR LATE 1960s
CU VOCAL REHEARSAL AROUND PIANO SONDHEIM IN CAST
SONDHEIM AND PRODUCER IN REHEARSAL
CU VU METERS TAPE ROLLING ON TAPE RECORDERS
IN RECORDING SESSION
HAROLD PRINCE DISCUSSES SHOW
CU HANDS TURN KNOBS ON RECORDING CONSOLE
MS VIOLIN SECTION STRING SECTION
CU VERY ANIMATED WOMAN SINGING CU FACE
TONGUE TWISTER LYRICS
CU BRASS SECTION STRING SECTION OF ORCHESTRA
CU HAND WORKS DIALS ON RECORDING MIXING BOARD
CU FINGERS PLUCKING STRING BASS ACOUSTIC BASS
LOTS OF CLOSE UPS THROUGHOUT OF SINGERS
SINGING AND VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS BEING PLAYED
CU STUDIO WALL CLOCK WITH STAND BY SIGN ABOVE
CU MAN PATCHING CABLES IN BACK OF RECORDING
CONSOLE MIXER
}R
FEATURING ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS: DEAN JONES, BARBARA BARRIE, CHARLES KIMBROUGH, DONNA MCKECHNIE, & ELAINE STRICH.
IN ADDITION TO SONDHEIM, FURTH, PRINCE, & RECORD PRODUCER THOMAS Z. SHEPARD.
SONGS INCLUDE:
-COMPANY
-YOU COULD DRIVE A PERSON CRAZY
-GETTING MARRIED TODAY
-ANOTHER HUNDRED PEOPLE
-THE LITTLE THINGS YOU DO TOGETHER
-BEING ALIVE
-SIDE BY SIDE
-BARCELONA
-THE LADIES WHO LUNCH
GREAT FOOTAGE OF SETTING UP FOR A RECORDING SESSION. CONTROL BOOTH, MIXING BOARD. COULD PASS FOR LATE 1960s
CU VOCAL REHEARSAL AROUND PIANO SONDHEIM IN CAST
SONDHEIM AND PRODUCER IN REHEARSAL
CU VU METERS TAPE ROLLING ON TAPE RECORDERS
IN RECORDING SESSION
HAROLD PRINCE DISCUSSES SHOW
CU HANDS TURN KNOBS ON RECORDING CONSOLE
MS VIOLIN SECTION STRING SECTION
CU VERY ANIMATED WOMAN SINGING CU FACE
TONGUE TWISTER LYRICS
CU BRASS SECTION STRING SECTION OF ORCHESTRA
CU HAND WORKS DIALS ON RECORDING MIXING BOARD
CU FINGERS PLUCKING STRING BASS ACOUSTIC BASS
LOTS OF CLOSE UPS THROUGHOUT OF SINGERS
SINGING AND VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS BEING PLAYED
CU STUDIO WALL CLOCK WITH STAND BY SIGN ABOVE
CU MAN PATCHING CABLES IN BACK OF RECORDING
CONSOLE MIXER
}R
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FLASHING BROADWAY LIGHTS "ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM"
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| 01:00:08 8.6 |
POV WALKING THROUGH BACKSTAGE HALLWAYS
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| 01:00:24 24.36 |
MS OF GUITARIST
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| 01:00:29 29.46 |
MS OF TROMBONIST WARMING UP
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| 01:00:32 32.82 |
MS OF MEN AT CONTROL PANEL, SOUNDBOARD, SPINNING DIALS, PRODUCER THOMAS Z. SHEPARD GIVING DIRECTIONS
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| 01:00:45 45.46 |
MUSCIANS WARMING UP, VIOLINISTS
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| 01:00:49 49.45 |
MEN AT SOUNDBOARD, MAN'S HAND OVER CONTROLS
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| 01:01:05 65.31 |
YOUNG FEMALE SINGERS PRACTICE WITH MUSICAL DIRECTOR, CU OF DIRECTOR
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| 01:01:17 77.65 |
CU OF CONTROL PANEL
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| 01:01:18 78.78 |
MEN IN SOUND BOOTH DISCUSSING PERCUSSIONISTS
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| 01:01:27 87.88 |
ECU OF WOMAN SINGING "LOVE", "LOVE"...
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| 01:01:36 97.01 |
MONTAGE OF VARIOUS ACTORS AND SINGERS INCLUDING ELAINE STRITCH
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| 01:01:50 110.93 |
CU OF MUSICAL DIRECTOR, CONDUCTOR, COUNTS "6, 7, 8"
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| 01:01:55 115.19 |
1970 CAST OF COMPANY
COMPANY
(live)
ZOOM OUT FROM ECU OF SINGERS AND ACTRESSES PERFORMING AT REHEARSAL OR RECORDING, MAN SMOKING AND SINGING, MULTIPLE CLOSEUPS
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| 01:03:21 201.5 |
"COMPANY" MARQUEE IN LIGHTS, "ORIGNIAL CAST ALBUM"
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| 01:03:31 211.47 |
TITLE CARD: "BY D. A. PENNEBAKER" IN FLASHING NEON LIGHTS
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| 01:03:37 217.77 |
RECORD PRODUCER, THOMAS Z. SHEPARD, SMOKING SAYS "STAND BY PLEASE"
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| 01:03:49 229.81 |
1970 CAST OF "COMPANY"
YOU COULD DRIVE A PERSON CRAZY
(live)
WOMEN SINGERS, CUT TO MUSICAL DIRECTOR ASKING FOR MORE BASS, RECORDING LIVE PERFORMANCE
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| 01:05:31 331.22 |
ZOOM OUT FROM ECU OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM TAKING NOTES BACKSTAGE
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| 01:05:44 344.25 |
ECU AND MS OF FEMALE SINGERS CONTINUING ABOVE SONG, DONNA MCKENCHIE
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| 01:06:13 372.97 |
RECORD PRODUCER, THOMAS Z. SHEPARD, MAKES COMMENTS ABOUT SONG
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| 01:06:21 381.53 |
CU OF FEMALE SINGERS
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| 01:06:29 389.63 |
MUSICAL DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER ASKS STEPHEN SONDHEIM FOR SOME DYNAMICS IN THE SONG
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| 01:07:01 421.61 |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM GOES OUT TO TALK TO CAST MEMBERS ON SOUND STAGE, TELLS SINGER HOW TO PRONOUNCE SOUND, SHE CAN'T GET IT RIGHT, ECU OF SONDHEIM
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| 01:07:41 461.23 |
FEMALE SINGER SWINGS HER ARMS, WARMING UP, GIGGLING
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| 01:07:48 468.06 |
MUSICAL DIRECTOR HAROLD HASTINGS
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| 01:07:52 472.87 |
PRETENTIOUS PRODUCER WITH SCARF, THOMAS Z. SHEPARD
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| 01:08:00 480.74 |
NEEDLE GAUGES ON SOUND EQUIPMENT SWING BACK AND FORTH
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| 01:08:03 483.01 |
CU OF REEL TO REEL TAPES
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| 01:08:06 486.05 |
CU OF WOMAN SINGER TALKS ABOUT IT BEING MORE DIFFICULT TO SING FOR A RECORDING THAN ON STAGE DANCING
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| 01:08:30 510.07 |
PERCUSSIONIST
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| 01:08:30 510.64 |
MUSICAL PRODUCER, SHEPARD
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| 01:08:32 512.05 |
FEMALE SINGERS IN CLUDING DONNA MCKECHNIE
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| 01:08:51 531.86 |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM AND PRODUCER, THOMAS Z. SHEPARD, TALK
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| 01:08:57 537.73 |
CU OF SINGERS, FINALE OF SONG
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| 01:09:27 567.76 |
PRODUCER IN BOOTH IS HAPPY, WAVES HIS ARMS
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| 01:09:30 570.9 |
CU OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM, MOUTHS THE LYRICS
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| 01:09:35 575.94 |
PRODUCER INVITES SINGERS "GIRLS" TO LISTEN, SONDHEIM IS LESS THAN THRILLED, SCREECHING FEEDBACK
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| 01:09:55 595.25 |
CU OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM, SMOKING AND TALKING ABOUT WRITING LYRICS AND MUSIC
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| 01:10:49 649.75 |
FEMALE SINGERS LISTEN TO THE TAPE, DONNA MCKECHNIE, AND LAUGH
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| 01:11:09 669.59 |
PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR HAROLD PRINCE ABOUT THE REVIEWS OF THE MUSICAL, ONE CALLED IT THE "WORST PLAY / MUSICAL IN HISTORY", CLOSED IN 2 AND 1/2 WEEKS, THUNDER CLAPS OUTSIDE
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| 01:11:39 699.03 |
CU OF SOUNDBOARD AND MAN'S HANDS ADJUSTING LEVELS
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| 01:11:41 701.24 |
ACTRESS RANTING HER LINES IN MICROPHONE, VERY FAST, BETH HOWLAND
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| 01:11:50 710.14 |
CU OF VIOLINS, CUT TO PRODUCER
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| 01:11:54 714.67 |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM TALKS TO ACTRESS, GIVING INSTRUCTIONS
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| 01:12:08 728.61 |
ACTRESS, BETH HOWLAND, PRACTICES LINES WITH MUSICAL DIRECTOR HAROLD HASTINGS
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| 01:12:15 735.4 |
CU OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM, CUT TO ECU OF ACTRESS, BETH HOWLAND, LOOKING UP AND NODDING
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| 01:12:31 751.87 |
PRODUCER THOMAS Z. SHEPARD GIVES SUGGESTION
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| 01:12:34 754.13 |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM TALKS TO ACTRESS
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| 01:12:38 758.99 |
PRODUCER THOMAS Z. SHEPARD GIVES INSTRUCTIONS TO CAST
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| 01:12:57 777.8 |
ACTOR / SINGER PERFORMS, CUT TO DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR
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| 01:13:22 802.89 |
ACTRESS /SINGER GETS READY FOR HER PART, VERY QUICK STACCATO TALKING / SINGING, ECU,
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| 01:13:47 827.24 |
CONDUCTOR AT WORK, LEADING MUSICIANS
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| 01:13:53 833.43 |
ACTRESS SINGING
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| 01:14:15 855.93 |
VIOLIN SECTION, MUSICIANS PLAY
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| 01:14:19 859.54 |
CAST OF COMPANY
GETTING MARRIED TODAY
(live)
ECU OF SINGER /ACTRESS PERFORMING QUICK LINES ABOUT NOT GETTING MARRIED, PARTIAL
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| 01:15:41 941.71 |
PRODUCER THOMAS Z. SHEPARD GIVES DIRECTIONS IN SOUNDBOOTH AS SONG CONTINUES
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| 01:15:51 951.63 |
CAST MEMBERS OF COMPANY
GETTING MARRIED TODAY
(live)
PARTIAL, CONTINUATION AND FINALE, MUSICIANS
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| 01:16:25 985.61 |
ACTRESS GRINS
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| 01:16:34 994.48 |
PRODUCERS AND SOUNDBOOTH
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| 01:16:39 999.9 |
VARIOUS MUSICIANS PERFORMING, CU AND ECU
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| 01:16:52 1012.22 |
CAST OF COMPANY
ANOTHER HUNDRED PEOPLE
(live)
CUTS TO VARIOUS MUSICIANS IN ORCHESTRA AND SINGER
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| 01:19:20 1160.72 |
PRODUCER OFF CAMERA WANTS ANOTHER TAKE
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| 01:19:23 1163.78 |
A TIRED STEPHEN SONDHEIM RUBS HIS EYES AND TALKS TO SINGER ABOUT CHANGING A NOTE
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| 01:20:09 1209.43 |
HAROLD PRINCE IN RESTAURANT WITH SONDHEIM AND GEORGE FURTH TALK ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE MUSICAL, ELAINE STRICH, MOKING
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| 01:21:03 1263.75 |
CAST OF COMPANY
ANOTHER HUNDRED PEOPLE
(live)
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| 01:22:50 1370.87 |
PAN OF MUSICIANS
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| 01:22:55 1375.59 |
PLAYWRIGHT GEORGE FURTH AND STEPHEN SONDHEIM
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| 01:23:12 1392.12 |
CU OF BARBARA BARRIE IN BIG OCTAGONAL SUNGLASSES
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| 01:23:37 1417.1 |
ELAINE STRITCH STRETCHING
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| 01:23:41 1421.76 |
CAST OF COMPANY, ELAINE STRITCH
LITTLE THINGS YOU DO
(live)
BARBARA BARRIE, ELAINE STRICH AND DEAN JONES
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| 01:26:21 1581.33 |
CU OF GEORGE FURTH TALKS ABOUT THE WRITING
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| 01:26:34 1594.28 |
CLOCK ON STUDIO WALL, STAND BY SIGN LIT UP
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| 01:26:37 1597.19 |
ACTRESS YAWNS
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| 01:26:41 1601 |
DEAN JONES, FLEXES HIS NECK
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| 01:26:52 1612.46 |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM GETS EMOTIONAL ABOUT THE SONG
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| 01:27:16 1636.83 |
DEAN JONES TRIES SONG AGAIN
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| 01:27:25 1645.27 |
CAST OF COMPANY
BEING ALIVE
(live)
DEAN JONES AND CAST
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| 01:31:39 1900 |
EVERYONE CLAPS
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| 01:31:43 1903.91 |
CAST OF COMPANY
SIDE BY SIDE
(live)
PRODUCER THOMAS Z. SHEPARD LISTENS IN THE SOUNDBOOTH, CUT TO CAST RECORDING "SIDE BY SIDE", ENERGETIC CAST WITH ELAINE STRITCH
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| 01:33:04 1984.75 |
PRODUCER ASKS FOR ONE MORE TAKE AS CAST LAYS ON FLOOR EXHAUSTED
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| 01:33:16 1996.87 |
ENGINEER AND SOUND EQUIPMENT, CABLES CONNECTED
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| 01:33:23 2003.5 |
ACTRESS LAYS ON TWO CHAIRS
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| 01:33:27 2007.04 |
CLOCK IN STUDIO, ALMOST 3 AM
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| 01:33:29 2009.44 |
CAST OF COMPANY
BARCELONA
(live)
A TIRED DEAN JONES RUBS HIS HEAD AND SINGS
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| 01:36:31 2191.93 |
ACTRESSES LEAVE
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| 01:36:39 2199.63 |
ELAINE STRITCH WITH SMALL DOG
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| 01:36:50 2210.34 |
SOUND BOOTH
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| 01:36:53 2213.61 |
ELAINE STRITCH PRACTICES FOR SONG THE LADIES WHO LUNCH, TIRED, STEPHEN SONDHEIM WANTS HER TO DO IT ANOTHER TIME, SAYS HER VOICE IS TIRED
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| 01:38:36 2316.62 |
PRODUCERS AND ENGINEERS AT CONTROL PANEL, SONDHEIM SMOKING
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| 01:38:44 2324.26 |
ELAINE STRITCH
THE LADIES WHO LUNCH
(live)
ECU OF ELAINE STRITCH, PAN ACROSS MUSICIANS, ORCHESTRA
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| 01:43:21 2601.86 |
CU OF ELAINE STRITCH
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| 01:43:24 2604.93 |
PRODUCER THOMAS Z. SHEPARD IN CONTROL BOOTH DOESN'T LIKE THE TAKE, CALLS IT "FLACCID"
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| 01:43:34 2614.67 |
PRODUCER AND SONDHEIM IN SOUND BOOTH UNHAPPY WITH STRITCH'S PERFORMANCE, SHEPARD CALLS FOR TAKE 8
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| 01:44:17 2657.3 |
ELAINE IN SOUND BOOTH ASKS WHAT THEY WANT, SMOKING, TIRED, RUNNING FINGERS THROUGH HER HAIR
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| 01:44:48 2688.85 |
ELAINE STRITCH
THE LADIES WHO LUNCH
(live)
CUT TO AN EXHAUSTED SONDHEIM IN THE SOUND BOOTH
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| 01:45:41 2741.16 |
ELAINE STRITCH IN SOUNDBOOTH LISTENING TO PLAYBACK WITH STEPHEN SONDHEIM, SHE YELLS AT HER VOICE, FATIGUED
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| 01:46:37 2797.35 |
THOMAS SHEPARD, PRODUCER CALLS FOR ONE LAST TRY, EXHAUSTED
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| 01:46:43 2803.76 |
ELAINE STRITCH TRIES ANOTHER TAKE OF "THE LADIES WHO LUNCH", CUT TO SONDHEIM IN BOOTH SHAKING HIS HEAD NO, SMOKING
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| 01:46:59 2819.41 |
PRODUCER SHEPARD DISMISSES ELAINE STRITCH
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| 01:47:39 2859.35 |
AN EXHAUSTED ELAINE STRITCH PICKS UP HE CIGARETTES AND LEAVES THE SMOKY STUDIO, SMOKING MUSICIANS
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| 01:48:04 2884.35 |
THOMAS Z. SHEPARD IN SOUND BOOTH THROUGH THE GLASS
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| 01:48:09 2889.09 |
CONDUCTOR LEADS ORCHESTRA
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| 01:48:17 2897.88 |
SUNRISE OVER BUILDINGS, NYC SKYLINE?
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| 01:48:27 2906.99 |
ELAINE STRITCH
THE LADIES WHO LUNCH
(live)
RECORDED OVER A ORCHESTRAL TRACK, ZOOM IN ON A HAPPY PRODUCER, THOMAS Z. SHEPARD AND STEPHEN SONDHEIM IN THE SOUND BOOTH
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| 01:49:43 2983.87 |
ELAINE AND SONDHEIM IN THE BOOTH, CUT TO A HAPPY THOMAS Z. SHEPARD
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| 01:50:03 3003.08 |
NEON LIGHTS, MARQUEE FOR COMPANY
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| 01:50:07 3007.26 |
CREDITS ROLL
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| 01:50:25 3025.69 |
END TAPE
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