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| David Leveaux/The Exception | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 07:16 am EDT 04/02/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Really fantastic JCS live procuction already... - lowwriter 11:09 pm EDT 04/01/18 | |
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| Leveaux has had his controversial ups and downs as a stage director, but I agree that he has done a wonderful job of bringing Jesus Christ, Superstar to the small screen. Was there any mention on this board of the film he directed, The Exception? It was released in England in 2016 and in the US in 2017. A pleasant surprise, it tells a factual/fictional story involving the deposed Kaiser Wilhelm in the days of the Nazis. Christopher Plummer, Lily James, Janet McTeer and Ben Daniels (JCS's Pilate) lead the cast. By all means, seek it out. It is most entertaining, and Plummer is magnificent as the Kaiser. |
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| David Leveaux can be incredible and also bad | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 01:35 pm EDT 04/02/18 | |
| In reply to: David Leveaux/The Exception - TheOtherOne 07:16 am EDT 04/02/18 | |
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| His revival of The Real Thing remains one of the best productions of a play I've ever seen. I loved his revival of Jumpers (though I was pretty lost, so maybe it wasn't so great - but then, I was also like 21) and I liked his revival of Arcadia enough, if I recall... and I didn't hate his revival of Fiddler, and much of his revival of Nine was sublime (but not all of it). | |
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| re: David Leveaux/The Exception | |
| Posted by: lowwriter 09:14 am EDT 04/02/18 | |
| In reply to: David Leveaux/The Exception - TheOtherOne 07:16 am EDT 04/02/18 | |
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| I saw that film! Totally escaped my line of vision that he directed that. It is a good film. With an unexciting title. | |
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| re: David Leveaux/The Exception | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 09:29 am EDT 04/02/18 | |
| In reply to: re: David Leveaux/The Exception - lowwriter 09:14 am EDT 04/02/18 | |
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| True about the title, which probably helps explain the film's relative obscurity. In spite of a few decidedly up-to-date touches, I thought this film could actually have been made in the 1940s. I mean this as a compliment, although I can see how someone else might find that off-putting. | |
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