Hugh Jackman stars in Oklahoma! tomorrow on PBS (1 Viewer)

[ThomasC]

I saw the ad for this in today's USA Today, I can't wait to see it! The Seattle Times gave it a positive review.

Check your local listings for air times.

 

[RafaelB]

Oh, this is such a great film of the stage show, too!

(I've had the R2 DVD for more than a year and watch it ocassionally). The R1 DVD is supposedly came out on 11/18 and it's supposed to be 16x9, too!



Rafael

 

[PatrickL]

Hugh Jackman is sensational in this.

I've also had the R2 for a while. Can't imagine why that edition was panned and scanned, since this was clearly composed for 16x9. I picked up the newly released R1 last Tuesday and happily, it *is* widescreen.

 

[Bill Williams]

Definitely will be worth checking out. Hugh Jackman clearly has what it takes to move beyond Wolverine and do just about anything - sing, dance, comedy, drama, action, you name it. And he doesn't let fame go to his head, either, he considers himself just a regular guy. Now that's cool in my book.

 

[ThomasC]

WOW. Hugh Jackman was absolutely fabulous, I'd love to see him sing on the big screen.

 

[David Williams]

And he doesn't let fame go to his head, either, he considers himself just a regular guy. Now that's cool in my book.

While I'm sure that's true (He seems really down to Earth in interviews), Oklahoma was filmed in 1999, before Jackman was a super famous Hollywood star. Right now, Jackman is playing the gay Peter Allen on Broadway in the musical, The Boy From Oz.

I watched bits & pieces (I was taping it for someone else), but what I did see was really good (especially the performance of the title song). Trevor Nunn's Oklahoma is definitely OK!

 

[GlennH]

Here's a review of the new R1 DVD at digitallyobsessed.com.

 

[PatrickL]

Thanks for the link, Glenn.

The website for the Great Performances series has a couple of video clips of Hugh Jackman in the show, for the curious.

Great Performances: An Oklahoma Primer

Some PBS stations, by the way, aren't showing this until this weekend.

 

[KevinJ]

is this in HDTV because wttw didn't show it on their digital channel?

 

[GlennH]

No HDTV, apparently.

Here's another review of the DVD by DVD Savant.

I just ordered the DVD from DeepDiscountDVD.com for only $14.63 after the new 20% off coupon code (see Coupons & Bargains forum).